No, we are NOT a cover band! We chose Identical because, basically, in music these days it's pretty hard to be 'original'. Everybody is just rehashing something that's already been done, but they are doing it in their own way. We're just admitting it.

We play shows pretty regularly around the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. We occasionally get the pleasure of traveling out of town.

It allows for a potentially huge audience that most bands wouldn't get. At the early stages of a bands life, all they care about is being heard. They don't care about royalties and all that crap (yet!). The internet allows music to be shared globally without the backing of a huge record deal. It makes you appreciate how bands got big before the internet.

HELL YES!!! We want to make a living doing this music gig. There is no better job in the world.

Slayer, Pantera, Black Sabbath are universal influences. Various members also enjoy Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Cake, Tool, The Doors, Ministry, The Ramones, Alice In Chains, KISS, Faith No More, Killswitch Engage, Shadows Fall, and Lamb Of God. All those variances is what makes this band so great.

This version of Germ is off of our first record, which is no longer avaliable. Here's why: we are currently recording 2 CD's. The first CD is a re-recording of our debut CD, originally released in 2003, but is now out-of-print. Since we were never actually pleased with the quality of the original debut, we have decided to re-record it. The goal is produce the record the way it was originally intended it to be now that we are a little more experienced, something we were not the first time around. Even though they are now old songs, we hope to give them a fresh, new sound.

The second CD will be, of course, our second CD, with all-new material. We should have two or three new songs finished very soon, at which time they will be posted here.