Under The Flood

Under the Flood is a new hard rock band from Charlottesville, Virginia. Although the band is newly formed, hypothetically speaking, it has been years in the making. The bands connection extends back to their high school days. Never knowing that one day the group would unite to collaborate their musical ideas makes their story all the better.

Under the Floods formation begins with guitarist, Matt Nadolski. After high school, Matt’s drive for music kept him busy writing heavy guitar lines intertwined with melodic riffs. The need to fulfill his musical desire did not stop as a solo act. He called upon lead guitarist, John McCleary, to kick the music into high gear. John and Matt jammed with one another during their teenage years, and clearly understood each other’s style. John’s guitar work reflects some of his early influences such as Eric Johnson, and Steve Vai. His approach to music, matched with Matt’s style, makes Under the Floods guitar work innovative and dominant. During their high school years the guitar duo did not realize how much of an impact they made upon Matt’s younger brother, Dave Nadolski. As a result, music was instilled in Dave at such a young age that his musical growth has been enormous. Through studying voice, and being part of the local music scene, Dave realized he wanted to take his vocal career at a higher level. Teaming up with his brother and John seemed to be the perfect answer. The trio needed a solid rhythm section to aid their ambitions. The band contacted bass player Ken Davis to join the band. Once again, Matt knew Ken during their teenage years. He would watch Ken share the stage with American Idols own Chris Daughtry in the popular band Cadence.

After Cadence disbanded, Ken remained active playing music, but never found an outlet until he was contacted by Under the Flood. Kens high-energy bass playing became a key asset for the band, and where they want to go. With one piece of the puzzle missing, the search for the right drummer began. After learning that his high school jam partner was teaching drums in Richmond, and actively playing gigs around Virginia, Matt tracked down Daniel Smith with the offer. Immediately, Daniel meshed with the band on many levels.

Under the Flood has formed, and their connection is deeply rooted. Their goal is to establish a similar connection with their fans by delivering high energy shows. The band has recently finished production with Brian Craddock of Daughtry. In October of 07, Under the Flood signed a multi album, world- wide deal with Koch Records. Their first full-length album titled “The Witness” will be released May 13th. 08. Radio will start on March 14th. 08 to support the upcoming release. The band is currently touring.

Under The Flood has signed an exclusive deal with Dean Guitars.

Under The Flood is proud to announce that they have signed an exclusive endorsement agreement with Dean Guitars. The Dean Guitar family has taken the band under their wings so to speak and has given the band a full endorsement. This is great news as they want to push UTF as the first active rock band that they have ever endorsed and the fact they have never given a full endorsement to independent/unsigned band before. The band will have their own page on the main Dean website and Dean wants to push the new line of guitars to the younger consumers using UTF as the poster band so to speak. This is great news as the Dean web site gets around 5-6 million hits a month worldwide.

Under The Flood is proudly endorsed with Ddrums (USA).
Ddrums is a division of Dean Guitars Inc./Armadillo Enterprises Inc.

Song links from the full length CD “The Witness” (Please click once on links)

In Vain Track01.mp3

Halos Track06.mp3

The Witness Track02.mp3

Signs Track08.mp3

Blown Away Track05.mp3

Open Me Up Track03.mp3

Dean T-Wing Acoustic Guitars
Dean Electric Guitars

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