3 The Hardway

3 the Hardway is a 3 piece proto punk/riot grrrl band from Detroit, MI. Bustin Brooklyn is lead singer and drums. She is the soul of the project. Sloppy Joel plays lead guitar and does some back up vocals. Heavily influenced by the raw 70s nyc/Detroit punk rock (Iggy and the stooges, the cramps, plasmatics) along with femme punk bands of the 90s and today (babes in toyland, L7, amyl and the sniffers). They take their name not from the beastie boys song or any gaming term but from the 1970s b movie starring James Williamson, Jim Brown, Jim Kelly. The 3 team up to single handedly stop a US government assisted genocide against its own citizens. Finding parallels to this movies plot in today’s world, the 3 uses music to fight the evil wickedness of this totalitarian ran world that’s becoming duller by the day. They aim to break the reality, with a sound that’s so mean it’ll sonically smack you right in the face. Their mission to rock n roll is just, all while demonstrating strong sexual energy, an audible thrust.