Joe Patt’s drumming and his eerie, demented lyrics played a big part in shaping the ragged, rootsy punk that came to define Columbus, Ohio’s underground in the 90’s, first with The Hairy Patt Band and then with Them Wranch.
Patt moved to Chicago in 2002 and spent that summer as The Country Teasers’ touring drummer. Several tunes from their Hideout performance, including a magnificent cover of Blue Monday by New order, were included in a 2005 live album released on In The Red records. After the Country Teasers stint he went on to play drums with Cash Audio’s John Humphrey in The Night Callers and with Billy Catfish in The Lonesome Tumblers. It was in The Lonesome Tumblers that he met Royal Pines’ lead guitarist, Brian Harper (Tekulvi, Notary). He then met Royal Pines’ bassist, Brendan O’Mara, through his old Them Wranch mate, Todd Pannent. Pannent and O’Mara played together in The Tax and Fertile Minds.
Pannent encouraged Patt to step out front with a guitar and perform some of the tunes he’d been stockpiling. Pannent was the original Royal Pines’ drummer when the group formed in the summer of 2005. In late 2006 he left and was replaced by Joe Gerdeman, a veteran himself of the Columbus scene. After playing only a handful of shows the band repaired to The Butcher Shop to record in the summer of 2007. Those recordings comprise the album Old World which is available on Ohio’s She He It label.
The Royal Pines have been refining their dark-hued, haunting, and uneasy sound for these last couple of years and on “Old World “ it culminates in a complex brew steeped in psychedelia, post-punk, and country. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.