Lamont (band)

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Name = Lamont


Img_capt = From Left to Right: Mike Cosgrove, Todd Bowman, Pete Knipfing
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Origin = Allston, Massachusetts, United States
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Genre = Hard rock, Stoner rock, Heavy metal, Cowpunk
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Years_active = 1998–2007
Label = Underdogma Records, Traktor 7 Records
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URL = [http://www.lamontband.com Lamont's homepage]
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Past_members = Mike Cosgrove, Meghan McLaughlin, Josh Kagan, Pete Knipfing, Jay Forney, Todd Bowman
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Lamont is a stoner rock trio founded in 1998 in Allston, Massachusetts, USA.

As of 2007 they have been on 4 different record companies, one for each of their 4 albums. Critics have said that their sound is raw 70's AC/DC style Rock and Roll mixed with Iggy Pop vocals and bluesy punk. They have opened for bands like Mojo Nixon, Reverend Horton Heat, and Drive-by Truckers as well as having a solid spot on the Emissions from the Monolith festivals. As of the summer of 2007 Lamont is officially broken-up. Pete Knipfing now plays with Psychobilly/Death metal band "Mess With The Bull", along with members of stoner metal band Scissorfight. They also re-recorded a ZZ Top track for a 70's cover compilation album called Sucking The 70's. On a similar note, "Hotwire" from Thunder Boogie was featured in Tony Hawk's Underground.

Albums

*1999 EP, Polterchrist Records
*Muscle Guts and Luck EP, Underdogma Records
*Thunder Boogie, Traktor 7 Records
*Population 3, Curve of the Earth records

ources

* [http://www.lamontband.com/ Lamont's homepage]
* [http://www.myspace.com/lamont Lamont's myspace]
* [http://www.underdogma.com/album.asp?album_id=1559 Lamont at Underdogma records]
* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=123508304 Mess With the Bull's MySpace]