The Reddmen

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The Reddmen, garage rock, pop music, band hailing from Rapid City, South Dakota formed in the late nineties by brothers J. Waylon Porcupine and Miyo One Arrow of the Northern Cheyenne and Lakota Plains Indian tribes.

The band prides themselves on achieving some semblance of mainstream appeal despite never being formally signed to a record label. The band has independently recorded, distributed, produced and toured for over a decade. The Reddmen have been featured to soundtrack a pivotal episode of hit series Grey's Anatomy, appeared at Al Gore's 2007 festival Live Earth. The Reddmen have attained spaces in national publications such as New York Times, Razorcake, and Maxim Magazine.
All though there have been several line-up changes through out the years, since 2003 The Reddmen have been comprised of J. Waylon Porcupine (guitar and vocals), Miyo One Arrow (percussion) and Trevor Leo (bass).

1 History
2 Misc.
3 The Present
4 References

[edit] History

[edit] Early Years

The Reddmen, originally composed J. Waylon Porcupine, Miyo One Arrow and close friend Ramon Bear Runner in the late 90's. The first year Ramon, Miyo and J. Waylon, worked to cultivate a sound more synonymous with pop-punk of the early 90's. "We tried to rip off ALL and Green Day, but we just sounded like shit. Nothing at all like those bands," J. Waylon describes. The second year, The Reddmen added Doug Two Bulls as a bass player after Ramon's departure. This was far from the last bass player the band would burn through over a decade. The three played shows spanning through the mid-western rock music circuit and shared the bill with acts such as Avail, No Means No, and The Nobodys.

In 1999, J. Waylon was approached by Mike Epps of Stereotyperider to play bass for Stereotyperider on their upcoming US tour. A week after J. Waylon accepted, he was approached by Scared of Chaka to play bass on their US tour. After discussing the logistics of touring with either band, he moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico and embarked on eight collective weeks of touring with Scared of Chaka.

Waylon returned home to The Reddmen, minus Doug and set forth with Miyo to rework the next incarnation of The Reddmen.

[edit] Sons of The Morningstar

After Doug's departure from the band J. Waylon and Miyo were yet again, looking for someone to wiggle into their rock band. They recruited several different substitute members from their side-project bands, and eventually reaching a temporary sollution in Kris Schmidt. Kris was a suitable addition to The Reddmen until early 2003 when he made a sudden exit from the band, luckily, the band's merch boy and roady Trevor Leo was more than capable of filling in the gap as the new bass player. Five years later, Trevor still fits as both a consistent member and as the band teases "Longest Lasting Whiteboy." The Reddmen recorded first release Sons of The Morningstar in 2003, with J.Waylon and Miyo, performing all of the recording themselves with a single microphone. They toured fall of 2004 to promote the album.

[edit] Arsenic Ballads

After roughly two years of extensive touring of the bulk of the US, The Reddmen recorded Arsenic Ballads which was released in 2006. Shortly there after The Reddmen were contacted by Grey's Anatomy to be feature their song "The Secrets of Amanda Prines" off of Sons of The Morningstar during the opening credits of Season 3, episode 21 entitled "Desire."

A few months past the Grey's Anatomy airing, The Reddmen were contacted by New York Times in order to seek their review of Tanka Bars, a snack geared toward the Native American demographic.

[edit] Misc.

[edit] (Some)Former Members of The Reddmen

Ramon Bear Runner
Kris Schmidt
JB Hawkins
Doug Two Bulls
Mike Schweigman
Ty Schock
Mike Epps of Stereotyperider
Rob formerly of Homeless Wonders
Chuck Coffey of EyesAndEars
Chuck Ommen
Pat Williams
Jason Ward of The Weather Machines
Kelly Lacriox of NoiseNoiseNoise

[edit] Releases

Sons of the Morningstar
Released in 2003, Kit Fox

Ready Set Burn
Third Wheel Party
American Crush
Never A Dull Omen
The Move
Cyanide Kick
Sidewinder
We Built This City on Shit Talk
Young Country Singer
Sofiya
Break Up Theology
You're The First
Sticks To Snakes
Supernova Earth
Versace Eyes and Earthquake Thighs
Souvenir Lover
Baby We Were Born To…
The Secrets of Amanda Prines
Sugar
Postdated Wreck
Lady Nicotine
22 Columbus St.
Stars on the Ceiling

Arsenic Ballads
Released 2006, Kit Fox/Not Bad Records

Lunar: First Class
Sometimes, Always, Never
Candy Cigarettes
Edward XIII, X The Owl And Me
Boy Trap
Mascara
P's And Q's
There Goes My Girl
Nameless And Shameless
A Song About A Snow Angel
Purple Pose
Arsenic Ballads

[edit] Trivia

J. Waylon and brother Tate' were extras in 1991's

Son's of the Morning Starstarring Rosanna Arquette

Both Miyo and J. Waylon have been drummers for

The Weather Machines

Both Amanda Prines and Jessica Blake are actual real people.
"This Year's Mono" is a play off of Elvis Costello's "This Years Model"
J. Waylon has produced albums for BUST! and

NoiseNoiseNoise

The Reddmen also appear in several other bands including:

Vietnam Glasses Arrows to Saturn The Weather Machines

[edit] The Present

Recently The Reddmen released a split album on vinyl with Colorado band, EyesAndEars. The Reddmen have been recording their first hi-fi album at Pachyderm Recording Studios where Nirvana once recorded.