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Formed in late 2002 in the Detroit suburb of Grosse Pointe, Bump spent the next couple of years hammering out smoked filled gigs in the dank bars of the Midwest while finishing up college. In late 2004 Bump returned to their original four piece line-up more focused on their goals and recorded their first studio EP, The Heart of Cadillac Square, which was incidentally nominated for a Detroit Music Award for Outstanding Rock/Pop Recording. In addition, 2005 marked Bump's first year as a full time band by throwing caution to the wind and living the dream. After being named by Jambase.com as one of the top "Bands to See in 2005", Bump completed a successful tour of Colorado in February of 2005 followed by a sold out show in Detroit at the historical Magic Bag on March 4th, 2005. Just when 2005 appeared to be the perfect year in the making, disaster strikes (doesn't it always?). The day before Bump's March/April East Coast tour, guitarist Chris Sterr ruptured his spleen leaving him bedridden for two months. Having never cancelled a show to date, Bump pushed forward with the tour. While playing some shows with sit in guitarists (Gabe Johnson, Evan Perri) and some as just a three piece, Bump managed to get through the disaster in tact. In late April, Bump was invited to headline the Motor City Music Conference (Detroit's answer to SXSW) at the Majestic Theater in Detroit. The next couple of months Bump stayed in the Midwest building on their fan base in markets such as Chicago, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo and topping off the spring with a "Multimedia Rock Opera Show" at the Magic Bag in June. It was at this eclectic show where Bump performed their saga "The Groom Lake Trilogy" in its entirety to the movie of the same name (written by Yorg) playing along with the music.
 Moving ahead, the summer of 2005 saw some of Bump's biggest shows to date. Having previously done support slots in Detroit for Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Umphrey's McGee and MOFRO, this summer Bump got some more national recognition by sharing the bill with such names as The Black Crowes Trey Anastasio Widespread Panic Better Than Ezra, Sloan and Blues Traveler at The 10,000 Lakes Music Festival Bele Chere Music Festival and The Arts, Beats and Eats Music Festivals! In between festival appearances, Bump also managed to put together their first national tour with 31 shows across 13 states. However, tragedy struck again as Bump was playing a show in Chicago their house in the Detroit suburbs was broken into and $40,000 of instruments/personal possessions were looted from the house. Not letting anything get in the way, Bump continued on with the tour and didn't miss a beat!As Bump continues to blossom, their infectious presence draws fans and critics alike agreeing that this band is one of the most exciting live acts on the scene. Detroit rock idols like Ted Nugent, Bob Seger, and Bootsy Collins are great inspirations to this new generation of hard working excited musicians. Listening to Bump and recent studio/live tracks remind rock fans of the many great sounds and musical traditions that continue to make Detroit so special and unique. What are your earliests music memories or concert experience? Clint: G'n'R: 1993 at the Palace of Auburn Hills, MI Nadz: Poison Flesh'n'Blood tour 1989, Palace Yorg: Endless amounts of music were played for me as a kid, but man Bruce Hornsby just killed everything for me in '87. Sterr: First concert experience - The Pointer Sister's, '88. First concert that left an impression on me - Eric Clapton's All Blues Tour, '95 How did the band initially get started? Yorg: The Rhythm section was in a band (Melt) and were touring in Georgia for one year or so while Chris and I were in a band touring around Michigan called Sweet Mary Love. All four of us grew up in the same neighborhood (Grosse Pointe, MI - a suburb of Detroit) so after a crazy car crash that left Nadz and Clint recovering back in Michigan, the four of us just kind of combined due to the fact that we had gigs lined up and were thirsty for a new lineup! How have you developed as artists since then? Yorg: We all think about music differently now and it keeps on changing. There have been so many musical barriers that we have torn down in the last three and a half years. Each of us has grown so much individually, but more important we all realize that we're only as good as the group! We have developed in a way that only constant touring, rehearsing and writing will do for you. Our evolution has come from everyone getting involved. Almost every Bump song has started out as one thing or idea, but when everyone gets involved it comes out a much stronger and more focused, yet diverse piece of music.
Clint: Pretty much the fucking best thing your ears will ever hear. But no seriously, we are just very proud of it and we put amazing amount of work into it. Nadz: It sounds like sucking a golf ball through a garden hose! Honestly, it's somewhere between synth 80's indie rock and progressive jamband pop. Sterr: The best thing that we could create with the time we had to create it. Yorg: I can't believe we recorded this thing! It's definitely been the incredible consequence of being in the dream of making a living in music. No matter what happens with our career in Bump/music, we'll always have this disc as a record of the hard/trying times. It and the life we live are the "Incredible Consequence" of being in a band. Top played songs currently in your iPod rotation? Collective band van answer: "Race for the Prize" - The Flaming Lips "The End" - Ryan Adams "The Beast" - Aphrodite's Child (666) "Ambition" - Doves (and anything off Last Broadcast!) "This" - Brian Eno "Close to the Edge" - Yes "Night By Night" - Steely Dan Which album from history do you most wish you wrote or played on? Clint: Jeff Buckley (Grace) Nadz: Pink Floyd (Animals) Sterr: Steely Dan (Aja) Yorg: Mike Oldfield (Tubular Bells)
Yorg - Besides having our house robbed of pretty much everything we owned while on tour last summer we recently had the best night of our lives in Kalamazoo on 2-24-06 when we played at Bells! Then Mike "Dutchie" Sterr invited the whole crowd back to his house and we killed! So the next morning we go to Guitar Center in Grand Rapids and Clint's stomach decides that it's fucked and he throws up in between the two sets of doorways inside the store! Needless to say the whole band laughed our asses off about it and then continued to shop. Turns out the workers got pissed at us and started asking us where our drummer went and told us we should clean up the mess. Knowing that the customer is always right Yorg told them to take it easy on all of us because we were all doing heroin last night! The worker took us seriously and came out to the van to yell at most of the band and crew while Yorg was still shopping inside. Nobody knew about the comment he had made and the GC worker started calling everybody out in the van and accusing them of being on heroin! The whole van started laughing there assess off and basically tore this guy a new asshole for being such a bonehead. The guy walked away for a sec and the van took off! Looks like we're not going to be allowed in the Guitar Center again even though we still managed to spend $700.00 there collectively that day! Most memorable on-stage moment so far? Clint: While opening for HANSON at the Royal Oak Music Theatre I was bending over to pick up my drum rug and a 13 year old girl told me I had a hot ass! YES!!! Or opening for KDTU in Detroit at the Majestic. Nadz: Opening for PGroove in Athens at the Georgia Theatre for their New Years Run. After we finished "Injustice" we got a nice "bump" chant from the crowd. Very unexpected.Yorg: yeah, probably the Athens "Injustice" opening for PGroove. Who would you most like to share the stage with or tour with? NADZ: Yes Yorg: Amadou and Mariam Clint: The Greyboy AllstarsSterr: Derek and the Dominoes What are the plans for 2006? Yorg -With this current album we'd like to tour relentlessly and then tour some more! At the end of 2006 we will be going back into the studio to begin recording our masterpiece album "Astronomica"! It's a tale of conspiracy theories and string theory. Pretty much the dark concept album/rock opera most prog bands wish they could make, but we are really going to do it. It's about 60% done and a lot of that new material will be played during tour this summer. Incredible Consequence is due out May 2, 2006 on Beechwood Records. myspace.com/bumpband
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Growing up in the outskirts of the Motor City, it has become Bump's mission to resurrect the sounds that made Detroit a musical Mecca. After the recent years of Detroit's association with garage rock, hip-hop and rap rock, Bump is stepping up to fuse all the famous sounds the city was once known for. Yorg Kerasiotis combines the hooks and 
How would you describe your new album?
Classic story from the road?
