The Downstrokes are a 2024 Maryland Music Awards finalist for Best Punk Band.
The Downstrokes
Four on the Floor Garage Punk Rock n roll
Founded in Maryland's Mountains in 2015, The Downstrokes bring a sonic avalanche to whatever stage they play: high octane garage punk. Their self-released first album New York Girl, fused Lower East Side energy with pop punk hooks. Their sophomore release invited listeners to Fall in Love with Punk Rock Again (Snubbed Records). 2020's Unsafe at Any Speed (Coffin Curse), found the band continuing to explore the boundaries of punk rock moving from the street punk anthemic "Lies That We Believed" to the call to action of "Toy Gun" to the more rogue folk of "Time Bomb."
A few pandemic singles paved the way for their third full-length LP This Close to Vertigo (Coffin Curse/Allegedly Records), mastered by Mass Giorgini.
2024 saw them self-release The Spring Training Sessions EP, and then sign on to Punkerton Records for a split LP with their good friends The Prozacs. Better Late Than Never features six rocking punk rock anthems.
The Downstrokes have played all over the Eastern US and the American Midwest, and they have been regulars at the Savage Mountain Punk Fest. They've played with Richie Ramone, The Queers, Huntingtons, Titus Andronicus, Thick, The Undead, The Cynics, Scream, Suzi Moon, and more.
In 2026 they toured the UK and Ireland for two weeks of rock and roll mayhem, making noise and making friends.
