The Aloha Steamtrain's Official Bio

Who Are They?

The Aloha Steamtrain is Lord Russ, Brian Todd, Joe Boyle, and Henning Ohlenbusch. What we have here are great original songs played by excellent original performers. Lord Russ is the magic voice and author behind the psychedelic pop hits that simultaneously introduce us to a brand new sound and evoke old lovable feelings. With songs that are at the same time Happy and Angry, Beautiful and Lecherous, Abstract and Dead-On, The Aloha Steamtrain is going to change the face of music today, don’t you doubt it.

On stage or coming through your speakers, The Steamtrain grabs you, blows you up, and sets you afloat.

Lord Russ writes like Ray Davies, sings like Tom Jones, moves like Iggy Pop, and thinks like Syd Barrett.
	Henning is a tall, skinny, technical lizard. His bass is his friend and the mellotron is his altar.
Joe Boyle plays the guitar like the lion tamer he is, a master of all things musical.
	Finally, Brian looks and sounds like a secretary typing 135 words a minute. Some say it’s the sideburns.

What Have They Done?

Recorded their own CD "Girl Planet" with minimal equipment borrowed from friends.
Packed the houses at their CD release show at The Iron Horse, in Northampton, and CBGB’s, in New York City.
Regularly break fire codes with unheard of crowds at Northampton’s Bay State
Sold over 750 Cds locally and are on their second pressing.
Played on WMBR's (88.1FM Boston) show Pipeline and charted in their top 35.
Charted in WRSI's, one of Rollingstone's top ten radio stations (95.3FM & 100.7FM) Top 20 Albums of the Year 1998.
Chosen as one of the Top 10 Local Albums of the Year in The Greenfield Recorder.
Regularly played on Massachusett's most popular stations: WBCN, WFNX, WHMP, WRSI, WRNX, WMUA, WMBR and many more.
Packed the house at The 1999 Northampton Music Festival and are featured as the opening track on the NMF '98 Compilation CD.
Are finishing up new 14 song album, at Slaughterhouse Studios with Mark Miller and Thom Monahan (The Lilys, The Scud Mountain Boys, The Ray Mason Band, The Pernice Brothers) due for release early in the fall of 1999.
Have begun shooting a video with award-winning film maker, Eric Marciano of NYC.
Voted by readers as the best altenative/eclectic band in The Valley Advocate's Grand Band Slam with best guitarist prize going to Joe Boyle.
Charted #1 in the psychedelic category on WWW.MP3.COM.