The way it is:

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Band bios are usually entirely too boring, and this one is no exception. For the time being, we'll keep it brief and to-the-point. We're a rock band. We've heard various descriptions, ranging from "rockabilly" to "cowpunk" to "utter garbage," and none of them really fit.

We're a rock band, plain and simple.

We believe that Hank Williams, Sr. was more punk than Sid Vicious, and that Sid Vicious was more country than any of the garbage nashville has put out in the past 20 years. We also think Man In Black by Johnny Cash should be required reading in public schools, and that children should have to watch The Decline of Western Civilization ⁽²⁾ instead of "To Kill A Mockingbird" for the hundred-gadzookieth time. Above all, we like to play fast, play hard, and get the hell off stage.

The story so far:

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Big Daddy Chrome was formed in 2000, by guitarist Nicky O'Steen and drummer Craig Thomas. Nicky had recently relocated to the DC suburbs, from Minneapolis, where he served on guitar duty with the now-infamous Impaler. He put an ad in the paper, seeking a drummer, and shortly thereafter, he and Craig started looking for other players. After two years and a handful of lineup changes, bassist Jim Viner and vocalist/guitarist Michael Belt joined the band, and the best-known lineup was cemented. We played our first show after Belt and Viner had only been in the linup for six weeks, then began a show onslaught, playing over 40 shows in our first year. Big Daddy Chrome entered the studio to begin working on our debut album in August, 2003.

While working on post-production, Craig had to have back surgery, to get rid of the pieces of bone floating around in his spine. Good friend and drummer for DC hardcore heroes The Homeowners, Money Mark Bobrow, agreed to fill in on drums, until Craig was back in fighting shape. Two months later, Craig decided he just wasn't feeling it anymore (although he was feeling his back just fine, thanks to the miracles of modern medicine), and left the band. Around the same time, The Homeowners decided to call it quits. This left Big Daddy Chrome in need of a drummer, and Mark in need of a band, so we told Mark to stick around, or we'd bother him until he did. Not a fan of constant pestering, Mark decided it would probably be easier to just stay in the band, than to be woken up at all hours to hangups and death threats.

The new lineup solidified, BDC decided to finally release our long-awaited first LP on October 9th, 2004. We continued playing out, and after a few months, started writing material for a new disc. Unfortunately, in June of 2005, Money Mark informed the rest of us that he was leaving the band. His career was taking off, and he was getting engaged to Dee, his longtime girlfriend. Not ones to stand in the way of a man making an honest dollar and an honest woman, the band wished Mark luck, and started searching for yet another drummer.

Two weeks later, Mike was at the wedding of longtime band friend, Bill Bradshaw. Bill had spent the past seven months on hiatus, after drumming for Baltimore's Die Cheerleader Die for five years. Over a couple of Coors, courtesy of Bill's wedding and the open bar, Mike and Bill started talking about Bill coming out for a jam. Shortly thereafter, Bill came out to jam, and was offered the spot. The lineup solid once again, BDC picked up working on the new record.

That's our story, and we're stickin' to it.