Guardsman

The roots of Guardsman can be traced back to a dusty basement in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where brothers Steve and Rob Harwood spent their middle- and high-school years honing their chops by jamming out on everything from Megadeth to the Gin Blossoms and Rush to Johnny Cash. After years of informal collaboration under the name “Acta Vira,” the brothers recorded a five-song EP in 2015 before breaking away from the comfort of hometown Grand Rapids and regrouping in Chicago under their new name, Guardsman.