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Animal Mother

Lansing, Michigan, United States | SELF

Lansing, Michigan, United States | SELF
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"Hey, Lansing State Journal..."

Tuesday, May 10th 2009
Hey Lansing State Journal, band is local...
By Patrick J. Ondrus

The LSJ's reliance on syndicated material is obvious, but the editors should be more vigilant in reviewing the content for local relevance. In the Mother's Day Life section a trivia question asked "Which of the following is not a nationally known rock band. The answer they provided was "Animal Mother".
While Lansing's own Animal Mother may not be known widely on the national level, they have many years of community involvement, including organizing many "support our troops" fundraisers, and events such as the annual Gier Park "Bands & Bikes" BMX exhibitions. In addition, they have produced a handful of CD's and shared the stage with many acts that would be considered national. Their contributions to the Lansing area should not be "trivia"-lized. - LSJ


"Hey, Lansing State Journal..."

Tuesday, May 10th 2009
Hey Lansing State Journal, band is local...
By Patrick J. Ondrus

The LSJ's reliance on syndicated material is obvious, but the editors should be more vigilant in reviewing the content for local relevance. In the Mother's Day Life section a trivia question asked "Which of the following is not a nationally known rock band. The answer they provided was "Animal Mother".
While Lansing's own Animal Mother may not be known widely on the national level, they have many years of community involvement, including organizing many "support our troops" fundraisers, and events such as the annual Gier Park "Bands & Bikes" BMX exhibitions. In addition, they have produced a handful of CD's and shared the stage with many acts that would be considered national. Their contributions to the Lansing area should not be "trivia"-lized. - LSJ


""NO RULES" review"

Written by GuntherTheUndying on February 20th, 2008 Dirty heavy metal seems to have a voice of its own, yet where should you go when looking for that musty distortion with more selections than the usual buffet? Here’s an idea: Animal Mother’s den. Born in 2001, these scruffy rockers will take you on a full-blown trip of crippling heaviness, and having been immobile since hearing their “No Rules” LP, I can verify you’ll be slammed to the floor by the relentless attack that’s found on this sweet CD. So what else makes them so special? Well, when experiencing a disc like so, Animal Mother transacts one thing exclusively well: making your head nod in synchronized intervals, and dwelling in the general goodness “No Rules” offers will certainly make any naysayer concur decisively. Now gazing beyond Animal Mother's solid sludge, you'll notice how "No Rules" also accepts the southern-laden musical structure, which radiates through their thriving foundation viscously. Songs like “Keeper of the Flame” among others burn vigorously by tossing groovy jazz influences and nifty quasi-gruff vocals straight into the group’s scorching fire without plaguing other notions or mindlessly fumbling around; it’s a worthwhile addition overall on both conceptual and instrumental fences. In conclusion, it's practically transparent how successful “No Rules is on an all-around basis; Animal Mother spread its power everywhere instead of one particular area, their simple goal to just rock out. In not one instance will you detect these guys trying to spruce up a circumstantial sound or combine new musical atoms for whatever reason; they just like playing old-school metal, and sometimes that's really all one could ask for. "No Rules" unquestionably kicks ass, and I can guarantee you'll agree with the previous statement if bands like Down or Corrosion of Conformity are often enjoyed in your presence - Stoner Poland


Discography

#1 self titled "Animal Mother" 2002
#2 "Damn it it's just Animal Mother" 2003
#3 "F6" 2004
#4 "Emergency" 2005
#5 "NO RULES" 2007
#6 "Flame Lake Compilation" 2009
#7 "TBA" 2010

There are tracks for purchasing, listening and downloading on our www.myspace.com/animalmotherrocks and we have had some success with internet radio air play.

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It started in 2002 with a singular show in the mind's eye of bassist Norm Slep. He had the show booked, but a few band members fell off his line up in the months leading up to it, leaving Norm scrambling to put a new line up together for the show he so deeply wanted to play. Animal Mother was born at that show at Mac's Bar in Lansing, MI. January 2003. We were offered another show right then and there. So Norm goes around to all of us and says: "Wanna do this again?" We all had such fun none of us could say "No." We got another show off that next one, so we became a "real" band kind of by guess and by golly, and a true domino effect that still keeps things moving forward, interesting and compelling. It was only supposed to be ONE SHOW! And here we are 8 years later-same line up, same attention to detail and dedication. Respect for one another and all the agents, bar owners, fans and other bands we interact with. We've evolved-becoming concerned with being better musicians and finding the grooves John Q. Public loves to rock out to. There are extremely diverse influences for our original Animal Mother band-the movie "Full Metal Jacket" being the first-with it's macho warrior character "Animal Mother" lending his namesake to the band. We have all been in other local, original bands in the past (except Norm-this was his first real band). Norm's been a roadie for literally anyone who's asked. He said to himself (after constantly experiencing laziness and no-show's from his behind the scenes perch) "I'm gonna start a band & show them ALL how's it's supposed to be done." He's done that for sure. Musical influences include everything from classic rock of the 70's, 80's, that era's alternatives like Zappa, Beck & Cooper. The heavier vibes of Sabbath, Zep, Nugent are all there. Through the years the extreme heavy likes of Slayer, Metallica, Megadeth,SOD and others crept in, with a solid appreciation for more technical bands like Testament, Dream Theater, LOG & SYL. We don't make a big hullabaloo about it (but it does set us apart from other bands) our only guitarist is a little bitty, rosy cheeked chick with a nick name of Jaye, and a great big Randy Rhoades Flying V and sweet Marshall rig. Little Jaye beats the crap out of her guitar that sports Ernie Ball "11's" giving it a monster sound. Dudes compliment her hot-rodded amp, and gals fawn over this unusual guitar playing female. We all have excellent gear...our own deluxe EAW PA system, DW drums, Mesa Boogie & Marshall amps, Music Man & Jackson guitars, Monster cables, etc. etc. Sound men enjoy our rich sounding gear that's easy to dial in. We play the Mid-Michigan area and have graced the stages of dive bars like Oade's Hidden Camel, Mac's Bar, The Corner Bar as well as prominent clubs like Planet Rock, The Machine Shop, Small Planet, and IROCK. We have several self released CD's that are all recorded with Tim Lau of Laud Productions (Soulfly, Cavalera Conspiracy, Primer 55, more) that were limited runs, now out of print-essentially collectors items-and 2 more currently in print, 2007's "NO RULES" and a 17 song compilation spanning 8 years of recording with Laud titled "Flame Lake Compilation" released in 2009. We are due back in the studio for 5 new songs with Laud (July 2010) and anticipate a release date of October 2010. We are currently working on a new logo, mascot and emblem to be used on a vast array of merchandise (as well as the new CD) including men's & ladies T-Shirts, hoodies, koozies, hats, picks and stickers and a banner for the band. It's very exciting and rewarding to make it this far. We hope this Sonic Bids application opens up a whole new box of dominoes for Animal Mother! We are an original band that occasionally picks up a cover and for now it's "Into The Void" by Black Sabbath and we KILL IT!