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A garage rock outfit that clearly understands the potency of combining a catchy guitar riff with a pulsating backbeat, Public Opinion is a new band with roots in the hardcore scene.
The group was started by guitarist/vocalist Kevin Hart, a musician who most recently appeared as a member of Sex with a Terrorist, aka S.W.A.T., an '80s US hardcore-styled outfit also including Ian Shelton (Regional Justice Center, Militarie Gun) and Patrick Kindlon (Self Defense Family, Drug Church) within its ranks.
Public Opinion's debut 3-track EP, Pay No Mind, also reminds this writer of the Hives and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club in moments. "Public Opinion started because I wanted to sing in a band," Kevin tells No Echo, "especially something that wasn't so fast like the bands I played in previously.
The group was started by guitarist/vocalist Kevin Hart, a musician who most recently appeared as a member of Sex with a Terrorist, aka S.W.A.T., an '80s US hardcore-styled outfit also including Ian Shelton (Regional Justice Center, Militarie Gun) and Patrick Kindlon (Self Defense Family, Drug Church) within its ranks.
Public Opinion's debut 3-track EP, Pay No Mind, also reminds this writer of the Hives and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club in moments. "Public Opinion started because I wanted to sing in a band," Kevin tells No Echo, "especially something that wasn't so fast like the bands I played in previously.