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TEMPERANCE LEAGUE

From: Charlotte, North Carolina
Record Label: Like, WOW!
Website: http://temperanceleague.bandcamp.com/
If a Temperance League show doesn’t end with the singer swinging from a rafter, table-walking through the bar, or drenched in sweat and geysers of cheap beer, you could well be at some other band’s show. Led by 39-year-old Charlotte native Bruce Hazel, Temperance League has been overturning the old-guys-can’t-rock notion since solidifying as a quintet two years ago. They’re doing so at a pace that should shame many younger acts, kicking out blitzkrieg jams on a relentless basis.
The band’s initial singles—released through their own Like, Wow label—are culled from 2010 sessions done with Mitch Easter at his Fidelitorium. The songs channel the band’s forebears, including fiery elements of the MC5, Ramones, Springsteen and even the Byrds, all in a vintage-sounding blend of swagger and catharsis. But what sounds raw and feral belies the craftsmanship that’s gone into these tracks. The two-guitar attack of Shawn Lynch and Chad Wilson tears through muscular rhythms delivered by drummer David Kim. Hazel, meanwhile, shouts out common-man aphorisms and left-leaning agit-prop like the possessed offspring of Strummer and The Boss. Decades spent slugging it out in the service industry provides him with plenty of narrative vigor and vitriol.
As energized as the singles sound, it’s live that the Temperance League really plugs into its strengths. The live chops are formidable, having been honed in some of the Queen City’s best bands of recent years, including Lou Ford, Benji Hughes, Les Dirt Clods, the Fence Lions and Buschovski, among others. It’s a veteran lineup, in other words, playing music we traditionally associate with younger generations. But while youthful rockers find punk energy and inspiration in the hunger to make their mark, this band is powered by something maybe even more urgent—the ticking clock. —John Schacht
 

Upcoming Shows

No upcoming shows booked for TEMPERANCE LEAGUE.
 

Past Shows

February 1st, 2013 w/ HECTORINA, LEE BAINS III & THE GLORY FIRES, MODERN PRIMITIVES
June 8th, 2012 w/ DAN SARTAIN, BABYSHAKER
April 8th, 2012 w/ THE LIVING DEADS, MONTERREYS
January 18th, 2012 w/ PAINT FUMES, JOINT D�M�GE, DRAG SOUNDS
 
 
 
 
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