they're the most talented band i've ever met/heard from seattle :) the first time i heard them was at the cocaine in los angeles when i went to see the breakdowns and then i heard sledgeback for the first time and again at the dollhut about a day later and i loved them :) sometimes you hear a band on their album and then you see them live and they suck but sledgeback is awesome both on their album and when you see them live and i happened to see them live first...i'm so glad I did because they're amazing :) everyone must check out this band because they're amazing and they're going to be HUGE!!!! love to gabi and ac mike!!!!
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Tens of thousands of years from now, when musical paleontologists are looking for the missing link between Social Distortion and the Swingin' Utters, the evolutionary chain will point to Sledgeback. 

For the most part, Sledgeback is a musical combination of those two bands, complemented by the husky snarl of Hungarian frontman Gabi Hun.


Sledgeback's Guitars Know When to Drive Fast, When to Slow Down
People's Choice kicks off with "Pants Off" which is a serious driving punk song than the title would suggest. A fierce aggressive guitar line carries the music all the way through the first three songs. 

The album is excellently organized; the first three tracks are all hard fast punk songs, yet just when you think you might be getting worried that every song on the album will sound the same, the fourth track, "How Far" kicks in. It's an anthemic break, slowing things down a bit, giving you a chance to rest for a moment before tearing into the hard fast stuff again. 

Five tracks later, the band breaks away from the heavy fast music again with the more melodic "Take Me Home", which they then quickly follow up with "No Feelings", another heavy burst of music which employs the most addictive thrash guitar riff since Ministry did "Stigmata".
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Seattle has been known for it's music scene for years... Many great bands from here have put out their music for your listening enjoyment... Well, here is another one... Seattle's own Sledgeback!!!

With power driven guitar riffs, a chest pounding rythmn section and the snarling vocals of frontman Gabi Hun...catchy choruses and lyrics from life experiences...songs that will get you on your feet... this is a band you must check out! 

People's Choice was released in 2004 on local lable Sliver Records. There are 13 tracks of in your face punk rock starting off with the crowd pleaser Pants Off... Feel the angst of tracks like Sledgeanger, No Feelings and Regret... the driving tunes such as Take Me Home and Don't Wanna Know....This CD is a must have for any punk fan... any music fan for that matter.

All songs represent live just as they are on the CD...The crowd at their shows go absolutley crazy. Great music, great stage presence, great band... GET THIS CD!
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The thing about punk rock is, it never really had that many directions to go in before it turned into something else – punk, metal, pop, whatever – so if you started experimenting with the basic ‘dirty-ass rock n’ roll played by glue-huffing freak children’ formula too much, you ended up somewhere else entirely. Well, you don’t have to worry about any weird shit going down here, Jack. Seattle’s Sledgeback do, in fact, borrow a bit from the rootsy rock n’ roll of Social D and maybe Soul Asylum on occasion, but mostly they stick to the goddamn formula, tossing out a jukebox worth of solid, catchy punk rock anthems in the jumpy SoCal tradition. Hungarian frontman Gabi Hun is a deadringer for Bob Mould, too, so if you’ve ever wondered what Husker Du would sound like with a couple US Bombs in the band, well, now you know. “People’s Choice” is a little adolescent for my tastes, to be honest, but it sounds like the perfect soundtrack for seducing 17 year old punk rock girls. 

Umm, if you’re a 17 year old punk boy, of course.
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