Introduction:
Ham was the first U.S. chimpanzee in space on January 31st, 1961….
Ham is also a Power Pop/Geek Rock quartet from Central Illinois that have been playing the indie/punk scene since late 1995. They have released 5 independent albums including 3 full lengths. The songs they write are intelligently simple with catchy lyrics reminiscent of Weezer and The Cars. All four members sing creating melodic harmonies over aggressively heavy pop riffs. To fully appreciate Ham one must see their adrenaline filled live show. Ham live is often compared to Devo on speed as they wear bright orange matching uniforms, with matching lightning guitar straps. They have synchronized jumps, choreographed dance moves that look like toy robots, and even a little bit of 80's hair metal with guitar twirls and simultaneous head banging…

Profile:
Tyson Markley -- 12/21/76: Vocals, Guitar…Lead singer/songwriter and founder of Ham. An avid fan of the major scale, b-movies, Devo, and Guns-n-Roses Pinball…
Atomic Satterfield -- 12/30/77: Drums, Vocals…Atomic (or Tom for short) is an avid fan of trashy punk, complaining, and hotrods…
Marsha Satterfield -- 08/13/82: Bass, Vocals…Marsha is a teenage rock prodigy and an avid fan of sleeping and lousy top 40 pop like the Spice Girls. She is by far the biggest rebel in the band…
Laura Parsons -- Guitar, Vocals, Bio coming soon....also a better pic I hope.

Misc:
Ham recently had 3 songs from their "Brave New World" CD selected to appear in a Troma movie soundtrack called "Terror Firmer". They are currently touring in support of this album. "Meg Ryan", their first single, has already been picked up by college radio stations around the Midwest. Ham is in the process of writing music for their next album and is currently searching for a label to work with them on this next release.

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