BY JACQUI SAHAGIAN
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AMDYNAMITE will gain comparisons to that other famous two-piece from Michigan, the White Stripes, if only for being a duo also from Michigan concerned with keeping it simple. Aside from that, IAMDYNAMITE’s sound is a bit more poppy and less rooted in the blues, with their debut album 2012’s SUPERMEGAFANTASTIC full of short radio-friendly alternative songs that led to a tour opening for Sum 41. Guitarist Christopher Martin and drummer Chris Phillips met while attending high school in the suburbs outside Detroit. “Some friends and I wanted to start a band, and with it being a really small town there were only three drummers, and Chris was the only real drummer with a kit and a place where we could rehearse,” Martin said on the band’s formation to the Austin Examiner while IAMDYNAMITE was recording their debut at Pedernales Studios in Austin. “Our sound is loud and fun. We try to keep it energetic and as powerful as we can. It’s not that we are AC/DC or something, but we still want the music to be very impactful. We keep it simple, not because people can’t enjoy things that are complicated, but simple is more impactful,” Martin went on to say. For a band that makes such fun party music – complete with lots of hooks and the ecstatic capital letters used in their name and album title – it’s hard to believe their name comes from something as serious as Nietzsche: “I am no man, I am dynamite.” For now the group is still playing shows in support of their first record and the video for the single ‘Where Will We Go’ has been gaining views on YouTube. Though plans for a follow-up have yet to be announced, it wouldn’t be surprising to see IAMDYNAMITE’s songs break onto the alternative charts with a new release.
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