Amish Militia

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Band Bio

Jan Lapp, vocals and guitar
David Fisher, guitar
John Fisher, bass guitar
Gustav Koch, drums

Despite a very promising start to their career, and several successful albums, as of January 2011 the band appears to be on permanent hiatus.

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Albums / EPs

Exodus Date Released: 11/5/2009   Tracks: 6 Sales: 9   Listens: 13 Amish Militia move from Lancaster County to Los Angeles and commemorate their newfound freedom with an EP, 'Exodus'. Mixing several new tracks with a number of appropriate covers, the clear highlight is their reworking of Rage Against The Machine's classic "Down Rodeo"; "I'm rollin' down Rodeo doin' business./These people ain't seen an Amish man since the premiere of Witness."

Amish Paradise [Single; Weird Al Yankovic Cover] Date Released: 10/26/2009   Tracks: 1 Sales: 9   Listens: 9 If there was ever any doubt idle hands are the devil's playground, Amish Militia's cover of Weird Al Yankovic's "Amish Paradise" [parody of rapper Coolio's "Gangsters' Paradise"] proves it for sure. With a week or two to kill before Merchants Of Metal II, Amish Militia hit the studio and turn out a death metal version of a rap song parody that easily surpasses Coolio's original in terms of sinister intent, fueled by Jan Lapp's growled vocals.

Weedspringa Date Released: 8/11/2009   Tracks: 9 Sales: 12   Listens: 12 As Amish Militia declare on 'Weedspringa'; Amish is the New Black. Those bad-ass buggy boys from Lancaster, PA are back with another pummeling exercise in doom metal. Opening with a droning monotone chant extolling the virtues of the cannabis leaf on "Hymn: Cannabaceae", AM quickly get down to business on the rampaging "Cast Out". The masterpiece of the album is the epic 12-minute instrumental, "A Crack In The Martyr's Mirror", which will surely go down as a milestone of the metal genre.

III A.M. Date Released: 5/28/2009   Tracks: 8 Sales: 13   Listens: 18 You knew it would come to this: on their debut disc, Amish Militia raise a metallic barn, and on their third effort ['III A.M.', Long Bong Records], they burn it right down. Starting off slow, with the atmospheric "3 A.M. [Candle's Burning Low]", they quickly get into rampaging form on "Buggy Burnouts" and there's no looking back. Standout tracks include the blistering "Burnin' Down The Barn", an excellent cover of Monster Magnet's "Crop Circle", and the devastating closer "Amigeddon".

Beezelbub's Buggy Date Released: 4/16/2009   Tracks: 5 Sales: 16   Listens: 15 Those wild-eyed Amish boys are back.... Long Bong Records' Amish Militia serve up another helping of Mennonite metal, with their new EP; 'Beezelbub's Buggy', and once again show that there's more to Lancaster County than buggies, barns and bonnets [booyah!]. The disc opens with the driving, "Lights Out In Lancaster", followed by the soon-to-be-stripper-fave "Plowin' The Back 40", finally climaxing with Beezelbub's Buggy" and a revisitation of "Hot Bonnet Babes" from their debut.

Barn Raising From Hell Date Released: 4/2/2009   Tracks: 8 Sales: 26   Listens: 35 Well, you've got to hand it to them, Long Bong Records certainly went out on a limb with their latest find; Amish metallers, Amish Militia. Their debut disc, 'Barn Raising From Hell', will likely find an audience among disaffected Amish youth, but the question is, will any of them be able to buy the album, let alone, get a ride to a record store....? Regardless, you need to pick up this album and witness [oh yeah, we went there...] their surprising prowess for yourself.