ANNOUNCED
RAVAGERS w/ Clean Lines, Cromm Fallon & The P200, Makers AD
About
In an age where “musicianship” merely means the quality of one’s auto-tune software, or the accuracy of one’s AI platform, it’s a rare thing to witness a band quite like **Ravagers**. One glance is all it takes to know this isn’t just a band but a straight-up, low-down goddamn gang. Denim, leather, sunglasses… the sort of image that made the best rock groups of late 1970s NYC the icons they were. But no, this ain’t the Lower East Side. This group could have only slimed its way out of the chaotic, corrupt, crime-ridden birth canal that is Baltimore City. For over a decade, guitarist and vocalist Alex Hagen has been penning the sort of nightmarish yet anthemic punk rock that captivates the youth as well as yesterday’s heroes. Lyrical themes touch upon paranoia, violence, drug-induced chaos, and the thrill of urban nightlife. You can tell this guy read a lot of comic books at a young age; it’s the kind of content that most guidance counselors would find, well… troublesome. Hagen launched his criminal outfit in 2014 with the premier EP Livin’ In Oblivion (Cricket Cemetery Records) and, after consistent touring and festival dates across the U.S. and Canada, doubled their debauchery with the followup 2015 Natural Instinct (Rock & Rule Records). Direct support gigs for The Damned, The Adicts and Fear began to solidify Ravagers as the real alpha hounds in the dog-devour-dog world of rock music.
