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“Local band Dead Bed Bad navigates a changing scene

John Frederick has the sharp air of an all-American rocker. There’s no mistaking it — the lengthy, brunette hair and leather jacket single him out.

Frederick is a virtuoso and the linchpin behind Columbia’s blues-rock outfit Dead Bed Bad, but his passion doesn’t come without tribulation. He says that the group would have better luck in a town with a more substantial indie-rock following, but time and financial constraints keep them rooted in Columbia. “Playing locally is a lot cheaper,” he says. “It helps with the schedule, too, because we all have day jobs.”

It’s tough to gain traction alongside a smorgasbord of other local bands. However, Frederick stopped playing for notoriety and fame a long time ago and decided to churn out at least five albums before he calls it quits. “I can say when I’m on my deathbed that I tried,” he says.

Frederick cycles through musicians who accompany him during performances; right now, it’s MU students Aaron Mankin on drums and Hunter O’Donnell on bass. Despite this change up of members, Frederick’s stage presence remains unchanged. When the music is serene, his vocals lull along with the melody. But on thundering tracks about love lost, his voice flares.

Frederick wrote, recorded and released three albums in a mere two and a half years. He’s influenced by musicians such as Jack White and classic crooners such as Tom Waits. The music doesn’t stray too far from these all-American starting points. It’s a bluesy-funk that delves into other genres; it’s exploratory but not overbearing. “He has his very own sound,” close friend and former bandmate Brent Maness says.

There’s pressure to sound more mainstream for first-time listeners, something Frederick struggles with. “You’re sort of cheating yourself and cheating music and cheating everybody when you do that,” he says. To him, a band’s chances of making it are dismal unless it sounds like Dan Auerbach with a glaze of sunny radio pop.

Despite this, the group packs up its equipment after each show and carries on. Few local bands will make it big, but Frederick says this band will never compromise its style.”

MARLEE ELLISON – VOX Magazine {Updated FEB 18,2016}

“In this modern age of EDM dominance and Americana nostalgia in the music industry, Dead Bed Bad quietly churned two wholly original, debut efforts that spit in the face of those conventions in 2O13. The group has quickly amassed a catalog of down and dirty rock flavored dirges that demands immediate attention upon first listen. With a rotating cast of musicians, the nucleus of the outfit is none other than the Trent Reznor of Indie Psych Pop, Jack Gue. With a Bukowski-esque fervor, Gue relates tales of all night benders and failed attempts at love with all the wrong women.

Having began his career at an early age as a lounge musician in Vegas and then paying his dues for over a decade in LA, Gue returned to his home state of Missouri to record and release the band’s first albums [Fire & Water, A Wasted Life of Dancing Mice and Pretty Lights] within a 12 month span in 2O13.

Gue exudes the persona of a tortured soul, but for someone who projects himself as an unstable individual, the music he creates is as concise and genius as any being made. Inspired by tastes as varied as Prince, Tom Waits, and Radiohead, DBB is a one of a kind act that begs for the attention it deserves. Aside from arrangements that would make Rick Rubin cry jealous tears, the core of DBB’s intellect are Gue’s biting lyrics. Laced with sardonic quips and new twists on the oldest of sayings, the words that accompany the quirky tunes of DBB are the kind that stick in your head for days.”
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DEAD BED BAD
Jack Gue-songwriter, lead vocals, guitar
Liz Graham-vocals, keyboards
Dana Johnson-bass
Aaron Mankin-percussion

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