American Werewolf Academy’s influences range from 60s bubblegum to 70s power pop and all out rock. Favourite bands of AWA include Roky Erickson, The Who, The Kinks, Cheap Trick, The New Pornographers, and R.E.M. Formed in 2003 when guitarist and vocalist Aaron Thedford’s previous band ‘Robot Monster Weekend’ disbanded. Tony Harper (Slobberbone) on drums was recruited via an advert in a bar bathroom. Jake Barnhart joined on bass in 2007, and the band’s newest member Jon Binford on Lapsteel and Lead guitar came on board in 2013, adding a layer of heavy shoegaze pedal steel and incendiary bursts of lead. They hail from Dallas, TX of USA and have over the course of 19 years evolved into a fascinating exponent of honest, slightly crazy, high-energy rock.