brian femiano lead guitar

If you only spend time with the dimes, you'll never have room for the nickels.

I came from a small village in Maryland called Columbia. Metallica, Godsmack, and Cradle of Filth are my biggest influences. At a young age, many around me were calling me a musical prodigy. I consider myself more of an "electric guitar" savant than a music prodigy. Some of my other hobbies include watching movies and eating food thats not mine.

Breadpig has given me the chance to pursue my dreams. I love playing the lead guitar while covering some of the greatest bands in music such as Gwar and DeathGuild. It gives me an intense release after a long week at my day-job to rock-out without any care in the world.

Where will this experience leave me? I don't know, but I have a good feeling I'll end up with more than I started with.

jon swyers drums

Don't bother marching to the beat of your own drummer. March to me.

If you asked me twenty years ago if I thought I'd be a cultural icon, I'd probably have said nothing cause I was five years old. But if you asked me maybe a year ago, I'd have said definitely. Anyone who knows us knew that this was bound to happen

All those years I spent in the percussion section of the band have finally paid off. Now I'm doing what I've always dreamed of doing, only I'm not getting paid for it. Yet.

I draw my influences from everything around me. For instance, last night, I had pizza for dinner. I kept thinking about pepperoni for the rest of the night. So when we met up for practice today, I said "Hey, let's get some pizza for lunch." See what I did there?

Even if this doesn't work out with us ending up in the coveted Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, I still feel like we had an impact on the rock landscape. Like some kind of meteorite.

alexis ohanian bass

If rock were a science, I'd be Einstein or Galileo -- only alive.

Conceived at during the encore of a Men at Work show and born during an Air Supply concert, I was spawned to rock. As a result of my edgy, street-wise childhood, my parents were worried about too many gang influences in my life and moved the family to suburban Maryland. I was four.

My biggest influences are Metallica, NIN and myself. I chose to play the bass because I thought having all those extra strings was like playing on "easy mode." I've never had a teacher or mentor for more than a week -- you just can't cage a tiger. This kind of talent can't be constrained by conventions like "practice" or "sobreity." The only thing I do when I'm not rocking out is think about how I'm going to soon be rocking out.

Starting breadpig was probably the best decision of my life. The tribal bass guitar tattoo I got is a close second. This band has really allowed me to pursue some more experimental sounds. I think they really shine in our latest album.

When will then be now? our latest album

A new genre has been born. Breadpig breaks all the rules and all the boundaries!
-- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
I haven't actually listen to the entire album, but what I heard in the first 3 tracks was absolutely golden. Definitely a contendor for rock album of the year.
-- Mark Femer, MAXIM
Just when you think you've heard everything from this genre, breadpig's seminal work is as much revolutionary as it is supremely crafted and confident.
-- Stephen Deuschner, Pitchfork (9.8 rating)

When will then be now?
release date: March 5th, 2007

track listing

01 Hot Coffee
02 It's Klobbering Time!
03 NOD Your Head If You Hate GDI
04 We Wrote This Song While Mal'Ganis Was Down
05 Master Chief Is No Gordon Freeman
06 Stalk You Like A Red Turtle Shell
1451-tiny  07 Stop poking me (leave me alone)
08 You'd Be My Epic Mount
09 I've Bought A Strategy Guide To Your Heart
10 You've Got The Droids We're Looking For
11 That Damn Princess Was In Another Castle
12 Never Gonna Give You Up [cover]

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(all photography by Mike Scrivener)

trotting around the country want to book us?

date - city our level of rock
02.10.08 - baltimore, md
02.23.08 - washington, dc
04.05.08 - san francisco, ca
TBD - boston, ma
TBD - las vegas, nv
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