Woahhh, long time no post! Been meaning to post a entry on this next band for some time now since I first experienced their utter awesomeness back in January 2011. Again, I must say thanks to the hyper-pop/rock band, Dot Dot Dot for helping me find out this band existed, and within the Chicago city limits, no less! Of course, the band I’m talking about is Cobalt and the Hired Guns. But Cobalt isn’t just any rock band, oh no! They are a new breed of rock n’ roll, combining Indie rock with Blues, some Punk and even pop styles! There’s something for everyone to enjoy when listening to some Cobalt! Hell! Even someone whose musical taste is mostly hard rock/heavy metal, finds Cobalt one of their new favorites!!!
Part of their unique music style is not the typical instruments of a rock band, i.e. guitar, bass, drums, but it’s those extra instruments such as saxophone, trumpet, tambourine! Yup! A rock band with brass instruments, so you know they are legit awesome!
Just the energy the band members give off at their live shows are enough to make you fall in love with everything about them. On stage, they successfully draw the crowd in for a straight up headbanging dance party with catchy as fuck songs that are guaranteed to make you be humming the songs long after the last song ends!
And then we come to their energetic and overall friendly nature off the stage. These “Hired Guns” are so much fun to talk to and hang out with after the show, which is how hyper, energetic, and random people should be! There’s never a dull moment with Cobalt and the Hired Guns!!! I remember seeing them for the first time at the Metro, in Chicago with Dot Dot Dot in January 2011, running into lead singer/guitarist, Tomlinson after the show, after we introduced each other and I said my, “You guys Rocked!” compliment, a friend of the band playfully adds, “Oh now, he’s gonna remember you every time!” And she couldn’t have been more right, Tom, as well as all members of Cobalt (Mike on bass/guitar/vox, Amanda on Sax/vox, Jesse on drums/vox) are all super friendly and super energetic with everyone they meet.
I don’t know about you, but that alone is enough to be a fan!!!
Only negative I have about this band is that they are not more popular than they are! Proof that the music scene/industry has SERIOUS problems if such an overall Amazing band, like Cobalt and the Hired Guns is still underground, for the most part and not getting nearly enough recognition as they deserve(which is a buttload….they should be blowing up!!! Which is what led me to create a Facebook group called, “Operation: Cobalt Who? to COBALT…YEAHHH!!!” which pretty much is bringing together everyone who agrees that enough is enough and this band needs to get ridiculously famous/popular…AND FAST!!!
Currently, Cobalt is working on a new album, which should be released fairly soon (last I heard, they have 4 more songs left). Their first album, 2008’s Jump The Fence is available on Amazon MP3, Itunes and all those good places, as well as on their website, if you want the physical cd in your greedy hands. :)
I recommend you go on Spotify and stream “Boston and Alone” right now (it’s the only song that comes up for Cobalt). It is HI-LARIOUS!!! Easily my favorite song yet.
They also have a Double Single EP that includes their recent hits, “Last August”, “You Left Your Sweater” and “Of Summer” —- remember that Snowpocalypse of February 2011? Yeah, that was how the video for “Of Summer” came to be!!!
LINKS:
OFFICIAL: www.cobaltandthehiredguns.com
FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/#!/cobaltandthehiredguns?sk=info
TWITTER: Lead singer, Tomlinson and Bass guitar, Mike both dabble in the Tweety Tweets:
@cobaltandthehgs
@mikecobalthgs
Tom tweets more often.
YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/user/cobaltandtheHGs#p/a/u/0/WnkpLFfGURo
oh yeah…one more thing….You left your sweater in my room, come pick it up!
