John Kucera – Lead Vocals & Guitar
Bert Zweber - Guitar
Tim Cook – Bass & Vocals
Steve Adams – Drums
- 2018 Wisconsin Area Music Industry (WAMI) Award for “Best Hard Rock Artist”
- 2020 Wisconsin Area Music Industry WAMI) Award for "Album of the Year" (Power Petting)
Live:
BBT has performed as direct support for Sevendust, Vince Neil, Dokken, Tantric, Otherwise, Wayland, Candlebox, KrashKarma & more. They’ve performed at many of the region’s top clubs, and festivals (including Summerfest, Rock the Harbor, EWlectric City Experience & Brewtown Rumble).
About:
Hailing from Milwaukee, WI, Black Belt Theatre proudly embrace the long, beer fueled winters. And the hot, beer-fueled summers. They live and breathe the DIY rock-and-roll ethos of the mid-west.
But this is no basement band. The pedigree here is strong, with all of the members having come from prior groups with national attention. In the mid-90’s, John’s band Alligator Gun was signed to Relativity Records and became a seminal punk rock powerhouse that included future members of The Promise Ring and Dashboard Confessional. Tim and Steve comprised one half of Bender, a popular Milwaukee rock act that released an album on TVT Records in 2000 and toured the country with several major artists. Bert was also a key part of the late 90’s post-grunge Milwaukee explosion, being a member of The Buzzhorn, who released an album on Atlantic Records.
Having all stepped away from music for 10+ years following the demise of their previous bands, they joined forces in the fall of 2013. The objective was simple…they wanted to make records that rocked.
Their common thread is a love for late 70’s/early 80’s power rock. Think Cheap Trick, Thin Lizzy, UFO, April Wine, etc. Throw in modern influences like Danko Jones, Eagles of Death Metal and the like, and you have a recipe for a fresh, but familiar sound.