Robbing Banks
From Binghamton, NY Robbing Banks is a unique sound, unlike anything else on the rock landscape. Not only are the songs origanal, but so too is the sound and style. This is not your father's folk rock act! Robbing Banks is edge and sharp, melodic and hard.
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
Robbing Banks is fairly young, as an act. We've probably done about a dozen shows in our year of exsistence and have 4 songs recoreded (with 4 more on the way). As individual members there is a long history. Robbing Banks is formed from some of the best musicians the are has to offer. As an example, RB drummer, Bill Reeves has done two world tours (as a drum tech) for The Bad Brains and for The Cromags.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
Robbing Banks is best served live! At the moment the band is playing a lot of local venues but is now beginning to spread like a bad cough, across the state.
Your musical influences
Wow, Bob Dylan once said, "Inspiration is all around you. Just open your eyes." A-Bomb (lead singer/writer) is a big Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Sex Pistols, Damned, Ramones and Clash fan. Jimbo Kilmer (lead guitar) is huge into Blackmore and so one. I think what influiences this band most though is Robbing Banks itself. There's magic is this mix.
What equipment do you use?
Oh some guitars and drums and even some microphones.
Anything else?
While a lot of bands do it for chicks, contracts, money or drugs, Robbing Banks does it for the music. There is no greater high than the feeling of arm hair raising as you play a new tune.
