Dirtbag Republic

Dirtbag Republic are a Vancouver dirty Rock n Roll band featuring Sandy Hazard on vocals, Mick Wood on lead guitar, Mike Federici on Guitar, Tony Kazoleas Bass Guitar and Ed Nijjer on Drums. The band wears their influences proudly on their sleeve "Hanoi Rocks, Aerosmith, Stones, Cheap Trick, Sex Pistols, NY Dolls with a healthy dose of punk for good measure. Hazard and Wood started the band in late 2014 and released their self-titled debut album "Dirtbag Republic" on Sept 30th 2015 to worldwide critical acclaim. The band has become a bit of a collective with Wood and Hazard bringing in old friends to fill in the gaps of the recording process. The debut record received two separate 8/10 reviews in Classic Rock Magazine, Glowing reviews in Uber Rock, Vive Le Rock, Powerplay, Fireworks, The Rock Pit, Bucketlistmusicreviews, and Sleazegrinder to name a few. Dirtbag Republic also ended up on several year end best of lists including The Rock Pit Best Albums of 2015 (AUS), 3 Uber Rock... more...