“My first thought on hearing Strange Habits’ The Kids With Fire was that Zack de la Rocha had teamed up with Red Hot Chili Peppers for a record. Then Bradley Nowell came back from the grave to produce it. Then they went on tour with Rx Bandits.” -Synthesis 3/27/2011

In a van that can hardly contain our ambition, let alone our equipment, Strange Habits plans to tour like it’s the end of the world. We just made our second release “The Kids Of Fire Demos” on Amazon and iTunes. It’s a seven-song collection we’ve produced to precede our first full-length album. Since our last tour, we have been developing music videos, writing music, and laying it down in our home studio. We will be hitting the road again and playing all the songs on our latest release plus all of our new material this year. We will be performing in cities all over California in addition to plans of playing our long awaited return shows in Michigan and Windsor in the summer of 2012. Strange Habits is like a powder keg. All the elements are in place. Only a little spark is necessary to blow a hole in the ceiling.

Founded in 2009, Strange Habit’s instrumental foundation fluidly blends punk, hip-hop, and many other styles of music together to create the rhythmically charged unique sound that can be found in our original titles such as “Santone”, “Funkstyle Injection”, “Drunken Chameleon” and “Hindu Kush.” From our distinct lyrical style, stage presence and unyielding force of personality, Strange Habits delivers a high-energy performance that is an experience worth seeing. Our sound is ideal for festivals, various venues and anywhere there is a crowd that is yearning to be moved by the intensity of each sound. Our interests are also focused in on helping any socially conscious or environmentally friendly causes by playing in fundraisers or participating in events.

This 3-piece band consists of guitar, bass, drums, auxiliary hand percussion, keyboard, and masses of vocals.

The question of our genre comes up frequently. Here is the explanation:
When Strange Habits was founded we set out to make “good music.” Which, to us, is music that is not only audibly pleasing, but well thought-out, and performed with feeling. Yes, there are certain musical truths, but there is no formula for making a song that will stand the test of time. The music is made with this in mind and we maintain a thick wall between the creation of our music and the business end of the industry. Each song is unique because it was made with a certain thought or emotion in mind. That’s why our range of styles can go from the most high- energy, political hip-hop to calm, and melodic, acoustic music with reflective lyrics. As human beings we experience an array of feelings that can be characterized by different genres of music. No genre is off-limits.
Styles we’re currently playing: Punk, Hip-hop, Rock, Ska, Funk, Acoustic.

Performed At-
Michigan- St. Andrews hall (Detroit), The Shelter (Detroit, the venue from 8 mile), Clutch Cargoes (Pontiac), The Royal Oak Music Theater (Royal Oak), The Bling Pig (Ann Arbor), Macs Bar (Lansing), The Bullfrog (Redford), The Machine Shop (Flint), The Hard-Rock Cafe (Detroit)
Festivals: Arts Beats & Eats 2009 (Pontiac)

California- The Winston (San Diego), Di Piazzas (Long Beach), The Trip (Santa Monica), Lassalles (Chico), Lost On Main (Chico), The Six Rivers Brewery (Mckinelyville), Johny’s (Redding), Bombay's (Redding), The Retox Lounge (SFO), The Last Stage West (Atascadero)  

Canada- (All Windsor) The University Pub, The Chubby Pickle, The Blind Dog, The liquor Box

France- (The city of Tours) The Black Hawk, Session Live, The Canadian Cafe,
Sacre-Coeur (Paris)

Performed With-
Woodward, We Came As Romans, Soul Dub, TimeGiant, The Mic Lordz & Sauce Funky, The Mystic Roots, The Melodramatics, Bad Fish (Sublime Cover-band), The Whiskey Avengers, Uproot, Iggy Shevak, The Classix, Eye Q & the Live Assist