What is the name of your band?
Hex EngineWhat is the genre of music that you play?
Stoner Rock & Hard Rock
Can you give a brief history of the band of how it came together and where it is today?
The band emerged from drummer Bob Maloskey’s obsession with driving, percussive patterns. He wanted to build a group focused on hard grooves that can expand, vary, and turn on a dime. More clearly, he needed to play angry heavy music to avoid going completely crazy. Rhythm section came together first with Christian Johnson on bass. Next, vocalist Ron Atom joined the crew after meeting them at a local dive. He brought in guitar wizard Drew Campbell, and rest was history. The band’s recorded its self-titled demo in 2020, and feverishly wrote of full album throughout the pandemic.
The band’s full length debut, Other People, comes out on all platforms on June 9.
What can people expect from your music?
Crazy riffs, big guitar solos, powerful vocals, and a full maniac live show! A little Clutch, a splash of vocal acrobatics, and just hint o’ prog.
What is the best release that folks should check out from your band?
Check out our latest single, Parasites: https://hexengine.bandcamp.com/
Where can people find you on Social Media?
Where can people find you on Social Media?
Bandcamp: https://hexengine.bandcamp.
FB: https://www.facebook.com/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/hex.
More Info
Hex Engine is a 4-piece original stoner rock/hard rock band from Philly. The group’s blend of riff driven grooves and clean-to-scream vocals are perfect fit for fans of Monster Magnet, Clutch, and All Them Witches. The band’s full-length debut, “Other People,” is a meditation on the bubbling paranoia and repressed anger underpinning everyday interactions. Hex Engine is best enjoyed live; the band has proudly shared the stage with such hard, thrash, and stoner rock mainstays as Thunderbird Divine, the Stone Eye, High Leaf, Cobra Whip, and Double Planet.
The band’s full-length debut, “Other People,” releases on all platforms on June 9.
Album Credits:
Hex Engine is:
Bob Maloskey, Drums
Drew Campbell, Guitar & Backing Vocals
Christian Johnson, Bass
Ron Atom, Vocals
Keyboards on Excuses, Excuses and Deja Sku by Joe Kenney
All songs written, produced, and performed by Hex Engine
All lyrics written by Ron Atom
Recorded at The Dark Church, Royersford, PA and The Engine Room, Exton, PA
Recorded, Engineered, and Mixed by Drew Campbell
Mastered by Stephen Burdick
