After serving stints in
Operation Ivy and
Rancid, San Francisco punk veteran
Matt Freeman conceived a project of his own in 2000. Originally planned as a musical about the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge called Halfway to Hell Club, Freeman took the songs he had written with
Tim Armstrong during the off-season of touring with
Rancid and started
Devil’s Brigade. Along with Armstrong on guitar,
D.J. Bonebrake (of
X and
the Knitters) played drums on the debut, self-titled album, which was released in the summer of 2010. ~ Jason Lymangrover