Are they a band?

Rudisill were a band, but are they still a band? Didn’t they break up in like 2006? Are they going to reform again in the future? Will there ever be a reunion? Good questions.

Typically, bands are defined by time and proximity. But why? Why does time apart or the distance between members affect their perceived union? Isn’t family always family?

The hardest thing to do is to stick together mates, family, marriage, business, bands. It’s like resisting gravity. It’s like King Camte sitting in his chair trying to talk back the tide. But you can, and we have, and we will, turn the waves around. The alternative is too predictable. You rid the room of argument. You empty your life of the people you need the most.

– Bono, U2

It is in this regard that Rudisill attempts to “turn the waves” around, not as an act of nose-thumbing defiance, inflated ego, or sophomoric machismo, but as a natural instinct to fight the separation and gravity buffeting this existence. To resist the inevitable, the common, and the overwhelming is foolish, but worth the fight. We were a band. We are a band. We will be band, regardless of time or place.

That’s where the music begins.

The Sky is Wild and full of Fire.
It speaks my Name. It speaks my Name.
On Even Tides I will abide
And Eventually Embrace
The Darkened Sky.

– Rudisill. “Take to Flight.” Carbon Paper Treaties. 2005.

Biography

Rudisill is a five-piece indie rock band from Fort Wayne, Indiana. They formed in 2003 after Nathan Hamlin (guitars, vox) heard several songs that Scott Troyer (guitars, vox) was writing for an intended solo album. Liking the song ideas and wanting to be involved, Hamlin assembled a band that included his college roommate Dan Wilton (bass, vox) and area drummer Charles Thomas (drums, vox). The band performed in Northeast Indiana and around the Midwest under several monikers (Astasia, Thief on the Right, and The Louisiana Purchase) before stealing their name from Fort Wayne’s illustrious Rudisill Boulevard.

Rudisill released their first full-length disc Carbon Paper Treaties in 2005. They then toured Northern Ireland and after returning home began branching out further on tours within the States. In 2006, the band went on hiatus when Hamlin moved to Northern Ireland with his family.

The members of the band now live in many different places, and rarely get to see each other, but continue to write for Rudisill and their own solo projects.

The band is known for their use of rich harmonies, catchy melodies, and contrasts between heavy and light sounds.