The Native Howl

The Native Howl is a band from Leonard, Michigan.[2] Their music is a blend of bluegrass and thrash metal, using guitar, banjo, electric bass and drums.[3][4]

The Native Howl
From left to right: Jacob Sawicki, Alex Holycross, Joshua LeMieux and Mark Chandler, 2015
Background information
OriginLeonard, Michigan, U.S.
Genres
Years active2013–present
Labels
  • Clean as Dirt Records
Associated acts
  • Clean as Dirt
Websitethenativehowl.com
Members
  • Alex Holycross
  • Joshua LeMieux
  • Mark Chandler
  • Jacob Sawicki
Past members
  • David Robinson

History

The band was formed by Alex Holycross and Jake Sawicki.[5] In 2012, the pair began playing metal-tinged folk music together. In 2013, calling themselves The Native Howl, they released their first EP, The Revolution's Dead, which was recorded in Holycross' newly renovated studio.[6]

With the addition of Mark Chandler on bass and Joshua LeMeiux on drums, they soon developed a new genre which they called Thrash Grass.[7] John Lawless of Bluegrass Today described this as "an effective mashup of thrash metal and banjo driven grass".[8] Together with The Gasoline Gypsies, The Native Howl toured around Michigan in 2014, and in 2015 the band released an album, Inukshuk, in CD format.

In 2017, the band performed at the Michigan Summer Beer Festival.[4] With the release of their third album, "Thrash Grass", they charted in the Billboard bluegrass charts for eight consecutive weeks, peaking at number four. [9]

In June of 2019, the band released a cover/medley song entitled "Harvester of Constant Sorrow" melding Metallica's "Harvester of Sorrow" and the Bluegrass song "Man of Constant Sorrow" made famous by the movie O' Brother Where Art Thou.

Discography
Title Formats Details Peak chart positions
US Bluegrass
The Revolutions Dead Compact Disc,
Digital Download
  • Release date: October 11, 2013
  • Label: Clean as Dirt Records
 –
Inukshuk Compact Disc,
Digital Download
  • Release date: March 17, 2015
  • Label: Clean as Dirt Records
 –
Thrash Grass Compact Disc,
Digital Download,
Vinyl Record
  • Release date: March 11, 2016
  • Label: Clean as Dirt Records
 4 [10]
Out of the Garden and Into the Darkness Compact Disc,
Digital Download,
Vinyl Record
  • Release date: July 27, 2018
  • Label: Clean as Dirt Records
 3 [11]

Awards and nominations
  • The Native Howl's flagship album, Thrash Grass, peaked at number four on the US Billboard Bluegrass chart January 21, 2017.[12]
  • Thrash Grass was followed up with a dual disk album, Out of the Garden and Into the Darkness, peaking at number three on US Billboard Bluegrass chart August 11, 2018.[13]
  • Nomination to the 2017 Detroit Music Awards[14]
  • Blue Water Music Awards Album of the Year and Best Import 2017[15]

See also

References
  1. https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/The-Native-Howl-Announces-The-Torque-Tour-20190313
  2. "Audio Interview with The Native Howl". Shockwave Magazine,July 10, 2017 by Maxine Frisbee
  3. "Musicians – Are You Living in the Past?". Harmony Central, By Dendy Jarrett | October 09, 2017
  4. "Michigan Summer Beer Festival 2017 Review". Life in Michigan, by Brenda Sodt Foster | Jul 27, 2017
  5. "Native Howl's 'Thrash Grass' mixes thrash metal and bluegrass". Detroit Free Press, March 30, 2016.
  6. 'UTG PREMIERE: The Native Howl – “Death Jam”'. Under the Gun, October 20, 2014 Scott Murray
  7. " Leonard band cranks out ‘thrash grass’". Oxford Leader, By Elise Shire on February 15, 2018
  8. "The Native Howl brings the thrash grass". Bluegrass Today, September 20, 2017
  9. "Billboard Chart". Billboard Chart, January 21, 2017.
  10. "Billboard Chart". Billboard Chart, January 21, 2017.
  11. "Billboard Chart". Billboard Chart, August 11, 2018.
  12. "Billboard Chart". Billboard Chart, January 21, 2017.
  13. "Billboard Chart". Billboard Chart, January 21, 2017.
  14. "Detroit Music Awards". Detroit Music Awards, 2017
  15. "Rock 'n Load". Rock 'n Load, February 14, 2018
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