Anchored by the powerful vocals and incisive songwriting of Erika Wennerstrom, the Heartless Bastards are a roots rock band whose tough, emotionally resonant music incorporates elements of blues, hard rock, garage punk, and country as filtered through tales of a hardscrabble life lived in the American Midwest. While Wennerstrom -- the group's sole constant member -- would move the band to Texas, their sensibility stayed much the same, though her music would become more eclectic and ambitious and the lyrics more philosophical. The tough, blues-based attack of their first era is best heard on 2006's All This Time. 2012's Arrow showcased a new lineup and a more polished approach, and 2021's A Beautiful Life was their most stylistically diverse release to date. A previously unreleased film soundtrack project from 2013, Winter in the Blood, was issued in 2024.
Hometown
Dayton, OH, United States
Genre
Rock
Members of Heartless Bastards
Heartless Bastards was formed in 2003. Members of Heartless Bastards include, or have included, the following 2 members.