The 4onthefloor is a rock and roll band from Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, formed in 2009. The group is known for each member playing a bass drum and for writing all their songs in 4/4 time, evoking their namesake.
They are seriously one of the best live shows you’ll ever see.
The group has produced five original albums and has been featured on a number of compilation albums, including American Buffalo. The 4onthefloor’s debut record, 4×4, has been called “one of the best rock and roll records of 2011,” by Indie Media Magazine. Their live show is known for keeping “packed crowds intensely involved for an entire show,” with “call-and-response choruses” and “meaty guitar riffs.” Their sound has been reviewed as “heavy-stomping blues-rock.”
The 4onthefloor beat more than 200 bands to be named Vita.mn’s best new band of 2011. They have played a number of music festivals, including Austin’s South By Southwest. They tour the United States often and have played with big name artists such as Willie Nelson, Steve Martin, Tommy Stinson (of the Replacements), Lynyrd Skynyrd, Sugarland, Trampled by Turtles, Drive-By Truckers, Citizen Cope, David Allan Coe, Murder by Death, Ha Ha Tonka, These United States, and Retribution Gospel Choir.
Here’s the awesome video for the song All My Friends… It’s just them riding bicycles down the Midtown Greenway cycling corridor in South Minneapolis. Listen for the four bass drums:
What do you think? Too hipster for you?