Search - Federation X :: Rally Day

Unmistakably American, with deep roots in the dirt-rock, power violence & country music tradition of its native semi-rural Washington state. FED XÕs powerful, purty ruckus shares more than a little of its DNA with plow-core pioneers Karp, a youthful staple for members Ben & Beau X. They also tip hats to songwriters like Bob Dylan & Steve Earle & guitarists like Doug Martsch & Tony Iommi. The result is a uniquely coherent approach to western heavy rock, & we dig the shit out of it.2 four-string guitars fuzzy-pumpered through Sunn amplifiers (Bill and Ben) & a powerful & animated drummer (Beau). That classic solid-state plow of the Sunn amplifier--a cheap, loud behemoth that defined the Karp & Unwound sounds--undergirds their sound like a rusty iron truss