New Ben Franklins

New Ben Franklins are about sonicness… if that’s a word, and I don’t think it is. Since the band’s formation in 1992 they have always been about making some noise. Starting out as a drum machine driven 3 piece playing music like The Sisters wish they could (but not nearly as great as the Lorries), the band soon added a live drummer and were off. In 1994 lead singer Malcolm Tent left the band, leaving guitar-slinger David DeVoe to take over the vocal duties as well as making all that noisy guitar stuff happen. Through a string of bass players and drummers, the band has evolved into its current incarnation – David DeVoe on vocals and guitar, Dave Meyer on bass guitar, Mark Kosta on drums, Tom Oberheide laying down pedal steel and banjo and whatever else we ask him to do, and the occasional wandering musician on something else. The band’s newer music has a touch of the old country in it while maintaining its sonic (and loud) features. As DeVoe gets a bit older, his songs seem to float back to the music which he was weaned on: Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Marty Robbins, Glen Campbell, etc… and all those influences seem to be working their way in a bit more each day.