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“10w40 is a great mash-up of The Stooges and Mr. Bungle!”
– Mark Robertson, The Legendary Shack Shakers

“These guys love to rock!”
– Dick Dale, surf guitar legend

“FUCK. YES!! 10w40’s sound is like being force fed crystal meth, tied up and stripped down, and getting fucked in the ass by rock 'n' roll sans lubricant. Ummmm, I think that means I like it.”
– Gus Lynch, Gus Lynch, "Laugh. Rock. Repeat!" Stand-up Comedian/Producer Extraordinaire

“10w40's 'Rooster in the Henhouse' is full moon ballzee bar room thrash! Makes me want to share a plastic bottle of grocery store gin with a cake faced hooker!"
– Anonymous 10w40 fan

10w40, musically, are the guys with the brass knuckles waiting for you outside the shady dive where you just gambled away your last c-note. They're the street runners with the brims pulled way down low; a rambling, raucous, spitting beast of a band that mixes howling guitars with a rhythm train engineered by the Devil himself. Covering topics as diverse as Civil War history, hunting accidents, drinking and the Bible, this group of n’er-do-wells manage to leave the listener stunned, pie-eyed, and feeling as if they've just slammed full-bore into a veritable brick wall of sound. Think prime-era Captain Beefheart meets the bastard offspring of The Jesus Lizard, The Bad Seeds, and Crazy Horse, and you're about half-way towards understanding what this band is all about.
The band has most recently finished recording its soon-to-be-released epic 21-song two-album release Rooster in the Henhouse with Gary Burger of the ‘60s proto-punk legends, The Monks. The album was mixed by Bill Racine, known for his work as co-engineer on the Flaming Lips’ Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, as well as his work with Sparklehorse, Mogwai, and Jack White’s Whirlwind Heat at Dave Fridmann’s Tarbox Road studio in Cassadaga, NY.

Vocals | Guitars | Horses’ Teeth | Mouth Organs | Jim Edlund | During the recent turn of the millennium Edlund did a stint at a maximum-security prison in the midwest. These experiences, along with a childhood spent trapping fishing leeches and minnows for his dad’s bait business—and working the family’s flea market—left an indelible mark; so much so that his narratives spill over with images, characters, and experiences only found in backwoods America.

Currently, Edlund is busy building his own solar recording studio – and stockpiling guns, water, food, and fuel - in the Superior National Forest of NE Minnesota, far off the grid.

Drums | Derek Trost | Trost recently relocated to Minneapolis from Portland where he sessioned with the likes of M. Ward, Tracker, Norfolk and Western, Beltline, Mood Area 52, Transmissionary Six, and members of The Decemberists. Off stage, Trost is an architect who specializes in studio and performance spaces. He also plays accordion and vibraphone.

Bass | Acoustic Double Bass | Jim Michels | Michels has performed with various ensembles in the U.S. and Europe, including the punk rock outfit Shotgun Rationale with former-Replacements lead guitarist Bob Stinson (R.I.P.). In his non-musical life, Michels is a motorsports book editor and motorcycle racer.