Legend has it that Lord Sterling was a conception from a LSD hallucination and the music bears that out. Half bad trip, half mind expanding explosions the band comes at you from all angles and never lets up. Part East Coast hardcore, part Stooges the men of Lord Sterling have taken the label of stoner rock and turned it on it’s ear. Slow bluesy riffs give way to spaced out bliss and jazz inspired fusion before coming back hard and in your face with heavy dirges that would make Kyuss proud. Rawer than pre-grunge Seattle and more space rock than a band from the states has been in a while Lord Sterling must surely be the bastard child of Hawkwind and Sonic Youth.

The band was started late in 1995 by Mike Schweigert (formerly of Daisycutter), Robert Ryan, and Jason Hoffman. Feeling the lack of originality in most hard rock outfits and disliking the new trend of integrating rehashed riffs and tunings to pass music off as "retro" or "stoner", the band started performing sets of disjointed freak-outs warming up for bands like The Melvins, Monster Magnet and Buzzoven. The idea was to be as heavy as possible but at the same time be interesting and improvisational . Two years (and several drummers) later thier debut LP “Your Ghost Will Walk” was released on Chainsaw Safety records to high critical acclaim. As often is the case, success comes with a price and Lord Sterling descended into confussion and decay over the next couple of years. Chaotic touring with the likes of Bent Leg Fatima, No Knife, LungFish, and The Atomic Bitchwax took them way past the breaking point ironically preparing them for their next transformation. Hoffman left to pursue a career in the sciences being replaced by Jim Baglino (Human Remains, Deadguy, and current low end man for Monster Magnet) and the stage was set for their self-released “Amplified” E.P. which was quickly followed by Rubric Records “Weapon of Truth.” Dissatisfied with Rubric fellow New Jersian Stu Gollin, of Halfway To Gone, brought Lord Sterling to the attention of Small Stone and helped paved the way for their latest effort “Today’s Song For Tomorrow.”

Blending traditional blues progressions to Black Flag-esque dissonance Lord Sterling continues to blow minds as well as speakers from large clubs to private art /loft spaces. Their added use of multiple tape delays, electric sitars, cerebral light shows, a harmonium and one of the most ballistic amplifier arsenals in the business has made Lord Sterling a force to be reckoned with. Look for the album this summer and check your town’s sleaziest bar’s this fall for a tour that could possibly rival the making of Apocolypse Now on the sanity meter.

“New Jersey is the breeding ground for some of the more weird music. Lord Sterling brings back memories of pre grunge. Less produced and very homegrown.” -HammerHead E-Zine

“East Coast heavy action. They got a growling singer, they got power riffs, they got strange ideas, they got dynamics, they got a jaundiced view.” - The First Church Of Holy Rock & Roll