Also known as Cobalt, CATHG | Years active 2003 – present | |
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Website CobaltandtheHiredGuns.com Members Matt Hart (vocals, guitar, bass)Tomlinson Fort (vocals, guitar, bass)Jesse Alexander (drums, vocals, percussion)Mike Roth (bass, guitar, vocals)Larry Bailey (bass, vocals (live)) Albums Everybody Wins!, Jump the Fence Record labels Cobalt & the Hired Guns, Updawg Records Similar Backyard Tire Fire, Martin Barre, The Hold Steady, Frightened Rabbit Profiles | ||
Cobalt & the Hired Guns is an Americana-punk pop-rock band based in Chicago. They have been interviewed in The Deli Magazine, where they were named Chicago's Artist(s) of the Month. In May 2009, they were finalists for MetroMix's Rock 'n' Vote competition, but first place went to another local band, I Fight Dragons. Other online reviews include The Brooklyn Paper's video review, and Jersey Beat.
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History
Matt Hart and Tom Fort are the founding members of CATHG, and members Mike Roth and Jesse Alexander joined soon after the band's inception in 2003 at Oberlin College in Ohio. The band members graduated from Oberlin in 2006, and headed back to Chicago, where Matt and Tom grew up. The band released their first Carbon neutral album in 2008, Jump the Fence.
In January 2012, the band created a Kickstarter campaign to help fund the recording of their newest album,Everybody Wins, so they can finally finish and deliver it to the public. They ended up exceeding their goal of $5,000 by the end of the campaign with a whopping $8,081 raised when the Kickstarter closed on February 16, 2012! Fans that donated money to the campaign chose from creative prize options such as, receiving mix CDs, to getting the band to come play a show in the prospective fan's hometown, and even becoming and Honorary Hired Gun and getting your name on the new album! Currently, the band finished recording the new album,"Everybody Wins!" which drops June 12, 2012 followed by a CD release show taking place at the legendary Metro club, just down the street from Wrigley Field, in Chicago on June 16, 2012. Until then you can find the band tentatively working on the prizes given out to their 127 backers that donated money to the Kickstarter campaign to make "Everybody Wins" a reality.
Discography
Chicago Roots Collective
CATHG is a founding member of the Chicago Roots Collective, a consortium of 10 local Chicago bands working together to promote each other's music. The idea to form the collective came about in the fall of 2008 at the Chicago Bluegrass and Blues Festival.
Songs
Boston And AloneJump the Fence · 2008
Like You Like Me Like MeEverybody Wins! · 2012
You Left Your SweaterEverybody Wins! · 2012