Chad Urmston

Chad ( Chadwick ) Urmston ( born February 26, 1976 in Sherborn, Massachusetts ) is a leader of the American band State Radio. Urmston is best known for his time in the Independent band Dispatch, in which he participated again between 1996 and 2004 and since 2011.

Urmston is known for his political texts that illuminate critical especially the American government.

After high school, Urmston in 1994 went to Zimbabwe, where he later his friend 's "Elijah ," a simbabwanischen gardener met. The band Dispatch dedicated to him the song of the same name. This song gained a lot of popularity over time, so that Dispatch in 2007 the benefit concert " Dispatch: Zimbabwe" gave and thus played three sold-out nights in Madison Square Garden. Urmston worked from 1996 to 2004 in the band Dispatch, which then, however, due to musical differences broke up, but still occurs sporadically.

After dispatch Chad Urmston in 2002 founded the band State Radio ( initially under the name " Flag of the Shiners " ), which has so far released three albums and strikes primarily by their political lyrics. In State Radio also played by the bassist Chuck Fay, and drummer Mike Najarian.

In 2011 he brought under the name Chadwick Stokes out a solo album.

• Bandleader
• American musician
• Born in the 20th century
• Man