Big news people. After an exhaustive search (we're talking craigslist ads, people) and multiple in person auditions of various great musicians, we are honored and proud to announce our newest band member:
Our new bassist John Haas!
John has been a friend for many years and actually played bass in a band with Christopher in the 90's, and even lived with him for a few formative years in the mid 90's. John has been in multiple bands around Milwaukee over the years and is a seasoned bassist. He actually played upright bass in high school, and has been known to play his acoustic bass at campfire parties and camping trips with us in the past. I'm recalling an acoustic rock guitarmageddon in Kettle Moraine State Forest on a camping trip that included 5 guitarists and John on bass, as well as a djembe! Our campsite mates were shouting out requests.
For his audition, John rented an upright, practiced for weeks, and came in to Bockenplautz Central and just knocked it out of the park. We were all truly impressed by his playing and his energy.
In the end, it was a no-brainer. He's in the band.
So welcome to Bockenplautz Mach II, including acoustic and/or upright bass depending on the song.
John is hopefully going to be joining us for some songs at our upcoming show next weekend at Montecito's in Waukesha for St. Patty's day weekend. It will be a blast, and a great way to welcome him into the band.
Hope to see many of you BNP fans next weekend for St. Patty's in the 'Sha, and be sure to say hi to John!
This, our friends, is perhaps the last crucial cog in this burgeoning superior acoustic powerpop juggernaut known as BOCKENPLAUTZ.