About
Rumspringa is the Amish rite of passage for the adolescent. (Pennsylvania Dutch- "To run around") Leaving the community to experience the "English" world often evoked the devil in the young Amish teenager. Throwing thousand people barn storms, selling and abusing different drugs, engaging in dubious activity are all of the many games when running in the "devil's playground."

When Rock 'n' Roll first hit America nationally, and the wave of paranoia spread throughout the minds of parents that their children were listening to the devil's jungle music; the music had never been more alive.

In a modern age when image, shock appeal and technology invades every nook and cranny, it's hard and rare to find that good ol' rock n roll sound. "That's why we declared ourselves to be on our own version of Rumspringa; to step away from all the self-serving surface of the mainstream music culture and to get back to the heart of discovering the soul of rock through the roots of its creation."

"Our inspirations range greatly; from Mississippi Fred Mcdowell, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Cash, Link wray, Canned Heat, Cream, Dylan, John Fahey and underground psychedelic pioneer Michael Yonkers." Despite focusing mainly on blues and rock from the past, Rumspringa has a tender spot for old school hip hop and early gangster rap, such as Bone Thugs N Harmony, Eric B and Rakim, and Grandmaster Flash. Twisting the twelve bar blues construct with hip hop flavor is an example of how Rumspringa dives into creating a sound that is both familiar, yet unique and hard to describe.

Hailing from Los Angeles, Rumspringa takes the opportunity to travel as much as they can to spread their sound. In the two years of the band's career two different east coast tours have been undertaken. With great response from all folk alike, Rumspringa performed in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Pittsburgh, Philly, Providence, New haven, Red Hook, etc. Besides working the club circuit, Rumspringa loves to play University shows, where the atmosphere is fun, easy going, and sometimes very chaotic. A show at Cal Arts and a show at Bard evoked such a response from the kids, that the venue afterwards resembled a combination between hurricane katrina and a grade scool cafateria food fight.

Those magical moments when all is one and one is all with the band and the audience is what Rumspringa absolutely lives for. "We only look forward to the future with a hungry smile and a keen curiosity as to how the evolutions gonna go down."

Instrumentation
Joey Stevens-Guitar/Vocals
Itaru De La vega-Drums

Discography
Self Titled EP (Rumspringa)