Fighters bring angry sound to A2

There's nothing like a little mid-week excitement in Ann Arbor. Tonight a fast-paced unit named the Freedom Fighters is rolling into the Blind Pig.

With two guitars and a drum, the band is not your everyday blunt head rock. The group has an angry sound, fairly reminiscent of label mates Guzzard. But that's coincidental, explained drummer Jeff, Freedom Fighter. "The first time we got into that stuff was when we were on tour with Calvin Krime who're on AmRep. They had taken copies of all the AmRep albums on tape and we were borrowing them from their van. We knew about Hammerhead, we were all really big Hammerhead fans, and Boss Hog and the Cows, but other than that we'd never heard Guzzard, besides a song or two. That stuff kind of came to us after we were signed, strangely enough."

Parallel evolution is all fine and good when it comes to sound, but when it comes to touring, a little advice is always good. "We toured for about a month in April with a band called Arm, which books its own tours and gave us the Touring 101 by taki

The Freedom Fighters will play at the Blind Pig.

ng us out. Then I went ahead and booked this whole tour, so now we're doing it by ourselves for the first time."

The Freedom Fighters have just begun their first major solo tour. The band will be on the road for six weeks, and after a month hiatus, it will go out for another six weeks. "It was interesting (touring with Calvin Krime) in that we learned what it's like out there now, which is a lot of playing to nobody," said Jeff. "Which is kind of a test of how much you love it."

After this current batch of touring, though, a spectacular opportunity has presented itself to the Freedom Fighters: "I don't know if you've heard of the Incredibly Strange Wrestling Tour, but it's these DIY Mexican wrestlers that set up their own ring and wrestle. And Calvin Krime, and us and this band called Gimme Gimme, we're playing and then wrestling happens in between the bands. I would love to wrestle but I can't get in on that. They want the Mexican wrestlers. It's a tight clique."

The Freedom Fighters also have a new album coming out soon. Titled "My Scientist Friends," it showcases an eclectic mix of proper rocking songs with words and instrumental interludes.

Remember, tonight there is a band in town that could easily free you from your doldrums. You just have to let them fight for you.

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