Dan Vapid and The Cheats with Kurt Baker and Aspiga

DAN VAPID & THE CHEATS
Dan Vapid & the Cheats is an exciting new Chicago punk rock quartet, formed several months after The
Methadones' breakup and fronted by the legendary Dan Vapid of Screeching Weasel, Riverdales, Methadones, Sludgeworth, Noise By Numbers, Mopes and
Queers fame. The lineup features Dan Vapid (vocals/guitar), Mike Byrne (ex-Methadones/guitar), Simon Lamb (ex-Screeching Weasel/bass) and Mike Soucy
(The Bomb/ex-Methadones/drums). After friends and fans from all over the
world urged… Show more Vapid, he took to the stage May 27th at Chicago's Cobra Lounge,performing a variety of songs he wrote in the last 20 years. The crowd had an
overwhelmingly positive reaction and Dan Vapid & the Cheats had a ton of fun playing the songs. Originally meant to be a one-off show, Dan Vapid and the Cheats were born and have since been planning more shows. Dan Vapid & the Cheats will be recording a full length record in October. The Cheats' debut album is too fresh for a title, but will be available to the world in 2012. Stay tuned to Dan Vapid & the Cheats' Facebook page for up-to-date info and while you're there, become a fan if you haven't already. You will not want to miss hearing the arsenal of defining anthems we all know and dearly love that only Dan Vapid can deliver, as well as what they have in store.

KURT BAKER
Kurt Baker is a singer, songwriter and rock n’ roll performer from Portland, Maine who has always gone by the famous saying “Have a Good Time All the Time”. He was the founding member of the notable pop/punk outfit the Leftovers, who formed in 2002 and have released many acclaimed records and have toured all over the United States, Europe and Canada. Baker’s signature unique blend of ultra catchy Beach Boys/Beatles styled melodies under a relentless wall of high energy guitars and pounding rhythms have earned him the praise of Larry Livermore (founder of Lookout Records) and Ben Weasel (Screeching Weasel) and Jaret Reddick (Bowling For Soup).

After the release of the Leftovers last album, 2009’s “Eager to Please” on Oglio Records, which featured guest ranging from Brett Anderson (the Donnas) to Coz Canler (The Romantics), and countless touring which gained Baker and the Leftovers a reputation for putting on a stellar show, Kurt Baker decided to focus on going solo. Baker’s debut solo EP “Got It Covered” will be released this summer Aug. 10th on Oglio Records. Produced by Los Angeles based pop genius, Linus of Hollywood, “Got It Covered” features Baker’s take on some of his favorite Power Pop songs of the 70’s and 80’s and features guest Kay Hanley (Letters To Cleo) and Adam Marcello (Katy Parry).

After a successful tour of Europe in the fall of 2010, back by Italy’s best Power Pop band, The Radio Days, Baker began focusing on taking his act back to the USA. A brief stint of shows throughout the Midwest brought together a group of musicians featuring Mike Bryne (the Methadones), Wyatt Funderburk (Second Saturday), Geoff Useless (the Guts) & Craig Sala (Planeside), to make up the Kurt Baker Band. By January 2011, Baker had recruited longtime friends Josh Malia (The Taxis, Hi Fivin White Guys) and Kris Rodgers (Goodnight Process) into the fold. They soon returned to the studio to record two brand new original singles “Don’t Steal My Heart Away” and “Why You Got To Lie” which were released in the Spring of 2011. The group then entered Atlas Studios in May of 2011, to wrap up recording for Baker's first original solo debut titled "Rockin' For A Living", due out Oct. 25th 2011.

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