New Missionaries

The band was formed in the fall of 2012, the night that Randi Russo, a recent transplant from New York, performed live at Transistor Chicago, the gallery/shop/performance space owned by drummer Andy Miles. Andy was so impressed by Randi’s solo set he offered to be her drummer and put the rest of a band together.  Charlie Crane (Airline-X, Feature Flick) joined the following week on lead guitar.   Eric Gannon was added on bass in 2013, and Mike Ganz replaced him in 2014.  (New Missionaries were also known as Psychic Pilot.)

A “low-volume” set at Transistor Chicago, April 2013.

Photos by Brooke Sprague.

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Live at The Frequency, Madison, WI, June 2013.

Rehearing at the Music Garage, Chicago, IL.
Photos by Isabella Degillio.

Some press photography by Tracy Graham

Andy at The Workshop Jones, March 2013.
Photos by Claire Kander.