On April 22, the twin ports area welcomed a new band to the area!
The Hypochondriac band consists of six members with three of them from UW-Superior
featuring band students Isaiah Lundholm, Marcus Juusola, and Logan Erickson.
The original founders Chuck Grigal and Dylan Salo had an open audition post on a Twin
Ports musician page.
The band has two guitarists, one drummer, one saxophone and one singer. Grigal, Salo
and Miles Rohrbaugh are all guitarists. Lundholm plays percussion, Erickson plays the
saxophone, and Juusola plays bass.
“I asked Marcus to join because it was just two guitars and a drummer, and no one wants
to listen to that,” Lundholm explained.
With only four out of the six members, Salo brought Miles Rohrbaugh to be a guitarist
and had a feeling of “well this is it now.”
However, later Juusola wrote a song that required a saxophone and that’s when Erickson
joined the picture.
Hypochondriac’s genre of music falls into 1990’s dance rock; like synth rock,
psychedelic rock but with a funk influence.
The main reason for the creation of this band is to have fun. “It’s really nice not playing
music for a grade,” Lundholm said.
“It’s fun not to write… strictly classical or strictly jazz… I get to experiment with styles
that I’m interested in that aren’t necessarily like academic,” Juusola expressed.
These three are able to use the tools that UWS has provided and create something that is
free and liberating.
While being students and working part-time and full-time jobs dedicate themselves to a
minimum of three hours a week for rehearsal and more for personal growth.
“It’s more fun…being able to do something and share something that you’ve been
working on… it feels really nice,” Lundholm said. Updates on show times and shows are on their
Instagram. “Follow us on Instagram” Lundholm said.
Follow them @Hypochondriac_duluth.
