Jon Stewart’s punk roots date again to the ’80s, when he was a bartender on the legendary Trenton, New Jersey rock membership Metropolis Gardens. His leisure profession took a flip in direction of different endeavors, however after he retired from The Day by day Present, he determined to take up drumming as a passion in his spare time. These days Stewart has been flexing these newfound chops with Church And State™, a brand new band that features Rick Barry, Justin Bornemann, and Andy Bova, the man who gave Stewart drum classes. Church And State™ (whose Instagram profile confirms they’re a “music band” that makes “music”) have performed a handful of gigs to date, however their highest-profile went down on the also-legendary Stone Pony on Friday evening. Together with native alt-rockers Yawn Mower (a band we have coated a bunch this yr) Church And State™ opened Standing Inexperienced’s particular twentieth anniversary present. (It was additionally Stewart’s birthday, which occurs to be the identical day as mine, simply in case you care). Reflecting on his drumming throughout an viewers Q&A round one among his latest Day by day Present appearances, Stewart mentioned it was “enjoyable as shit.” See that in addition to some viewers clips under.
