The End Men

"Holy $#^%$%! Tom Waits meets the White Stripes. [This] stuff is really cool."
- Bob Power, award-winning, multi-platinum record producer, mixer, engineer, musician

“A musical fall down a flight of stairs, with relentless beats, ass-shaking riffs, and a voice that sounds like chocolate melted in an ash tray.”

BIOGRAPHY
The End Men were created in Brooklyn in 2010 as a core two-piece with an extended family. Composed of Matthew Hendershot (guitar and vocals) and Livia Ranalli (drums, percussion and vocals), most listeners are surprised to find that the powerful sound The End Men produce is created by such a simple arrangement. With raw, rasp-soaked vocals, the multiple amp guitar-split to give the illusion of bass, and a rock solid drum pocket peppered with percussive elements, the band (...) Mehr anzeigenrides a wave of dirty blues rock and vaudevillian stomp.

The live experience harkens back to a smokey sideshow tucked away on the bayou; captivating and eccentric in its intensity. Comedic interludes offset the energetic musical onslaught as they play anything within reach in an ever-evolving and seemingly barely- controlled musical chaos. Don’t let the reckless abandon fool you however as just behind the facade sits talent and musical skill that has been decades in the making.
They have toured extensively since the band’s beginnings, covering major markets in the Northeast and Midwest United States including New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Nashville, Kansas City and all stops in between. Also, they have toured Europe six times and are currently residing in Leipzig, Germany, with plans to keep touring Europe on a regular basis.

The End Men have supported a wide variety of international rock acts, including Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots, My Goodness, Urban Junior, The Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass Band (son of Wynton Marsalis), and Rusted Root. They have also appeared on a range of festival stages including the main stage of Some Kind of Jam, the headline slot on the main stage act of Lark Fest, multiple years of the Utica Music and Arts Festival, Infringement Festival, and other events of national and international relevance.



“This band just draws you in, particularly by their total commitment to what they’re doing. Matthew’s guitar is utterly relentless and there are few things in this life I enjoy more than watching Liv thrash the shit out of a set of drums. She goes hard, pounding sticks into skins in swinging arcs of movement that catch the eye as much as the sounds catch the ear. They live and breathe this music, the rhythm and the lifestyle of creation and sharing and being as rock as possible. It just is them, inseparable from their beings.”
- Melissa Walker, Upstate Live Music Guide

“They initially seem to tap into the rich vein of blues-tinged garage rock, only to blow your mind with Matthew Hendershot’s voice, a mixture of gutter punk and carnie. Driving this all is Livia Ranalli, an Italian expat just as comfortable drumming on pavement or with salad forks as on a ‘real’ kit.”
- Rob Rubsam, Tom Tom Magazine

"[…]A sound like Tom Waits, Captain Beefheart and Joe Cocker in an alley after a long night of whiskey and cigarettes but with it's own originality create an after hours club atmosphere thick with smoke and beatniks. Jack Kerouac would be right at home reciting the lyrics with a piano accompaniment."
- David John de Horton in his blog ‘Popa’s Tunes’

"These songs are awesome and have a character of their own. At a time when rock and roll seems to have lost the swing gene, I give a big, stinging high-five to The End Men for swinging us around by the tail."
- David Crandall in his blog ‘Project Rock’n’Roll’

"The End Men demand our full attention."
- Joe Wolfe-Mazares in his blog ‘Ear to the Ground’ Weniger anzeigen