Tag Archives: Todd Rittman

In early 1995, U.S. Maple was created from the ashes of two organizations at Chicago’s North Illinois University. Business lead vocalist Al Johnson and “high” guitarist Tag Shippy had been in Shorty, while drummer Pat Samson and “low” guitarist Todd Rittman spent their period using the Mercury Players. Following the …

Dead Rider is usually an extremely experimental 21st century rock and roll and funk music group from Chicago, Illinois. Their rhythm-driven audio has been affected by everyone from Captain Beefheart to Big Dark to the first noises of Chicago’s Polish Trax Records, aswell as the Butthole Surfers. The group was …