The Iron Lotus Band

Inducted: February 2008

Our second spotlight in the “Meet the Band” series also features a fairly new Mankato ska/rock jam band.
But like The Homegrown Unknowns, The Iron Lotus Band has made a lot of progress in its six months together, practicing often at the “laid-back lair of rhythm guitar player Andy Rotchadl’s house,” as the band describes him.
The guys — David Kruse (lead vocals and guitar), Brandon Wolters (bass and backup vocals), Rotchadl (rhythm guitar and backup vocals) and Dave Hansen (drums) — average about two or three shows per month in Mankato and have plans to record a first album in April in Cannon Falls. They started with all covers of bands such as Pink Flloyd, The Beatles, Tom Petty, Sublime and Phish, among others.

To read a Q&A with the band, click here.

To hear an audio sample, click here.