The members of Advertisement came up in the punk/hardcore scene playing and touring in NW bands like Nasti (Iron Lung Records), Vacant Life (Iron Lung Records), and Big Bite (Pop Wig Records). However, Advertisement is pretty different from those bands. To my ears they're Milk Music meet The Rolling Stones meet Crazy Horse meet The Exploding Hearts -- Great, classic songwriting, distinct and memorable vocals, and very sick three-headed guitar playing.