Haymaker is a laid back/in your face original rock band with music that features courageous lyrics, sneaky harmonies, and engaging guitar lines. Based in Seattle, their influences span the genres of all that is dirty, hard, real and sweet.
Founding members Chris Wright and Lance Bachler met in a history class and wound up collaborating together over several of Chris’s homemade Micro brews. A drunken night produced (to their amazement) a combination of sticky guitar riffs and aggressive vocals which they luckily recorded. Since that fateful night, they’ve compiled an arsenal of tunes that have been applauded from Bremerton to Santa Fe and a couple street corners in between.
During a Seattle downpour, Chris moved to Arizona and formed the band Jamie’s Brother who received consistent airplay on KDKB and played with the likes of Queensryche, Crosby Stills and Nash and the Goo Goo Dolls.
Lance stayed in Seattle and formed his own bands, Stuck and Groove Movement which gathered some notoriety (though not very much) of their own.
The duo regrouped in 2004 and after spending a season writing and recording they hooked up with various Seattle musicians to release Haymaker’s self titled debut CD.
While searching for a drummer with the right chemistry, they found the Ohio transplant Dean “The Doctuh” DeShetler who had logged time in various Ohio area bands including the Welfare Gypsies and The Shrunken Heads. His diverse playing style and dry sense of humor provides the “it” factor Haymaker needed.
Next came the bassist, Scott Jefferson. A Yakimanian Icon, Scott has honed his chops in the highly popular bands Quarter Mile Pumpkin and The Space Cretins. On stage, his big rock energy is infectious.
With the line up finally complete, Haymaker has hit the studio again. Their anticipated sophomore release is set for spring 2011. You can find them rocking Seattle-area venues leaving a smoking trail of rock, awe and open jaws.
