Day of the Outlaw

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"Southern Rock gets worked over, Cali-style, full-force."


--Rob Swick, All Access Magazine

In the vast spread of Los Angeles, Stewart Eastham, Spurgeon Dunbar, Burke Ericson, and Mann Baldanza were brought together through of a set of seemingly random circumstances. It all started in the summer of 2008, when Day Of The Outlaw was born.

Stewart and Burke had played together with drummer Cosmo Jones for years in the rock n roll band Minibike, but they were ready to take their sound to a new, more serious level. The first step was enlisting Spurgeon on lead guitar. They had heard of Spurgeon through a close friend who had pointed out that his guitar playing style and sensibility would mesh perfectly with the new sound they were creating.

Taking the heart & soul of country 'n western music and mixing it with the pure rock fury of hard rock, Day Of The Outlaw was able to invent a genre all their own. Their 100% pure American music reaches across genres to bring music lovers of all types together, rocking side by side.

With a batch of newly written songs under their arms, they entered the studio and began work on what would eventually become their epic masterwork, Black Mountain Majesty. They called upon the help of many additional Los Angeles friends and musicians to help create the sound of the album. The idea was to give the album the big production of their favorite rock n roll records, yet retain the intimacy and down-to-earth vibe of some of their favorite country records

After weeks of endless rehearsals and mixing sessions for the album, the band played their first show together at the end of October. Based on that one show, they were the first band ever invited to perform live on MTV's new website Soundtrack.mtv.com. In February of 2009, their record Black Mountain Majesty was complete.

In the summer of '09, Day Of The Outlaw completed a successful East Coast tour. Thrilling crowds from Philly to NYC to Boston! Soon thereafter, drummer extraordinaire Mann Baldanza joined the band and Day Of The Outlaw was ready to catapult themselves to the next level.

All four members brings with them a different set of musical influences and inspirations. Combined together, a completely original, yet somehow familiar, sound was created. Stewart Eastham brings a twang to the band from the foothills of Northern California where he was born and raised. Spurgeon brings a country vibe started on a farm in Pennsylvania and then honed to a rock n roll finish in the clubs of New York City. Originally from LA, Burke brings an appreciation of classic soul music rounding out the band's sound with a deep, soulful edge. Mann adds a European sensibility combined with a hard hitting hard rock background.

From hipster to hillbilly...from metal head to mullet head....they all hold their devil horns high for the unique sounds of Day Of The Outlaw. Lock up your livestock, load your weapons, & hide the women. Armed with their debut album Black Mountain Majesty, Day of the Outlaw will be bringing their wild and unpredictable live show to a town near you.