Teddy Duchamp's Army

Come help us celebrate the release of our new album "...the spirit never dies." on Friday Oct. 9th at tech 25 in Pittsburgh! Joining us will be our good friends In Trace Remains (ex - Pikadori, Allies), Latecomer, and One If By Land All Ages there will be a bar with beer available by donation for those over 21 with ID. Doors are at 6:30 Tech 25 is an awesome venue! It is an old candy factory in Mt. Oliver that has been repurposed as an educational facility that teaches Live Show, event production, and recording to teens and adults. Learn to run live sound, lights, stage rigging, recording...etc It is an awesome spot providing an amazing service teaching these skills. The venue is non-profit. Formed in 1998 by Rock, Teddy DuChamp's Army was only meant to be a one off performance at a New Years Eve party where he enlisted a group of his closest friends to play some songs he had written. Somewhat basic in their structure and technicality, this is where the songs also found their beauty. The chords and melodies were honest and filled with hooks, without getting too caught up trying to reinvent the “musical wheel” so to speak. Surrounded by the growing popularity of the more technical “math rock” scene led by Pittsburgh's own Don Caballero, Rock had a desire to reconnect to music he felt on a deeper level, like the music he grew up listening to and fell in love with. The band's core lineup, including vocalist Andy Wright, a scene veteran of the local anarcho-punk scene,went on to release a demo an EP, and cross crossed the country multiple times sharing the stage with bands like Hot Water Music, Strike Anywhere, Dillinger Four, Paint it Black, Alkaline Trio, Small Brown Bike, and None More Black before eventually signing with Eyeball Records in New Jersey who at the time was blowing up with bands like Thursday, My Chemical Romance and Murder By Death. Due to some line up changes, including the addition of drummer Jeff Kopanic, the band opted for a name change