The Imperial is one of those bands that make people long for the days when rock music didn’t need an indie or a folk in front of it to get played on the radio. Formed in 2009, the Milwaukee-area four piece counts Muddy Waters, The Black Crowes and Jimi Hendrix among their influences, but their music stretches across genre, uniting under a fusion of clean, bluesy guitar and heavy, cohesive beats. This is rock music for rock lovers and original music for people tired of hearing cover bands play the same six songs for years on end. Many people try to form bands, but The Imperial got it right. The sound is tight, the musicians play flawless and the audience loves every second of it. What else is there? "The Imperial are bluesmen, instilled with a life and pulse often void in local acts. The songs are clean, the guitar straight-addictive and the voice honest and strong enough to carry the band far beyond their Milwaukee home. There is strength. There is focus. There is talent." - Michael Ray, UWMpost (Dec 06, 2010)