American Dream Machine

(from left to right): Mitch, Jonathon, Shawn, and Evan

Post-hardcore

Pop punk

Alternative rock

Evan Milowic (drums, backing vocals)

Jonathon Pentz (bassist)

**American Dream Machine** *(also stylized as **ADM**)* is an American rock band from Virginia, consisting of members Shawn Adams, Mitch Lobuglio, Evan Milowic, and Jonathon Pentz. The group released their first single *"Bad News"* the same year, followed by *"New Apocalypse", "Dead", and "Still Breathing",* before putting out their freshmen album *"DEADHEARTS"*, towards the end of the year.

## History

The band was formed sometime in 2019, as all four members already knew each other and had been working with one another on musical projects. Eventually, the four decided to form American Dream Machine, and spent some time writing and recording the music for “*DEADHEARTS*”, eventually finishing the album altogether.

In early 2020, the band began releasing singles from their upcoming album, of which the release date had to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, ADM’s first music video premiered on August 1st, 2020, to accompany the single “Dead”, while a video for “Still Breathing” released on October 17th, 2020.

On December 7th, 2020, the band’s official Instagram page posted a 20 second teaser for their debut album (*DEADHEARTS*), featuring a brand new song that was entitled “Trapped Under You”, with that same teaser popping up on their Twitter on December 9th, and the teaser also being posted to their official Facebook page.

“*DEADHEARTS*” was officially released on all major music platforms in December 18th, 2020, featuring 6 new and never-heard songs from the band.

In September 2021, Scotty Murphy parted ways with the band, but stated, “Still love them dearly, just one of those things.”[1]

On November 8th, 2021, ADM announced on their official Instagram page that had finished production on their second studio album.[2] On the band’s Spotify page, it states, “Their second full length album “I Hate It Here” is set to release later this year.

The band announced on February 15th, 2022, that they were filming the music video for an unreleased song titled “Fury”, posting a picture to their official account of a rehearsal.[3] Then, two days later the band posted a video of the set for the new music video to go along with the song, stating they had finished filming it.[4]

On July 22nd, 2022, ADM released a new single entitled “Fake Love”. Following this, ADM released the single “Dopamine” on October 7th, 2022, which features American rock duo Loveless. The band’s single, “Letting Go” was released on November 25th, 2022, followed nearly 8 months later, on July 21st, 2023, by hugely hyped follow-up single “Fury”, featuring Brian Wille. On August 8th, ADM announced a series of new singles that will be released throughout the rest of the year as part of their sophomore album, “I Hate It Here”, including “Scapegoat”, “dEaD 2 mE”, “The Lake”, “Over It”, and “Nail in the Coffin”.

ADM announced on their Instagram page, on September 16th, 2023, the addition of their new bassist, Jonathon Pentz.[5] On the same night, the band also announced they had officially been signed to FM Music Management, and will be working with Mail Levy,[6] a manager for the company.

## Members

**Shawn Adams** - Lead Vocalist and Guitarist

**Mitch Lobuglio** - Guitarist

**Evan Milowic** - Drummer

**Jonathon Pentz** - Bassist

## Trivia

* Shawn stated that one of the band’s primary influences is fellow American rock band, the Foo Fighters
* Mitch, Evan, and Shawn were all apart of a separate band prior to forming *ADM*, with Scotty having been involved as well, but not as an official member
* In terms of his start in music, Shawn has stated that his parents got him a guitar at the age of 10, and he played in different bands with his friends

## References

* Heavy Music Headquarters (Article) *Retrieved June 27, 2020*
* Revolver Magazine (Article) *Retrieved July 31, 2020*
* Rock and Roll Fables (Article) *Retrieved December 15, 2020*
* The Symphony of Rock (Article) *Retrieved June 1, 2020*
* Cryptic Rock (Article) *Retrieved June 23, 2020*
* Adrenaline PR (Article) *Retrieved April 18, 2020*
* Outburn Online (Article) *Retrieved October 7th, 2022*
* Revolver Magazine (Article: https://www.revolvermag.com/music/currents-american-dream-machines-new-song-fury) *Retrieved July 21st, 2023*

## External Links

* American Dream Machine on Instagram
* American Dream Machine on Twitter
* American Dream Machine on Facebook
* American Dream Machine on Spotify
* American Dream Machine on Apple Music
* Official Band Website