We Are Currently Booking “The Godfathers of Grunge”
Kevin Wood Jeff Loftis Gus McIntosh Mike Stone Lead Guitar/Vocals Vocals/Harmonica Bass Drums
Kevin Wood - Legendary Guitarist Kevin’s musical career spanned over 30 years. In addition to founding Malfunkshun, Kevin’s talents have been showcased in his numerous bands including: Kevin Wood & From the North, Devil Head, Fire Ants, Hippie Glitz. His band members have included Chad Channing from Nirvana, Ben Shepherd of Soundgarden, Sean Smith of Brad & Satchel. He has played and recorded with notable musicians including: Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam & Brad, Tim McGovern of the Motels, Skerik from Critters Buggin on Scott Cranes Umbra project,The DeHumanizers & Dan McDonald in Regin Herjar & others. He has shared the stage with such bands as: Soundgarden, Brad, Stone Gossard, Extreme, Puddle of Mud, Grand Funk Railroad, Satchel, Fishbone, Super Suckers, Husker Du, Discharge, The Mentors, Dehumanizers, Chad Channing, Ben Shepherd, Tom Morello, Shawn Smith, Tim Robbins, Jack Endino, Duff McKagan. Jeff Loftis - Vocals Jeff has provided vocals for bands including: Mr. Meaner and Beggar’s Opera (Maverick Records), and Angelheart. He has recorded and/or played drums with Dali’s Dilemma on Magna Carta, former NFL Player and Paisley Park recording artist Esera Tuaolo, Billy Peterson of Steve Miller Band, and the late Mike Starr of Alice in chains. Jeff has shared the stage with many popular bands including: Candlebox, Everclear, Pres. of the United States of America, Yngwie Malmstein, Galactic Cowboys, King X, Quiet Riot, David Lee Roth, Alice in Chains, War Babies, Cindy Lauper, Love on Ice, Mullmuzzler, Guntruck, L7, and 7 Year Bitch. Louis (Gus) McIntosh - Bass Gus’s bands have included playing lead guitar for Jenne Hinds, bass with Aftermath Antics, Morpheem, Gravestoned and Kevin Wood & From the North. Gus has shared the stage with Act of Violence, Yanni, Olivia Newton John, The New Black Jesus, Bum Wealthy, G-Love, Rehab and The Special Sauce. He lends his musical talents to the studio side of music with Louisgusman Studios. Mike Stone - Drums Mike Stone Mike has been playing drums professionally for 20 years and has a BFA from Cornish College. He has played and/or recorded with Peter Buck (REM), Stone Gossard (Pearl Jam), Peter Destefano (Porno for Pyros), Bill Frissell, Wayne Horvitz, Steve Berlin (Los Lobos), Berrett Martin (Screaming Trees), Ben Shepherd (Soundgarden), Michell Froom (Latin Playboys), Skerik (Critters Buggin, Crack Sabath), Jay Thomas, Dan Marrud, Mark Eitzel (American Music Club), Shawn Smith (Pigeonhead, Brad) and many others. Mike is an active studio musician.
Booking Agent - Spoondog Entertainment Group, LLC Manager - Wind Hughes (616) 805-9032 (575) 770-7827 [email protected] [email protected] www.SpoondogEntertainment.com www.Malfunkshun.org HISTORY The Deep Six Compilation was released March 1986. It is arguably the first record to influence the “Seattle sound” that would be known worldwide as “Grunge”.
Original Malfunkshun members -1987 Left to right: Andrew Wood, Regan Hagar, Kevin Wood
Malfunkshun Memorabilia can be found hanging on the wall in the Seattle Hard Rock Cafe & the Seattle Experience Music Project (EMP) Museum.
Malfunkshun’s Return to Olympus The loved classics by the original Malfunkshun They were young, visionary band members: Kevin Wood, Andrew Wood and responsible for the (Landrew) & Regan Hagar foundation of a sound that changed the face (Released in 1995 on Loose Groove Records) of rock ‘n’ roll. http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/return-to- olympus/id320260749
Booking Agent - Spoondog Entertainment Group, LLC Manager - Wind Hughes (616) 805-9032 (575) 770-7827 [email protected] [email protected] www.SpoondogEntertainment.com www.Malfunkshun.org Current
September 23, 2011 Commentary: The roots of grunge run deep http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/23/showbiz/music/roots-grunge-yarm/ index.html
September 19, 2011 Dinosaur Jr.’s J Mascis recalls his favourite grunge memory and Malfunkshun http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2011/09/19/dinosaur-jr-s-j-mascis-recalls-his- favourite-grunge-memory/
Oct 24th, 2011 Kim Thayil when asked “If Soundgarden had never happened what other band(s) from that era and location would you have wanted to be in?” said.... “I would have also liked to have been in a band like Malfunkshun. When they were playing slow and heavy, they had that feel that The Melvins had at the time, but they also played very fast and chaotically. Later in their career, they started embracing more of these beautiful elements like psychedelic music. But there’s a natural progression in their growth that I think could have paralleled Soundgarden for part of its career. “ http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/2011/10/soundgardens_kim_thayil_talks.php
Jul 19, 2011 A documentary (DVD released by Universal) about the life and work of Andrew Wood entitled Malfunkshun: The Andrew Wood Story debuted at the Seattle International Film Festival. http://malfunkshun.com
Oct 25th, 2011 PJ20 Documentary by Cameron Crowe mentions Andrew Wood the original lead singer of Malfunkshun and the brother of Kevin Wood in the opening segment.
January 9, 2012 Malfunkshun mentioned on VH1 Classic Metal Evolution: “Grunge” (Rockumentary) http://www.vh1.com/video/metal-evolution/full-episodes/grun- ge/1676928/playlist.jhtml
Booking Agent - Spoondog Entertainment Group, LLC Manager - Wind Hughes (616) 805-9032 (575) 770-7827 [email protected] [email protected] www.SpoondogEntertainment.com www.Malfunkshun.org Current
July 1, 2010 Clint Brownlee of Sunbreak.com, for A & E music, wrote of the recent Malfunkshun concert & preview of the movie MALFUNKSHUN: The Andrew Wood Story: http://thesunbreak.com/2010/07/01/malfunkshun-the- andrew-wood-story-remembers-the-love-rock-legend-2/
23 October 2006 Pearl Jam - Grunge Pioneers Malfunkshun Reunite http://www.contactmusic.com/news/grunge-pioneers-malfunkshun- reunite_1011651
Listen to Malfunkshun’s remake of their classic Jezebel Woman featuring their new powerful vocalist Jeff Loftis!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4XThDFLsPE
Kevin Wood: LIVE performance & Interview http://wammybox.com/kevin.html
Malfunkshun music http://malfunkshun.org/music.html
Malfunkshun videos http://malfunkshun.org/video.html
Malfunkshun’s music available on iTunes and wammybox.com
New Single ‘Rains of May’ Just Released! Listen to Malfunkshun - “Rains of May” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yurptkHD_8
Listen to Malfunkshun - “Mirror of Guilt (Another You)” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWIZMDRX3C8
Booking Agent - Spoondog Entertainment Group, LLC Manager - Wind Hughes (616) 805-9032 (575) 770-7827 [email protected] [email protected] www.SpoondogEntertainment.com www.Malfunkshun.org