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Artist
Bushwhack
12+ albums
metalinstrumentalProgressiverockProgressive rock
about
Fecund, intense creativity in flux. The roar of majesty and power on one hand, a certain whispered exquisite subtlety on the other. That's an apt starting point to describe this unique band of ardent young musicologists, from Bushwack's high concepts and flights o' fancy within the grooves, right through to the promising personal lives housed within the flesh and blood of the music's makers. Let's start with that. Bushwack consists of four guys, all 18 or 19 years old. "Outside of music," lists keyboardist Frank Sacramone, "currently, Jamie van Dyck is attending Yale and Brandon Green is attending Northeastern University. I will be attending Berklee College Of Music next year, and then Ben Shanbrom is going to be attending Boston College." Not the sort of thing you often hear when interviewing bands, not to mention amusing historical points like, "I met Jamie in first grade, and we started to develop a musical connection together," Sacramone adding that, "We took lessons, we would jam together, and at high school, Jamie became friends with our bass player, Brandon Green, and I became friends with Ben Shanbrom, our drummer. I gave Jamie a call one day and said, 'Hey, we need to start a new music project up here.' And we discussed members we might want to put into this project, and we came to this conclusion that Ben Shanbrom and Brandon Green would be great matches." As it turns out, Bushwhack has been a thriving band for a good two and a half years, thriving in spite of
