Tommy "The Gunner" Lodwick Jr., best known as the former drummer of late Milwaukee band Dark Shift is still flowing in the veins of metal.  With an unending drive for metal, he's spent his time submerged in his own projects: BAD BLOOD and SPARTAN AD. 

 

     BAD BLOOD, an aggressive eleven track album with Eric Stark on vocals and Mike Haefke on guitars, demonstrated his own abilities on bass guitar and lyrics as well as the percussive brilliance of his own style.  BAD BLOOD can be found currently at The FireWalk Metal Shop in West Allis, Wisconsin or ordered online through paypal.  For information regarding this and other projects of Tommy's, please email tommy3625@aol.com.  Shortly, we will have links to a review of BAD BLOOD from Adrenalin Metal Union.  BAD BLOOD is a truly original and motivating metal experience in progressive thrash.

 

     Over the last three years, Tommy has worked manically to create a big expression of his own musical abilities now including his own guitar talent and vocal skills.  This project has been called SPARTAN AD.  It is a new perspective in metal that manifests the idea of a one man army against the odds.  In metal, a musician must maintain his stamina and desire to pull through the clouds of devastation.  Tommy is indeed a source of stamina and undying lust for metal.

 

      Tommy "The Gunner" derives inspiration from any source of extremity: movies, relationships, tragedy, and inevitable changes.  Some of his lyrics transpire from actual events as well as works of fiction that have played a part in his own motivation.  Some of his major musical influences include (but are not limited to) Pantera, Old Man's Child, Death, and Slayer.  Much of this can be heard on the BAD BLOOD album as well as in his upcoming release, SPARTAN AD.

 

     Tommy is interested in playing in a band again, but only on drums.  He's spent more than fourteen years mastering his art.  To experience a taste of this badass drummer at his deed, click here.