18 Speed Tranny - Rock / Southern Rock / Metal
Band added by Raffman on April 17th, 2006.
Visit their official website at http://www.18speedtranny.com.

What's the goal of 18 Speed Tranny? According to their official site, "to create ASS KICKIN' in your face Heavy Rock fueled by FAT riffs and GROOVE ." If this sounds like your kind of music, you are in for a wild ride because these guys flat out rock! 18 Speed Tranny consists of three diehard band members; Ken Harvel on the guitar along with the vocals, Kris Wojtyla rocking the base, and Tom Crone is behind the drums. Check out their hilarious interview below and be sure to check out their official site for more kickass music!

Download their Exclusive Music:
Track 1 - 69 GTO
Track 2 - Stoner Disco Invastion
Track 3 - Falling Down
Track 4 - BFD

More Awesome Goodness:
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Check out their official site!



1. How long have you guys been together?

18 Speed Tranny has been around in one form or another for around six years or so, our current line up for the last two years.

2. Who thought of the band name? Any meaning or influences behind it?

It's a long story but we did a gig in Toronto Canada and we were out on the town and spotted a transvestite, no ordinary tranvestite though, this thing was muscle bound so we started making jokes and our bass player who was driving a semi truck at the time blurted out something in broken english about his truck having an 18 Speed Tranny and we thought it had a ring to it, it was definitly better than our name at the time which was "Mind Charger".

3. Who has been your biggest influence behind your band's music?

Too many influences to list but alot of classic rock, grunge, and some 80's rock and metal. Some bands would be Soundgarden, Led Zeppelin, Metallica, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, ect......

4. Out of your currently released tracks, which is the biggest fan favorite?

We strayed from our typical style a little and did a song called "Stoner Disco Invasion" and this beautiful girl is singing backup on it, so that's been going over really well live, never hurts to have sexy women on stage.

5. Have you performed outside of Chicago and the midwest much? Where else?

That gig in Toronto I mentioned before is probably the futhest we've ventured from home, it's tough to tour when you don't have a label or national distribution.

6. What's the band's favorite venue to play at?

The Double Door on Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago is always a great time and we always have a good show there, the sound is awesome and the people ROCK!

7. Have you performed at or near any universities?

Not really, one that we did do was near SIU and that was a great night, alot of people that never heard of us were right up front and they were all rockin' out, the place was packed too. Think we might need to book a college town tour, not to mention hot drunk college chicks!

8. What's the greatest thing about being in a band?

We drink for free, LOL!!!

9. Who get's all the ladies?

We all get our share but I'm gonna have to say that the quality of the ladies I get is top shelf model type chicks while Tom and Kris are bangin' their homely friends, LOL!!! I'm just fuckin' around, they get some hotties too.

10. Where do you see 18 Speed Tranny in 5 years?

I don't know but if we're around for another five years it should be good.

11. If you guys could open for any band at any venue in the world, who and where would it be?

Metallica in Chicago at United Center just so all our friends could be there with us.

12. For the whole band, what would each of you be doing right now if you weren't in the band or a musician?

Kris would be operating heavy equipment on construction jobs, Tom would be a promoter, and I would be a recording engineer or record producer.


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