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Sidecar Radio is a six legged bombastic juggernaut of rock, armed with dynamic grooves in each holster, and hook laden melodies strapped across the chest.
It was born in Portland, Maine in the summer of 2002.
Singer/Songwriter Christian Hayes had toured the northeast college
and coffee shop scene performing solo acoustic shows for a few
years, releasing an album and gaining an extensive fan base
mainly through word of mouth exposure. When it was time to take the
next step, Hayes knew it had to be electric. It had to be a band.
The band began as mostly Hayes' solo work re-written for the band,
and the guys took to the New England circuit performing as
The Christian Hayes Element, and shortly after as simply the Element.
The band found themselves soon performing throughout the Northeast
to eager crowds, traveling to Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts,
and Canada.
As time progressed, so did the band's sound, and the Element became
Sidecar Radio: A louder, energetic hand grenade of rock, streamlined
into the unique sound that is the band's trademark. Ruckus-filled live shows had made them a favorite not only in their hometown of Portland, Maine, but all over New England. Now, years later, Sidecar has evolved into a finely-tuned, hard hitting machine of iron-clad work ethic and infectious, charged, dynamic songwriting and live performances.
2007’s Static EP helped the band explode locally, thanks to radio support of their first ever single, ‘Dog Days’.
2008’s Wave Principle, released on Labor Day Records, saw 2 singles spun in rotation, ‘Voicebox’, and their biggest hit to date, the infectious ‘When The Easy Gets So Hard’.
2009 was a breakout year of sorts for Sidecar Radio, putting out their third record, ‘Dreadnought Cosmonaut’, released also on Labor Day Records, to an eager fan base. Bigger venues ensued, and the band started seeing larger crowds take to their live show, playing to sold out 700 person clubs, to 2,200, to 3,000. The highlight was a hometown show at the Cumberland County Civic Center, a venue local musicians and bands dream to play.
Sidecar enters the next stage in their career, the one where the dream is closer, but can vanish quicker than it appeared. What they have on their side, though, is something special. A sound. A presence. A force. A war they bring to the stage and every performance. An animal without a cage. A van with wheels that rides a dream that started over two decades ago when rock and roll took hold of three young musician’s aspirations. Sidecar has a will. And a way.
