Poor Man's Poison

Like Any Great Band The Sound Is The Clear Result Of Collaboration And Compromise. Diverse Influences Converge Into A Singular Consistent Vision. Each Component Is Integral And Each Serve The Greater Whole. The Effect Is Serious But Never Hopeless Thoughtful But Still Kinetic With A Bit Of Anti-Authoritarianism Inherent To The Working Class. Really It’s A Bit Surprising That Music This Warm And Optimistic Was Born Of A Near Collapse Amongst Its Creators. After Drummer Dustin Medeiros Was Diagnosed With Tinnitus It Became Apparent That He Would Have To Resign Not Just From His Band But From Loud Music All Together. So After Just One Fantastic Album Together This Would Be The Reluctant End Of Done For Good. As The Group Disintegrated Singer Ryan Hakker And Mike Jacobs Continued Working On More Acoustic Music Eventually Arranging A Show At A Place Called Lush In Their Hometown Hanford California. It Was Then That Medeiros Shifted Gears Borrowing A Stand Up Bass Expecting Nothing More Than A One-Off Show. Then As These Things Go On The Second Day Of Practice Former Done For Good Guitarist Tommy McCarthy Arrived With A Borrowed Mandolin. “After He Played That First Hook Melody ” Says Medeiros “we Knew We Had A Band. It Was Out Of Our Hands.” Since Then The Group Has Accomplished Far More Than Any Of Their Prior Endeavors And In Far Less Time. Now They’ve Finished Their Second Album Entitled Friends With The Enemy And Are Poised To Take Their Music Further Outward Into A World That’s Better Off Because Of It. Members
Ryan Hakker - Guitar/Vox Mike Jacobs - Guitar/Vox Tommy McCarthy - Mandolin/Vox Dustin Medeiros - Upright /Vox read less