Downtown Handshake

Published 11:23 am Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Blend of alt rock, indie, dream-pop, punk, and funk.

County Affiliation: Warren

Members:

• Tony Smith – Vocals/Guitar/Introvert Elitist  [Sleeper Agent, Downtown Handshake, Decade of Experts & Assassins]
• Scott Gardner – Drums/Percussion/Fro Master [Sleeper Agent, Downtown Handshake, Natty Bumpoe, Decade of Experts & Assasins]
• Zach Greer – Lead Guitar/Jail-bait [Downtown Handshake]
• Lee Williams – bass, vocals [Sleeper Agent, Downtown Handshake, The Victory Sound, Hand Over Machinery,  Bears!]

Previous Members:

• Aaron Clark – Bass/Vocal Stabs/Southern Swagga [The Black Shades, Downtown Handshake, Sleeper Agent, Miss Umbrella, sloWols, Something Fierce, The Explodes, Slavadore’s Deli, AD3]

Discography:

• Revival Revival (2010) – description [contributors name (instrument/position), contributors name]
  

Affiliations: Decade of Experts & Assassins (evolved from) Kid Kills Art (previous name), Such Tall Buildings (previous name), Hoobajoob (previous name)

Influences: 

• Local: Sleeper Agent, Natty Bumpoe, Cage the Elephant, Mona, Black Shades, Dexateens, Mikky Ekko, Karmadons, Man Oh Man
• Non Local:  T.Rex, Spoon, Wilco, Pixies, Black Keys, Black Lips, Margot and the Nuclear So & So’s, Grizzly Bear, Of Montreal, White Stripes, Arctic Monkeys, Pavement.

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