Over the course of over 15 years, half a dozen albums, and more notes than you can shake a stick at, the ever-evolving Dreadnaught has carved out a musical niche unlike any other. This is because, very simply, we're totally and utterly deranged.

And I can say this for the equally simple reason that I'm partly to blame.

Today, at the start of a new decade, Dreadnaught - bassist Bob Lord (the guy writing this), drummer Rick Habib, and guitarist Justin Walton - can be heard daily performing the theme song for New Hampshire Public Radio's flagship radio program "The Exchange."

Since 2005, Dreadnaught has been the house band for The Music Hall/NHPR series "Writers On A New England Stage" (for which I'm the Music Director), and we've composed and arranged music for writers such as John Updike, Stephen King, Madeleine Albright, Ken Burns, Alan Alda, E.L. Doctorow, Dan Brown, Mitch Albom, Elmore Leonard, and Neil Gaiman, among others.

But this isn't the whole story. Utterly uncompromising multi-movement prog-rock opuses, gritty bar-band Americana, experimental electronic music, even a music for orchestra... all this and more can be found by just clicking that nice little "Launch Audio" link up there.

We've played in more than half the states of the union and along the way we've shared the stage with artists (and band influences) like John Entwistle, Tony Levin, NRBQ, and a ton of others. Our records have won awards and we've won acclaim, but nothing interests as much as just doing what we love to do: make music that confounds every single expectation one could possibly have.

Really - what is the point of doing what has already been done? We'll leave that to the other folks. Duck for cover... head for the hills... here comes Dreadnaught.

/// New Dreadnaught Album
Work on the new Dreadnaught album is officially underway, and we've got a serious rock-prog-Americana epic on our hands here. If you have barn doors, please secure them, because they will be blown off. Check back here for release details.

/// Writers On A New England Stage. The fall/winter season of the acclaimed "Writers On A New England Stage" series from The Music Hall and NHPR featuring Dreadnaught is in full swing, with authors Chuck Palahniuk (FIGHT CLUB) and Chris Matthews of MSNBC. Visit www.themusichall.org for more information.

/// Performances. We've got a few gigs on the books for the end of 2011, including a New Years blow-out in Hallowell ME at Hoxter's. Get your asymmetrical dancing shoes on.

"Country-rock, avant-garde blues, prog-funk, experimental rock - any and all of these labels are accurate, yet each only begins to brush the surface of the band's style." (ALL MUSIC GUIDE)

"This is Art. This is the realization of a dream. This is intention and ambition married to execution and creativity... This is lights-off, lying on your bed, staring into the blackness stuff. Or something to have weird sex by. Your call." (THE PHOENIX)

"Talk about nuts - who else would have the stones to kick off their CD with a reference to Isaac Asimov ("R. Daneel Olivaw") by bouncing tinkling ivories over a thudding industrial beat? Or to name a song after a feisty freshwater game fish ("Northern Pike”), haul out that industrial beat and layer it over with whimsical harmonica, twangy blues guitar, and zippy strings? Gots to be Dreadnaught." (PROGRESSIVEWORLD)

November 3, 2011
Writers On A New England Stage at The Music Hall (Portsmouth NH)
Featuring Chuck Palahniuk with host Virginia Prescott & Dreadnaught
Broadcast on NHPR

December 2, 2011
Writers On A New England Stage at The Music Hall (Portsmouth NH)
Featuring Chris Matthews with host Virginia Prescott & Dreadnaught
Broadcast on NHPR

December 17, 2011
Dog Bar in Gloucester MA

December 31, 2011
Hoxter's in Hallowell ME

Dreadnaught
223 Lafayette Road
North Hampton NH 03862
e: info@dreadnaughtrock.com
ph: 603.758.1718