Drakkar Sauna
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Drakkar Sauna | |
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| Origin | Lawrence, Kansas |
| Genres | Country folk Freak folk |
| Years active | 2003–2015 |
| Labels | Marriage Records Third Man Records |
| Members | Wallace Cochran Jeff Stolz |
Drakkar Sauna was a Lawrence, Kansas-based musical duo active from 2003 to 2015. Their members were Jeff Stolz and Wallace Cochran.[1] Their music incorporated elements of country, bluegrass, and folk.[2]
Drakkar Sauna formed when Stolz and Cochran worked together on the soundtrack to Blood Feud, a B-movie that Cochran directed. They subsequently began collaborating on additional music after completing the soundtrack.[3] They released their debut album, Rover, in 2004. Its music reflected such disparate influences as Mandy Patankin and the musical Guys and Dolls.[4] It was followed by 2005's Drakkansasauna and 2006's Jabraham Lincoln.[5][6] In 2008, they released War and Tornadoes, an album of nine Louvin Brothers covers.[7] Stolz and Cochran have identified the Louvin Brothers' music as a major influence on their own vocal styles.[3][8] In 2009, the band released 20009, a space travel-themed album that originated in The Moon For Its Citizens, a book that Cochran had previously written.[6] They broke up in 2015, because Cochran was moving to Maui, Hawaii. Their final performance took place on August 7, 2015.[1] In 2017, the band briefly reunited to release the album Very Much Cologne.[9]
