Ironboss is a veritable hacksaw of a quartet from the hills of Western Maryland. The band's insistence on jacked up guitar riffs played with hammering, revved up single-mindedness continues to this day. The single-minded purpose, of course, for ringleader Chris Rhoten, is matching on guitar the intensity of tearing up a motocross track without care for life and limb. The band blends a hands-on relationship with streetpunk and hardcore with an equal passion for nasty rock and roll. The results are one of a kind, with Chris' tuneful, but throaty, yowl, and twangy, chickenscratch guitar barbequing over a beefy, quick-tempo'd rhythm section.

The band has slugged out hundreds and hundreds of shows in beat-up clubs all over the States and Europe, breaking bones, vans, hearts and equipment along the way, as well as recording six cd's worth of rock to tremendous acclaim in publications such as Metal Hammer, Kerrang, Terrorizer, Classic Rock, and numerous other large publications. Ironboss has released material on labels in the United States, Canada, Australia, UK, Sweden, Switzerland, Germany, France, Spain, and Italy.

With well over a decade of backbreaking mechanical labor at the Carroll County Landfill, and over thirty years of backwoods living, Chris Rhoten walks the walk. In addition to handling vocals and guitar, he is a professional moto-cross racer, and extremely dangerous man, having broken over fifty bones, suffered dozens of concussions, been struck by lightning twice, been accused of murder, assault, EPA violations, and worst of all, looking like David St. Hubbins of Spinal Tap. He is missing a chunk of a finger on his left hand, and has had a bizarre fascination with Captain Beefheart since he was a boy.

Bassist Dave Waugh picked up from where Ed "Big Daddy" Roth left off, and more or less kicked-off the hot rod tattoo craze in the early 90's. His tattooing is world renowned, and he has ruined people's skin all from Osaka to Stockholm. And he's now in fit and fighting form. Those old Iron Maiden shirts fit once again.

Drummer Patrick Kennedy is a respected writer who has contributed to Details, CMJ, Alternative Press, Oui, Bizarre, Guitar World, Baltimore City Paper, Drum, Tattoo, and many others. He breaks everything he touches.

Guitarist Brady Duncan may be new in the band, but he's old school with us. Ironboss did countless shows with his old band Jesuseater, and Dave has tattooed along side of him on and off for years. Brady has a fast right hand - the finest rhythm player this side of Johnny Ramone and Malcolm Young. And he's damn close to having the most tattoos in the band.....

Ironboss has toured/played with the following bands: Clutch, Motorhead, Queens of the Stoneage, Zwan, Rollins Band, Danzig, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Nashville Pussy, Mudhoney, Electric Frankenstein, Hatebreed, Quiet Riot, Alabama Thunderpussy, Zeke, and many more. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.