Since then, the band has been working on new material and is pleased to offer a glimpse with their new 3-track EP.
Punk rock supergroup Fake Names - which includes Brian Baker (Minor Threat, Dag Nasty, Bad Religion), Michael Hampton (S.O.A., Embrace, One Last Wish), Dennis Lyxzén (Refused, International Noise Conspiracy, INVSN), and Johnny Temple (Girls Against Boys, Soulside) - have just dropped their new self-titled EP. The EP features guest drummer Brendan Canty (Rites of Spring, Fugazi).
In early 2016, Brian Baker and Michael Hampton met up at Hampton's Brooklyn home to play some guitars and see "if anything shakes out". Friends since first grade, the two guitarists ended up writing four songs that day, and closed out the session deciding to continue the collaboration and get a band together to play the songs live as soon as possible.
Baker and Hampton recruited Johnny Temple (another elementary school alumni) to play bass. Later that year while Baker and Temple were performing at Chicago's Riot Fest, they ran into Refused frontman Dennis Lyxzén (also on the bill) and spontaneously asked if he'd be interested in joining their new band. To their amazement, he said yes. The band gelled, and they started to record music that winter, resulting in the bands 2020 self-titled debut record co-produced by Hampton and Geoff Sanoff (A Perfect Circle, Jawbox). Since then, the band has been working on new material and is pleased to offer a glimpse with their new 3-track EP.Videos