Prescribed Fire Credit: Photo by Dave Decker
Drummer and music instructor Shawn Watkins hates to admit it, but some of his playing for instru-metal polyrhythmic power trio Prescribed Fire is influenced by math-rock. It also takes cues from ‘70s stoner-rock, but also disco and swing.

In front of him onstage and in the mix are guitarist Christa McHugh and bassist Kevin Coss who plays in punk band Down By Law.

For Prescribed Fire, McHugh told CL they ditched the idea of auditioning a singer and threw out the notion of adhering to any typical song structures.

“We started breaking the rules and things really clicked,” she added. Coss adds that his tastes for everything from jazz to classic-rock and post-punk make it into the arrangements—including new music the band is prepping ahead of a run of shows this fall.

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