Artist description The Who meets Billy Bragg

Music Style Antifolk

Musical Influences The Clash, Bob Dylan

Similar Artists Beck, Woody Guthrie, The Clash

Artist History Lach is the founder of the Antifolk movement.

Group Members Lach, Billy Ficca, Geoff Notkin

Instruments Guitar, Piano, Drums, Bass

Albums BLANG!(1999), Contender (1991)

Press Reviews " Lach is the mastermind of Antifolk, a loose concept involving acoustic guitars and punk-rock attitude, like a Lower East Side rendezvous of Bob Dylan and Patti Smith. "- Jon Pareles, The New York Times " The Sex Pistols meets Hank Williams "- Billboard" The last true punk" - Martin Kihn, New York Magazine"Lach is so what the East Village used to be all about. He's a gruff-and-tough punk turned poet with a heart o'gold singing jangly, funny, pop-punk songs with names like "Teenage Alcoholic" and "Drink-ing Beers with Mom" in a snotty voice, equal parts Tom Petty, Richard Hell and that dude from the Dead Milkmen. Check out his recent CD, Blang!, if only for the hilarious song "Kiss Loves You" and the accompany-ing photo of Lach flanked by Gene Simmons and Peter Criss."-Time Out NY"Alphabet City's stalwart anti-folk hero is back, building monuments to lonely rockabilly while simultaneously breaking the molds. He never fakes being too cool, but with songs like "Drinking Beers With Mom" and "Kiss Loves You", you just know he is. " - Natasha Stovall, The Village Voice"This was some good shit. An acoustic and offbeat show, quirky lyrics backed by truly solid musicianship. Folk/Western/Rock combined with the stop-and-go beat of Lach’s voice and guitar created a unique effect "-PopSmear" He's equal parts Dylan, Sid Vicious and Hank Williams, with dynamic vocals, audacious time-changes and sharp, stream-of-consciousness rhyming" - Mike Beggs, The Toronto Eye (NXNE)"Lach's emotional resonance left the Chicago House audience begging for more, wrapping up a celebratory set of troubled dreams." -Gavin Lance, Austin-American Statesman (SXSW)"A&R pick of the week! Lach’s lowbrow humor and his uncanny knack for storytelling owe as much to The Sex Pistols as they do to Woody Guthrie. For fans of Beck, Woody Guthrie and The Clash!" – Ron Hart, CMJ Weekly"A wholly enjoyable voyage into a strange and brilliant musical mind."-Billboard Magazine"Blang! is a double-espresso of an album. Revved up and relevant, with a cool mix of humor and bite, this is an album that remembers the Greenwich Village clubs of the 60’s, the CBGB's of the 70's and processes through the commercial exploitation and cynicism of the 80's and 90's.Fans of Dylan as well as the Clash, the Replacements or even the Sex Pistols will find lots to love "-Performing Songwriter Magazine"Lach takes adventurous leaps of word and lands solidly. Don’t just listen to this album, study it, marvel at it then you can relax and enjoy" -Songwriter’s Monthly"Top Ten CD of ’99! Lach simply rules! If you like songs that simultaneously make you smile along in envy and approval because of their un-self-conscious passion and clever wit, find Lach and make him your folk -I mean- anti-folk hero"- Chris Uhl, The Aquarian"Take a bit of R&B rootsiness, mix in catchy tunefulness and silly-pop humor, pour over an upbeat tempo and congratulations, you've successfully mixed your first Lach! Where, you ask, would you serve such a concoction? Anywhere that you'd successfully offer a Ben Folds Five, a Nerf Herder or perhaps wherever you'd serve Cake. Hospitality metaphors aside, Blang! is a work of impeccable anti-folk pop craftsmanship. And lest this description comes across as too tame, Lach throws in just enough punk attitude to make things really rock! Lach combines wit and wisdom in his catchy pop-folk-punk."- Splendid E-Zine by Noah Wane

Additional Info Currently recording new album with producer Ricjard Barone

Location New York, New York - USA

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