Kelp founder Jon Bartlett’s started recording under the Rhume ten years back, unveiling Snack of Choice in early 2000, following it with the French-language opus Jeu de Puissance two years later. Since that time the band has been mostly known for their live shows, often unpredictable, sometimes downright dangereux.

The band has released various singles through Kelp compilations the last few years, but it seems that the time has finally come for Rhume to work on a 3rd full length; recording begins this fall. Old compadre Jarrett Bartlett remains on the bass, ‘Ape’ Jamie Gullikson trashes skins, Chris Page wields an axe and the littlest-man-that-could John J. Higney Jr. also plays lumberjack.

“It was as though everyone in the audience was part of the band, and the stage was extended throughout the entire Coach & Horses. In all my years of attending shows, I’ve never seen anything like this particular one: audience interaction, crazy antics, and all out fun. If Rhume are ever in your town, I highly recommend seeing them. It really is an experience not to be missed, and you need to see it for yourself.”- Jen Ciliska, Fantastic Festival

“A truly amazing night of rock. Rhume more than any other band I’ve seen at Wavelength turned the Sunday night social into weekend rock bender. How could the show be topped? For an encore, some burly dude dressed in wrestling tights and a wrestling mask comes out and hammers Bartlett over the head with a steel chair. Bartlett rolls off the stage to the club’s floor. Said wrestler follows him down, props him up on two additional chairs, climbs up onto the subwoofer unit stage left. With steel chair in hand he dives off the sub and into Bartlett’s chest who gets sandwiched between wrestler/chair and chairs/floor. Rhume forced me to drink.”- Brodie, Hammer Rocker