Call of the Wild

Brooklyn-based band

text by MATT SWEENEY
portrait by RACHEL CHANDLER

 

Call Of The Wild, the Brooklyn-based band, blasts out life-affirming rock and roll in the vein of Motörhead, the Wipers, and, if you can imagine it, the band on “The Muppet Show.” They’re a young new band, one with a lightning-in-a-bottle mix of musical ability, blatant crudeness, good songwriting, thoughtfulness, recklessness, and style. Their songs are anthem-like, tough, super-fast, and melodic. They play so well together that they seem more like a gang than a band.

Call Of The Wild consists of Alison Busch on drums, Maxwell Peebles on bass and vocals, and Johnny Coolati on guitar and vocals. The band members spend their days and nights listening to music, watching movies, trading books, practicing, making tapes and t-shirts, and feeding off each other’s energy with a rabid joy. “When we practice,” Alison says, “we end up playing songs…