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The Freedom Band

Rock band from NY

The Freedom Band photo
Photo from the public record
Shows on record
11
Rooms played
6
Cities
5
Releases
None on record
Last show
Oct 13, 2019Oval Space

About

The Freedom Band is a band from NY, tagged garage rock, glam, psychedelic rock by its sources. Shows on record run from 2003 to 2019, across 6 rooms in 5 cities.

The summary is assembled from the record fields and shows on this page; each fact listed names its source. See Sources & corrections for what each source supplied.

Shows

11 on record · Songkick
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Shows per year

  1. 20031 show
  2. 20181 show
  3. 20199 shows
Show history
DateVenue
Oct 13, 2019Oval Space · LondonSupportwith Ty Segall, Bird on the Wire, Axis: Sova
Oct 12, 2019Oval Space · LondonSupportwith Ty Segall, Bird on the Wire
Oct 11, 2019Oval Space · LondonSupportwith Ty Segall, Bird on the Wire, Axis: Sova
Oct 10, 2019La Cigale · ParisSupportwith Ty Segall, Axis: Sova
Oct 9, 2019La Cigale · ParisSupportwith Ty Segall
Oct 5, 2019Warsaw · BrooklynSupportwith Ty Segall, DMBQ
Oct 4, 2019Bowery Ballroom · New York (NYC)Supportwith Ty Segall, Ty Segall & Freedom Band, DMBQ
Oct 3, 2019Warsaw · BrooklynSupportwith Ty Segall, DMBQ
Oct 2, 2019Warsaw · BrooklynSupportwith Ty Segall, White Fence
Jun 14, 2018Bataclan · ParisSupportwith Ty Segall, Sic Alps, Mike Donovan
Feb 28, 2003The Door · DallasSupportwith Flyleaf, Still Standing, Duck Tape

Where they play

6 rooms in 5 cities

Rooms played most

Cities played

  • Brooklyn3 shows
  • London3 shows
  • Paris3 shows
  • Dallas1 show
  • New York (NYC)1 show

Live history

11 shows on record
Shows counted
11
First on record
Feb 2003
Latest on record
Oct 2019

Shows per year

  1. 20031
  2. 20181
  3. 20199

Top rooms

  • Oval Space, London · 3
  • Warsaw, Brooklyn · 3
  • La Cigale, Paris · 2
  • Bowery Ballroom, New York (NYC) · 1
  • Bataclan, Paris · 1

Top cities

  • Paris · 3
  • London · 3
  • Brooklyn, NY · 3
  • New York (NYC), NY · 1
  • Dallas, TX · 1

Often on the bill with: Ty Segall, Axis: Sova, DMBQ, Flyleaf, Mike Donovan, Sic Alps, Still Standing, Ty Segall & Freedom Band

Counted from the shows BandSlate holds; missing shows are not counted.

Releases

No releases on record.

Discography

4 releases, 2018–2021
  • 2021Levitation SessionsRelease

    The Reverberation Appreciation Society · RVRB-055

  • 2019Deforming LobesAlbum

    Drag City · DC 716 · Engineer [Assistant]: Greg Norman; Engineer [Live Sound Engineer]: Matthew Littlejohn; Mastered By, Lacquer Cut By: JJ Golden; Recorded By: Steve Albini

  • 2019Love FuzzSingle

    Drag City · DC716 RS1

  • 2018Freedom’s GoblinAlbum

    Drag City · DC675

Compiled from MusicBrainz and Discogs. Releases not listed there are not shown.

Lineup

  • Ben Boye
  • Mikal Cronin
  • Emmett Kelly
  • Charles Moothart

Airplay

No airplay on record.

Lineup history

4 members on record
  • Ben Boyetenure unknown
  • Charles Mootharttenure unknown
  • Emmett Kellytenure unknown
  • Mikal Cronintenure unknown

Years come from public music databases. Where none says a member left, the end is shown as unknown; it does not mean they are still in the band.

Members also play in: CFM (via Charles Moothart), Charlie and the Moonhearts (via Charles Moothart), Chivalrous Amoekons (via Ben Boye), Clinamen (via Emmett Kelly), Culture Kids (via Charles Moothart), Epsilons (via Charles Moothart), Fuzz (via Charles Moothart), GØGGS (via Charles Moothart) and 7 more

Shares members with: Intelligence (via Mikal Cronin), Joshua Abrams Natural Information Society (via Emmett Kelly), Okie Dokie (via Mikal Cronin), Party Fowl (via Mikal Cronin), Realization (via Mikal Cronin), Red Krayola (via Emmett Kelly), Sun Kil Moon (via Ben Boye), The Perverts (via Charles Moothart) and 1 more

Supporting musicians: Ty Segall

Photos, art and posters

The Freedom Band — Oval Space, 2019-10-13
Poster · Oval Space, 2019-10-13 — Songkick
The Freedom Band — The Door, 2003-02-28
Poster · The Door, 2003-02-28 — Songkick

Sources & corrections

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What each source supplied
SourceUsed for
MusicBrainzArtist facts
The Freedom Band on Last.fmArtist facts
SongkickShow history, Show posters
Last.fmCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it

This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. It does not confirm availability for booking.