Restavrant

{{Short description|American country punk band}} {{Infobox musical artist | background = group_or_band | name = Restavrant! | image = | image_size = | image_upright = | landscape =  | alt = | caption = | alias = Snakearm | origin = | genre = Country punk,<ref name="Ears Wide Open: Snakearm, 'This Is It'">{{cite web |last1=Feuer |first1=Daiana |title=Ears Wide Open: Snakearm, 'This Is It' |url=https://buzzbands.la/2015/07/23/ears-wide-open-snakearm-this-is-it |website=Buzz Bands LA |access-date=August 18, 2025 |language=en |date=July 23, 2015}}</ref> punk<ref name="Black Rebel Motorcycle Club bends genres at SF homecoming show">{{cite web |last1=Willis |first1=Daniel J. |title=Black Rebel Motorcycle Club bends genres at SF homecoming show |url=https://riffmagazine.com/reviews/black-rebel-motorcycle-club-20180523 |website=RIFF Magazine |access-date=August 18, 2025 |date=May 24, 2018}}</ref> | discography = | years_active =  | label = | publishers = | spinoffs = | spinoff_of = | current_members = Troy Murrah<br>Tyler Whiteside | past_members = J. State | website = {{URL|https://restavrant.com}} | module = | module2 = | module3 = }}

'''Restavrant''' (stylized as '''REST^vRANT''') is an American country punk band. The band was founded by guitarist and vocalist Troy Murrah, who later recruited drummer Tyler Whiteside. The band's musical style is eclectic; Whiteside does not use a standard drum kit. In 2015, the band briefly changed their name to Snakearm, before changing it back to Restavrant by 2016.

==History== Restavrant was founded by Troy Murrah as a one-man band.<ref name="Black Rebel Motorcycle Club bends genres at SF homecoming show" /> Murrah was inspired by a Bob Log III concert.<ref name="Restavrant draws from early rock influences and dirty old blues sensibility to churn out unique flavor.">{{cite web |last1=Joseph |first1=Adam |title=Restavrant draws from early rock influences and dirty old blues sensibility to churn out unique flavor. |url=https://www.montereycountynow.com/entertainment/music/restavrant-draws-from-early-rock-influences-and-dirty-old-blues-sensibility-to-churn-out-unique/article_acb30997-cd32-567a-8e49-eeeb5da09a44.html |website=Monterey County NOW |access-date=August 18, 2025 |date=January 31, 2013}}</ref> Initially a one-piece band, Murrah would later bring on drummer J. State,<ref name="Album notes">{{cite AV media notes|title=Returns to the Tomb of Guiliano Medidici|others=Restavrant|year=2008|publisher=Narnack Records}}</ref> and then current drummer Tyler Whiteside.<ref name="Local Folk Fest to bring Rest^vRant to Campus">{{cite web |title=Local Folk Fest to bring Rest^vRant to Campus |url=https://lbcurrent.com/artslife/2014/09/10/local-folk-fest-to-bring-restvrant-to-campus |website=Long Beach Current |access-date=August 20, 2025 |date=September 10, 2014}}</ref> In 2008, the band released their first album, ''Returns to the Tomb of Guiliano Medidici'', on Narnack Records.<ref name="Returns to the Tomb of Guiliano Medidici" /> 2015, the band was briefly renamed as Snakearm; Murrah said the name came from the nickname of a friend who was killed in a drive-by shooting, and that the goal of the band following the rebrand would be to "create music with integrity";<ref name="Black Rebel Motorcycle Club bends genres at SF homecoming show" /> the band continued to play their old songs under the new name.<ref name="Top 5 Shows">{{cite web |last1=Weekly |first1=Fort Worth |title=Top 5 Shows |url=https://www.fwweekly.com/2016/09/15/top-5-shows-101 |website=Fort Worth Weekly |access-date=August 20, 2025 |date=September 15, 2016}}</ref> By 2016, the band had changed its name back to Restavrant.<ref name="Video premiere: Restavrant, 'Concrete'">{{cite web |last1=Feuer |first1=Daiana |title=Video premiere: Restavrant, 'Concrete' |url=https://buzzbands.la/2016/12/12/video-premiere-restavrant-concrete |website=Buzz Bands LA |access-date=August 19, 2025 |language=en |date=December 12, 2016}}</ref> The band composed the theme song for the Adult Swim show ''Momma Named Me Sheriff''.<ref>{{cite AV media |title=Momma Named Me Sheriff |type=Television show|date=2019}}</ref>

==Musical style== Restavrant is composed of Troy Murrah, the guitarist and vocalist, and drummer Tyler Whiteside;<ref name="Black Rebel Motorcycle Club bends genres at SF homecoming show" /> Whiteside does not use a traditional drum kit,<ref name="United By Electronics: Bella Novela, Restavrant and Fartbarf at Alex's Bar March 28">{{cite web |last1=Bennett |first1=Sarah |title=United By Electronics: Bella Novela, Restavrant and Fartbarf at Alex's Bar March 28 |url=https://lbpost.com/hi-lo/music/united-by-electronics-bella-novela-restavrant-and-fartbarf-at-alex-s-bar-march-28 |website=Long Beach Post |access-date=August 20, 2025 |date=April 1, 2014}}</ref> instead using a kit consisting of things like a hubcap and license plate.<ref name="The Best Punk Shows to See in L.A. This Month" /> The band's style has been described as country punk,<ref name="Ears Wide Open: Snakearm, 'This Is It'" /> "blues-punk",<ref name="Punk-Blues Pioneers The Blasters to Play MADhaus Saturday">{{cite web |last1=Bennett |first1=Sarah |title=Punk-Blues Pioneers The Blasters to Play MADhaus Saturday |url=https://lbpost.com/hi-lo/music/punk-blues-pioneers-the-blasters-to-play-madhaus-saturday |website=Long Beach Post |access-date=August 20, 2025 |date=January 31, 2014}}</ref> and "electro roots rock".<ref name="Las Vegas for Less: Restavrant, Graffiti6, Red Eye Radio, jazz">{{cite web |last1=Bracelin |first1=Jason |title=Las Vegas for Less: Restavrant, Graffiti6, Red Eye Radio, jazz |url=https://neon.reviewjournal.com/music/las-vegas-for-less-restavrant-graffiti6-red-eye-radio-jazz |website=Las Vegas Review-Journal |access-date=August 20, 2025 |date=June 22, 2012}}</ref> Daniel Willis of ''Riff Magazine'' described the band as "punk, if not exactly in sound, then definitely in ethos", noting drummer Tyler Whiteside's use of a DIY drum kit made of "trash".<ref name="Black Rebel Motorcycle Club bends genres at SF homecoming show" /> Adam Joseph of ''Monterey County NOW'' described the band's sound as "techno beats humping old folky-sounding guitar, plus a hell of a lot of bottleneck slide.".<ref name="Restavrant draws from early rock influences and dirty old blues sensibility to churn out unique flavor."/> Jonathan Kardasz of ''Bristol24/7'' called them "a thoroughly modern rock band", and praised their live performances as being better than their studio recordings.<ref name="Review: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, O2 Academy">{{cite web |last1=Kardasz |first1=Jonathon |title=Review: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, O2 Academy |url=https://www.bristol247.com/culture/music/review-black-rebel-motorcycle-club-o2-academy |website=Bristol24/7 |access-date=August 18, 2025 |language=en |date=November 4, 2017}}</ref> ''LA Weekly'' writer Paul Bradley described the band's musical style as "punkabilly" and a "grimy blend of hillbilly hootenanny and relentless beats".<ref name="The Best Punk Shows to See in L.A. This Month">{{cite web |last1=Bradley |first1=Paul T. |title=The Best Punk Shows to See in L.A. This Month |url=https://www.laweekly.com/music/the-best-punk-shows-to-see-in-la-this-month-2403977 |website=LA Weekly |access-date=August 18, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171130210617/https://www.laweekly.com/music/the-best-punk-shows-to-see-in-la-this-month-2403977 |archive-date=November 30, 2017 |date=September 6, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Murrah regards the band's influences as punk, country, and blues.<ref name="Local Folk Fest to bring Rest^vRant to Campus" />

==Discography== *2008: ''Returns to the Tomb of Guiliano Medidici'' (2008)<ref name="Returns to the Tomb of Guiliano Medidici">{{cite web |title=Returns to the Tomb of Guiliano Medidici |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/returns-to-the-tomb-of-guiliano-medidici-mw0000797476 |website=Allmusic |access-date=September 10, 2025}}</ref> *2012: ''Yeah, I Carve Cheetahs'' *2013: ''Sawdust & Seathorns'' (EP)<ref name="Restavrant on Apple Music">{{cite web |title=Restavrant on Apple Music |url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/restavrant/290641131 |website=Apple Music |access-date=September 10, 2025}}</ref> *2015: ''Concrete'' (EP)<ref name="Restavrant on Apple Music" /> *2017: ''Staring at Lint'' (EP)<ref name="Restavrant on Apple Music" /> *2021: ''4 For Being Physical'' (EP)<ref name="Restavrant on Apple Music" />

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Category:American punk rock groups