Lamont (band)
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Lamont is a stoner rock
trio founded in 1998 in Allston, Massachusetts, USA.
As of 2007 they have been on 4 different record companies, one for each of their 4 albums. Critics have said that their sound is raw 70's AC/DC
style Rock and Roll
mixed with Iggy Pop
vocals and bluesy punk
. They have opened for bands like Mojo Nixon
, Reverend Horton Heat, and Drive-by Truckers
as well as having a solid spot on the Emissions from the Monolith
festivals. As of the summer of 2007 Lamont is officially broken-up. Pete Knipfing now plays with Psychobilly
/death metal
band "Mess With The Bull", along with members of stoner metal band Scissorfight
. They also re-recorded a ZZ Top track for a 70's cover compilation album called Sucking The 70's
. On a similar note, "Hotwire" from Thunder Boogie was featured in Tony Hawk's Underground
.
Stoner rock
Stoner rock or stoner metal is a subgenre of heavy metal, combining elements of psychedelic rock, blues rock, traditional heavy metal and doom metal. Stoner rock is typically slow-to-mid tempo and features a bass-heavy sound, melodic vocals, and 'retro' production...
trio founded in 1998 in Allston, Massachusetts, USA.
As of 2007 they have been on 4 different record companies, one for each of their 4 albums. Critics have said that their sound is raw 70's AC/DC
AC/DC
AC/DC are an Australian rock band, formed in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Commonly classified as hard rock, they are considered pioneers of heavy metal, though they themselves have always classified their music as simply "rock and roll"...
style Rock and Roll
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
mixed with Iggy Pop
Iggy Pop
Iggy Pop is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Though considered an innovator of punk rock, Pop's music has encompassed a number of styles over the years, including pop, metal, jazz and blues...
vocals and bluesy punk
Punk blues
Punk blues denotes a fusion genre of punk rock and blues. Punk blues musicians and bands usually incorporate elements of related styles, such as protopunk and blues rock. Its origins lie strongly within the garage rock sound of the 1960s and 1970s.Punk blues can be said to favor the common...
. They have opened for bands like Mojo Nixon
Mojo Nixon
Mojo Nixon is an American musician, known for playing psychobilly music...
, Reverend Horton Heat, and Drive-by Truckers
Drive-By Truckers
Drive-By Truckers are an alternative country/Southern rock band based in Athens, Georgia, though three out of six members are originally from The Shoals region of Northern Alabama, and the band strongly identifies with Alabama. Their music uses three guitars as well as bass, drums, and now...
as well as having a solid spot on the Emissions from the Monolith
Emissions from the Monolith
Emissions from the Monolith is an annual heavy metal festival that showcases mainly doom metal and sludge metal bands, considered to be the premiere heavy/doom/sludge metal festival in the US...
festivals. As of the summer of 2007 Lamont is officially broken-up. Pete Knipfing now plays with Psychobilly
Psychobilly
Psychobilly is a fusion genre of rock music that mixes elements of punk rock, rockabilly, and other genres. It is one of several subgenres of rockabilly which also include thrashabilly, trashabilly, punkabilly, surfabilly and gothabilly...
/death metal
Death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
band "Mess With The Bull", along with members of stoner metal band Scissorfight
Scissorfight
Scissorfight is an American four-piece band from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, fronted by singer/songwriter Ironlung. The band has a strong libertarian viewpoint and defines itself as "acid mountain rock".-Biography:...
. They also re-recorded a ZZ Top track for a 70's cover compilation album called Sucking The 70's
Sucking The 70's
Sucking the 70s is a two disk collection of 1970s songs covered by modern stoner rock bands. It was put out by Small Stone Records in 2002. A second album, Sucking the 70's – Back in the Saddle Again, was released in 2006....
. On a similar note, "Hotwire" from Thunder Boogie was featured in Tony Hawk's Underground
Tony Hawk's Underground
Tony Hawk's Underground, abbreviated to THUG, is a skateboarding video game, available for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, and Xbox platforms released in 2003. A PC version was released exclusively in Australia as a budget release in 2005. This version was ported by Beenox. In 2004,...
.
Albums
- 1999 EP, Polterchrist Records
- Muscle Guts and Luck EP, Underdogma Records
- Thunder BoogieThunder BoogieThunder Boogie is probably the best known work by hard rock band Lamont. The album is critically acclaimed and has a more rawer sound than most of their material...
, Traktor 7 Records - Population 3, Curve of the Earth records