Steve Kirsch
Drummer/Blogger/Attorney
Steve Kirsch is a New Jersey-based drummer, blogger, and lawyer. He’s currently drumming for two Philly-based bands: Lower Wolves, a tribute to early (I.R.S. years) R.E.M., and All Violet, a tribute to Hole. Previously, he’s played in original Philly bands: most notably garage rock with Mondo Topless, roots rock and Americana with Naked Omaha, and indie rock of a gritty Replacements-y sort with The Sparklers. You can hear him on both the “Freaking Out” album from Mondo Topless (2010) and the “Miss Philadelphia” album from The Sparklers (2022) on all the streaming services, but his work on Naked Omaha’s two albums is just on Bandcamp.
Steve currently blogs -- almost entirely about music -- at a Substack called Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want the Truth? If you recognize that as a Minutemen song title, you and he can probably be best friends.
Steve has also been representing exclusively indigent clients in criminal appeals since 1989, most of that as an appellate public defender and more recently as a private attorney. But while he knows a lot about criminal law, he would generally rather talk music with you.
