Transgressors December 12, 2008

The Transgressors bring a resolutely singular breed of music to Austin, Texas' already varied and complex musical landscape. The idea for the band was born out of the mutual vision of J. R. Keyton (Bloody Tears, T. Tex Edwards) and Chad Nichols (Enduro) and the band's musical core lies in the blend of Keyton's reverb-drenched twang guitar and Nichols' rich baritone vocals, with vintage organ tones and mariachi-style trumpet providing occasional accents. While the Transgressors' main interest is roots music, they are not a typical Americana band. They take cues from such disparate material as post-psychedelic '60s rock, pre-British Invasion rock 'n' roll, '80s minimalism, a variety of country styles (roots, Bakersfield, outlaw and cosmopolitan, to name a few) and the film music of Ennio Morricone and Angelo Badalamenti.