Mutts

rock

This is a bio for Mutts, the keyboards-based rock trio from Chicago, IL. Note: There have been at least 3 other bands called The Mutts. Mutts is a current rock band formed in 2009 by Mike Maimone (keyboards/vocals) and Bob Buckstaff (bass). Drummer Chris Pagnani joined in late 2011. Based in Chicago, IL, the independent group released 3 EPs in their first 2 years together - Pretty Pictures, We Float and The Tells of Parallels. From 2011 through 2014 the band then released 4 LPs - Pray for Rain, Separation Anxiety, Object Permanence and Fuel Yer Delusion vol. 4 - each of which charted on the CMJ Top 200 for college and independent radio airplay. A covers EP and split 7 vinyl release came out in 2015 while the band topped 130 tour dates for the 4th straight year. Mutts is working on new music in 2016. All releases are available at muttsmusic.com Chicago’s Mutts are a keys/bass/drums trio described as “like Tom Waits fronting a garage band” by Time Out Magazine, and “what Queens Of The Stone Age would sound like if they ditched the guitars and started playing dirty sounding organs” by Loud Loop Press. In 2016 the band is working on new music while playing regionally – highlighted by a sold out hometown show at Schubas on February 27, 2016. This emphasis on new music follows a 2015 in which Mutts continued to pound the pavement in support of their successful fourth LP. And along with their 132 tour dates across 25 states (including FEST in Gainesville an...