Chapter One - In the beginning, there was Joe and Tim...
Joe Mroz ( guitar ) and Tim Hough ( drums ) played music together through their college years in the bustling metropolis of Chicago, IL in various rock music projects - most of them thinly disguised drinking binges. During this time, Joe found a songwriting voice that spoke for many of his friends' experience in the pitfalls of a young adulthood in the jaws of the big city. Encouraged by the response, the duo recorded an ep of tunes that would form a character for the band yet to come.
In late summer 2002, Tim was introduced to Guy Corl through mutual friend and songwriter Dan Raab. After backing Dan for a few shows, Guy asked Tim to back him on an original set of songs at Fitzgeralds in Berwyn, IL. A musical kinship was found, a long term partnership born. That fall, Tim, Joe and Guy set about crafting the first songs in which the lovely lothario character that THE DYNAMOS was destined to become.
In late summer 2002, Tim was introduced to Guy Corl through mutual friend and songwriter Dan Raab. After backing Dan for a few shows, Guy asked Tim to back him on an original set of songs at Fitzgeralds in Berwyn, IL. A musical kinship was found, a long term partnership born. That fall, Tim, Joe and Guy set about crafting the first songs in which the lovely lothario character that THE DYNAMOS was destined to become.
Chapter Two - Furious D crash lands...
While Guy, Tim, and Joe sweated over early Dynamos classics like, Fine lil' Hole, Human Cannonball, and Ed, Derek Young ( bass ) found himself doing quite the same thing with another iconic Chicago act, Hoyne. Mike Rizzo, songwriter for Hoyne, explored the darker side of the careless excess which Dyanamos celebrated, while employing Derek to pin the songs down with his furious approach to the drum kit. When Guy joined in the fun on bass guitar, yet another long lasting partnership was formed. When the Dynamos found need of a low end dealer, Derek immediately filled the hole with as equally a sweaty and aggressive approach to the bass guitar as he had for the skins.
Throughout 2003 & 2004, The Quartet honed their repertoire in the basement studio of Fabsound Chicago, as well as such long gone Chicago venues as Big Horse, Club Vertigo, and Spot 6. The project was further documented by Fabian Vander in the Dynamos first official EP as a four piece, a full length record at Pridmore studio in Highland Park, in 2005 / 2006 at Chicago's Auto Show at McCormick place, and a full length live album in 2007 at Double Door Chicago, a must play venue in Chicago of international renown.
Throughout 2003 & 2004, The Quartet honed their repertoire in the basement studio of Fabsound Chicago, as well as such long gone Chicago venues as Big Horse, Club Vertigo, and Spot 6. The project was further documented by Fabian Vander in the Dynamos first official EP as a four piece, a full length record at Pridmore studio in Highland Park, in 2005 / 2006 at Chicago's Auto Show at McCormick place, and a full length live album in 2007 at Double Door Chicago, a must play venue in Chicago of international renown.
Chapter Three - Ending...Beginning...
Late in 2008, after 6 solid years of writing, recording, and gigging, Joe made the difficult decision to bow out of work with The Dynamos in order to focus on family and professional life. Tim, Derek, and Guy agreed to continue the band's work, seeing that it offered a unique voice in the culture of rock music in Chicago. After some song re-tooling of its setlist and revision of its mission, the trio set out to rock even harder in the absence of its founding influence.
Today, the band continues to blow the doors off of venerated Chicago watering holes such as Tiger O'Stylies, Cal's Liquors, and StageBar, never conceding to age, familial obligations, health, or mental well being. Tim, Derek, and Guy are proud to bring you the best that the Dynamos has to offer now, and well into the known future...
As things are prone to do as rockers age, the spotlight dimmed in 2013, silently re-charging for the power chord barrage of a later day...
Today, the band continues to blow the doors off of venerated Chicago watering holes such as Tiger O'Stylies, Cal's Liquors, and StageBar, never conceding to age, familial obligations, health, or mental well being. Tim, Derek, and Guy are proud to bring you the best that the Dynamos has to offer now, and well into the known future...
As things are prone to do as rockers age, the spotlight dimmed in 2013, silently re-charging for the power chord barrage of a later day...
Chapter Four - New Beginnings
Then, the spark held close to their hearts re-ignited at the start of 2018 and pulled the boys back to their instruments
like moths to the flame. Best of all, the Dynamos were lucky to add the excellent guitar stylings of one Ken Mitchell, who breathed fresh life into them like the veteran rock n' roll midwife that he is. We look forward to playing these songs to you now, having been lucky enough to weather wives, kids, dead end jobs, existential white male ennui, and everything
else that middle-adulthood has had to offer. Come, join us, and raise a glass to this punk rock tree falling in the woods, won't you?
like moths to the flame. Best of all, the Dynamos were lucky to add the excellent guitar stylings of one Ken Mitchell, who breathed fresh life into them like the veteran rock n' roll midwife that he is. We look forward to playing these songs to you now, having been lucky enough to weather wives, kids, dead end jobs, existential white male ennui, and everything
else that middle-adulthood has had to offer. Come, join us, and raise a glass to this punk rock tree falling in the woods, won't you?
