L.A., successfully producing, writing, and mixing music at his studio: STUDIO AMERICA under the pseudonym 'Tommy English'. Drummer Kevin Kane is pursuing his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature at The University at Buffalo. Jake Serek plays in a band called The Gold Web. Max Perenchio died in a single-vehicle car crash on 26 November 2020, aged 33. Musical Style Bad City is praised for its anachronistic mixture of various rock genres including 70s KISS and Alice Cooper inspired hard rock, ambitious 90s alternative rock such as Smashing Pumpkins and Soundgarden, 80s-style sleaze metal, 2000-era riff-rock oriented bands such as The White Stripes, and power pop a la Cheap Trick . Regarding influences, Caddy said, "We took influences from all our favorite bands which happen to be from different decades, modernized it and brought it to a new level." Upon the release of Welcome to the Wasteland many critics pinned the band as hair metal, Perenchio responded, "I think it’s a semantic issue. I think people hear harmonized guitar solos, big hooks, and gang vocals and quickly assume Hair Metal for convenience sake. It's just a label, it's not a big deal. When I think of Hair Metal I think of a very cookie-cutter period that lifted the aesthetic value of Ratt’s Out of the Cellar and drove it into the depths of decadence. I don’t really associate Bad City with that, and our hair isn’t nearly big enough." Members Josh Caddy - Lead Vocals Tom Schleiter - Guitar Kevin Kane - Drums Jake Serek - Bass Max Perenchio - Guitar Discography Albums 2010: Welcome to the Wasteland (release date: Tuesday, August 24, 2010)(album) U.S. No. 182 References External links Bad City on atlanticrecords.com Atlantic Records artists Hard rock musical groups from Illinois Musical groups from Chicago Musical groups disestablished in 2011