astraltrain

Santa Cruz, California

Astral Train is a Santa Cruz-based prog-punk band influenced by System of a Down, Nirvana, and Alice in Chains. Blending rock, poetry, and punk, the band combines dynamic instrumentation with spoken word and lyric-driven storytelling. Astral Train consists of Mitchell Wexler on guitar and lead vocals and Rico RicoR Rushworth on drums and spoken word. The band has been featured at The Cruz Room and on The Sunday Dinner on KSQD Community Radio. Their hour-long episode, Riding the Astral Train: Progressive Rock and Music As Activism, is available on the KSQD website, YouTube, and Spotify.