PRESS KIT
BIO / ALBUM PROMO / MUSIC / IMAGES / PRESS / LINKS / CONTACT

BIO

Brief:

Rad Max is a rad wave dance punk band from Portland, OR. They were voted most likely to play the training montage song in a straight-to-video b-movie. In between so-bad-it's-rad movie nights, this band blasts out ridiculous songs about alien radios, convenience stores, and magical shutter shades.

Not-so-brief:

Some say that Rad Max came to life when someone put an unmarked VHS tape into a VCR and pressed play. Bursting forth in a flash of neon, they emerged ripping guitar solos and smacking down dance beats.

Rad Max's playful lyrics and catchy hooks rock over a dance beat that can only be truly understood through an 80s movie montage. They often sing about sunglasses, convenience stores, demon possession, and other bad movie tropes. Aside from straight-to-video movies, Rad Max pulls inspiration from such artists as Nerf Herder, DEVO, The Go-Go's, and Kenny Loggins to create their particular brand of rad wave dance punk. They've quickly become known for their energetic live performances that balance danceable rock-n-roll with tongue-in-cheek dorkiness.

Since their start in 2017, Rad Max has played all around the Pacific Northwest, started their own music-and-movie series called So Bad, It's Rad!, been featured on Drunk Dials Records, PDX Pop Now!, & Tender Loving Empire compilations, been featured in a short horror film, and have opened for such touring acts as SPELLS, Daikaiju, and MDC.

Rewind that VHS, hit play, and get ready for b-movie rock fest that is Rad Max.

RIYL:

Nerf Herder, The Go-Go's, Josie & the Pussycats, 80s movie montage songs


PARTY McFLY PROMO

Party McFly is the toe-tapping, head-bopping, pop-culture concoction that is Rad Max's second full-length album and first vinyl LP. Taking a trip from the Goon Docks to Sunnydale to Fantasia, this group of rad wave dance punks make you want to party like it's 1989.

These 10 songs are a love letter to watching way too much TV and VHS. Like their Goonies song, where they sing about growing up and getting jaded in "We Used to Never Say Die" or their ode to Twin Peaks and landline phones in "Log Lady Psychic Hotline." Rad Max wears their cathode-ray-rotted eyes badge proudly. A little nostalgia, a little dance punk, and a whole lotta good times.

It's like a party in your ears and everyone's invited! Throw this album on and get ready to Party McFly.


MUSIC

Rad Max - “Party McFly” (album)
Digital release: 8/13/2024 Vinyl release: 10/1/2024

Song arrangements by Rad Max / Music & lyrics by Scott Cushman
Engineered, mixed, & mastered by Connor Sheehan / Produced by Rad Max



IMAGES


PRESS

Faster and Louder

“There's a lot of substance hidden within this throwback party record, and that is the real genius of Rad Max... Party McFly is essential listening for anyone who aspires to be rad.”


Faster and Louder

“No matter how depressing this world gets, it's impossible to not feel good when a Rad Max song is playing.”


Fanboys (a Hard Times podcast)

“Loading the 80s into a shotgun and sticking it directly into your mouth.”


The Punk Site

“Rad Max blend punk, pop and add a few rock flourishes, because you can’t reference the eighties properly without a touch of big haired rock.”


MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL (Issue #421)

“I’m still trying to figure out how they sneak THIN LIZZY leads into an Anthony Michael Hall montage”



LINKS

Official Website
Bandcamp
Instagram
Spotify
Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
TikTok

[ Stage plot ]

For Further Information Contact:

Scott Cushman
band@radmax.rocks
503-730-2075