The Dynamite Bros. started sometime in 2000 I think as a devoted blues revival band (more Skip James than B.B. King) with Mitch Rothrock playing guitar and handling the singin and drummer Scott Nurkin holding down the skins. This lineup continued for a few years while they toured and played a bunch in there hometown of chapel hill. Eventually, with the growing popularity of two-piece bands cranking out modern blues-style numbers like the white stripes, black keys, et. al., the Dynamites decided that things needed to change and added one Alex Livingstone AKA Chickenwang to the mix. Chickenwang, while holding residency in Austin, TX became the third offical bother Dynamite, albeit from Tejas. This lineup played a handful of great shows. Sadly, as he was over 1200 miles away, and already committed to his other love, the amazing Grand Champeen, it was hard for him to make it to practice. So the D. Bros. recruited the steady rhythms of one Shane Hartman to play bass. The songs began to change from just blues rave-ups to everything from funk to punk to STAX. I think the goal was a Sly Stone meets Bad Brains meets the Minutemen sound. This lineup continued for about 3 years travelling all over the damn place in a sweet carolina blue dodge ram PRIMETIME i like to call "Swayze" much to the chagrin of others. (UPDATE: Swayze is missing in action and presummed dead...... anyways.....) Occasionally the Dynamites back up local sax extrodinaire Tim Smith as the Dynamite Family Band, as well as participating in many other local projects. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.