Sorry Machine
An up-and-coming band with bright punky notes and an energy that you can’t help but head bang to. Soon to be releasing their first song in early February, Sorry Machine is a band that you need to keep on your radar.
Griffin Johnson
Brady Ketarkus
Max Keller
John Pope
There’s a new band crashing the Madison music scene and they are unapologetic for their in your face sound and mosh pit inducing energy, welcome to Sorry Machine. The band is composed of Griffin Johnson on sticks, Max Keller slapping some bass, John Pope strumming the ‘tars, and Brady Ketarkus clutching the mic. Although Sorry Machine has yet to officially release their first album, nothing has stopped them from performing alongside some of Madison’s most notable bands at local venues. Wherever they perform, people know what Sorry Machine is about and for those who don’t, get ready.
Stage dive into my interview Sorry Machine or head bang yourself into a coma and listen to the bands rehersal of their unreleased, debut single. “Walk Like The Devil.”
Every Great Band Started with a “F**k-It Attitude”
In a quiet suburb of Madison Wisconsin, the walls of a basement are reverberating with a head pounding baseline and an ear shattering drum score. Crammed into a room just big enough to fit their instruments, I am listening to Sorry Machine play their debut single “Walk Like The Devil,” which they plan to release in early March. The energy that the band was radiating was undeniably palpable and for a first song, I was truly blown away. In that moment I knew I was witnessing the beginning of something truly special.
From humble beginnings the members of Sorry Machine, a majority of the bandmates found each other while performing in other bands or during classes they undertook while in highschool. However, it wasn't until the band met Griffin did finally find their missing piece and someone with a mother who was generous enough to donate her basement as a rehearsal.
Brady Ketarkus, lead vocalist, fondly recalls how they found Griffin just before they were going to play for Summerfest. “We were gonna play Summerfest and we wanted to do sunflower by Vampire Weekend. We literally called Griffin and were like, "Hey, man, we're at rehearsal. We're playing for Summerfest and we're gonna have to rehearse and we really want you to play drums for it.” And he was like, "Yeah, of course.” And were like, “Yeah, we're rehearsing now. But we're going to get you in the future." then he said "I can just come over now." Yeah, and then he came over and was like, "So it's like Sunflower?" and he said, "...Oh, I already know the song."
From that point forward the bandmates devoted themselves to their music and have grown to be an extremely tight-knit group. Trusting in and supporting each other in pursuit of their dreams of being the band to put Madison, Wisc., on the map.
So keep your eyes peeled and your ears open, Sorry Machine f***king rocks.
