Froskull - Froskull

Website:

http://www.froskull.com

Music Style:

Rock

City:

Nashville

 

State:

TN

 

Country:

United States

Band Description

Nashville's premier progressive rock band, Froskull captures a technical eloquence, a dynamic caprice, and an aggressively cosmopolitan style that defies easy classification.

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Artist Biography

Blazing A Trail For Progressive Rock In Music City

“It's a very inclusive genre.... You can use your imagination on a much broader scale and draw from all sorts of influences that you might have as a musician.” - Brett Hammond, Froskull

Previously named Stephen Rockford Hammond Band, Froskull is the new moniker for Hammond's current lineup featuring Jason Schond, Brett Hammond, and Adam Dennis.

Born and raised in Nashville, Stephen grew up at the very intersection of American musical culture. The spell of Music City ascended nascent childhood interest to wizardry as a performer, composer, and producer. In 2008, Stephen released his first full-length album, Flux Punch, named for the dissolved band in which he wrote the material.

Shortly after the album release, Stephen recruited bass guitarist Jason Schond and founded the Stephen Rockford Hammond Band. While the group began performing songs from the critically acclaimed Flux Punch, Stephen brought a new and even higher level of sophistication to his songwriting. His newer material subsequently transformed the band's set lists into complex mosaics of electrifying fantasia.

In 2011 Stephen recruited his brother, guitarist Brett Hammond. Adam Dennis took over drums in 2012, and Stephen renamed the band Froskull.

As the band's new image spread to the Internet community, music lovers worldwide engaged with Froskull's first recordings. Froskull's holistic musical style placed them in the spotlight of Jazz, Fusion, and Rock talk shows. They shared the stage with a spectrum of artists: from Nashville country stars Chris Young and Lee Brice to Rock and Roll legend Derek St. Holmes. A 2013 episode of 6minor Films' Songwriter was dedicated to a glimpse inside the band's process for writing, rehearsing, and performing.
A long-anticipated tour de force, Froskull's 2014 full-length album is a shining dose of captivating euphony. A self-titled release, Froskull hallmarks the band's technical eloquence, dynamic caprice, and aggressively cosmopolitan style.

Though nothing short of a fastidious progressive rock band, Froskull defies easy classification. Froskull's wild expressiveness and "pan-genre" feel emote with average listeners while provoking more particular music lovers to lend an ear.