The Muggs are a three piece blues rock band hailing from Detroit, Michigan. The Muggs formed in 2000 with all three members: Danny Methric on guitar & lead vox, Tony DeNardo on bass guitar & backing vox and Matt Rost on drums. 

 

From February 2000 through September 2001, the Muggs enjoyed playing many shows and gaining the hearts of fans throughout metro Detroit. However, this was short lived after DeNardo suffered a stroke at 28 years old which nearly ended his young life.  As fairy tales go, DeNardo was able to rejoin the band almost exactly two years from that fateful day in September  2003. This time, he was playing his bass lines on a Fender Rhodes piano through a bass amplifier. The result........the Muggs are back in business!

 

In August 2004, the Muggs were signed to indie label Times Beach Records and in July 2005, the Muggs released their self titled LP, "the Muggs". The Muggs worked with Dodge in 2005 and 2006 sponsoring their Charger on line with three songs, "Need Ya Baby", "Gonna Need My Help" and "Rollin' B-Side Blues". In January 2007, the Muggs were on PBS(aired in the entire nation of Canada & all of Michigan) for a one hour live concert and documentary as part of a rock and roll series, "Rock n' Roll Safari". Also, in January 2007, the Muggs toured in Spain for two weeks.

Later that year in August 2007, the Muggs were selected to audition for the Fox T.V. show, "The Next Great American Band" and were selected to the Top 12 out of 10,000+ applicants. The Muggs were on "The Next Great American Band" for four episodes and got to play two originals for the entire nation to see.   "Should've Learned My Lesson" off the Muggs first LP, and "Slow Curve" off their "yet to be released" 2nd LP.

 

The Muggs won Riff 2's(local WRIF on line radio) "Best Rock Band of the Year 2007" award in February 2008 and will release their 2nd LP, entitled "On With The Show" on May 9th 2008. The Muggs have teamed up with Dodge in 2008 yet again for a promotional comp cd entitled, "Out of Detroit & into Dodge". "Need Ya Baby" off the Muggs 1st LP, is the song Dodge selected to be on the compilation. Dodge is pressing 100,000 cd's to go over to Europe and into Dodge Dealerships. Lucky, new EU buyers of Dodge automobiles get the comp cd! At the 2008 Detroit Music Awards, the Muggs won "Outstanding Rock Artist/Group" and Danny Methric, guitarist/lead singer of the Muggs won "Outstanding Rock/Pop Instrumentalist" for his electric guitar playing!

 

On May 9th, 2008 the Muggs released their 2nd LP entitled, "On With The Show"! The Muggs currently have 62,000+ fans on www.myspace.com. In the August 2008 issue of Classic Rock Magazine, the Muggs review of "On With The Show" received an 8/10! The Muggs have opened for countless classic rock and various national acts including Mountain, Robin Trower, Cactus, Savoy Brown, Ten Years After, Glenn Hughes of Deep Purple/Black Sabbath, Johnny Lang, Candlebox, North Mississippi Allstars, the Verve Pipe, Electric Six, & the Detroit Cobras. In December 2008, the Muggs were listed as 'the 100 HOT Unsigned Bands' in Music Connection.