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District 13 is a three piece hard alternative rock band that formed in November 2017. Within their first year the band has recorded an album, played regularly and supported the mighty Judas Priest at the Hills of Rock Festival in Bulgaria in July 2018.

Their songs are heavy and uptempo, the band prides themselves on their high energy stage show; lyrically the songs are made of darker themes; with topics including love, loss, desire, conformity and dreams.

They receive a lot of positive feedback regarding their live performances, this mainly relates to their sound, tightness and energy on stage; their sound is raw and honest.

They have already performed at iconic London venues such as The Half Moon in Putney, Dublin Castle in Camden and the New Cross Inn at the heart of New Cross.

District 13 is based in London and is available to play internationally; they are now looking to take on more festivals and support the release of their new album.

PRESS COMMENTS

Stage presence brings energy close to both Kurt Cobain and Sid Vicious” - Theothersidezine.com

INFLUENCES

District 13’s sound takes influence from various musical styles including The Cult, Guns N' Roses, Nirvana, Queens Of The Stone Age, Kings Of Leon, Royal Blood, Rage Against Machine, Metallica, Korn, Linkin Park, Muse, Aerosmith, Queen, and Red Hot Chili Peppers.

THE BAND

Jon Hartz Wild – Vocals and Guitar
Asen Milushev – Drums and Backing Vocals
Richard Vanderpuije – Bass Guitar and Backing Vocals

“Rich and I wanted to start a new project, so we held auditions for a lead singer. We had loads of talented people apply but when we heard Jon’s voice and awesome guitar playing we knew he was the guy for us. We all clicked immediately from the beginning, it’s been awesome! Our sound is Hard Alternative Rock” Asen – (Interview with DiscoverNu)

Jon was formerly lead guitarist for Romance and was signed with Fiction Records (Universal)

Asen was previously in Crashbrake, a Bulgarian metal band and was a founding member of the band.

Rich was previously in The Crystal Clover and it was within this band he met Asen.

VIDEOS / MUSIC

In July 2018, the band flew out to Bulgaria to record their debut album Soma, this was with respected producer Georgi Stanev, The album is currently being mixed & mastered and is expected soon.

FOR FANS OF

The Cult, Guns N Roses, Nirvana, Kings of Leon, Royal Blood, Rage Against The Machine and Metalica

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Contact Info

info@district13band.com