Cody Parks and The Dirty South Cody Parks and The Dirty South aren’t your typical Nashville country band. Founded in 2019 by frontman and songwriter Cody Parks, the band united around his vision of blending his Southern roots with a hard hitting, heavy metal sound. The result? A genre all their own: Country Metal—best described as “Def Leppard on cornbread.” Drawing inspiration from legends like Mötley Crüe, Ratt, and Pantera, The Dirty South injects heavy riffs and explosive breakdowns into country music, transforming Nashville’s Music Row into a Sunset Strip-worthy phenomenon. Their 2023 EP, Smothered & Covered, turned heads with singles climbing to #2 and #7 on iTunes, earning them a spot in the social media spotlight and growing their Spotify listener base to over 155,000 monthly fans. Now, with the release of their EP Country Metal, Vol. 1, the band is gearing up to hit the road in 2025, bringing their high-octane sound to a city near you. Crank it up and experience the unstoppable energy of Cody Parks and The Dirty South! True Villains True Villains are a rock & roll powerhouse. Fueled by anthemic choruses, percussive punch, amplified riffs, and the larger-than-life vocals of frontman Beau Lastavich, they make hard-hitting music that revitalizes the swagger of their heroes for the modern world. It's a sound that owes its supersized stomp to the collaborative songwriting and road-tested chemistry of True Villains' five members. Raised across America and headquartered in Nashville, bandmates Tim Venerosa (guitar), Matt Carter (drums), Greg Herndon (keys), Barry Conaway (Bass), Lastavich have paid their dues as a working-class live act, playing four-hour hometown shows multiple times a week. In a town filled with solo artists and country stars, they've become something refreshingly different: a genuine band, rooted in the dark, driving sounds of rock & roll's heavyweights from the 1960s, '70s, and '80s. Assimilating those familiar influences into a sound that's fresh, True Villains have also built their audience the old-school way: gig by gig, song by song, and hook by hook. It was during one of those hometown shows that the band first caught the attention of Grammy-winning producer Nick Raskulinecz, a modern-rock icon who'd previously worked with Foo Fighters, Velvet Revolver, Alice in Chains, and others. Impressed with True Villains' songs, Raskulinecz extended a rare invitation to the group, offering his services as producer and mentor. A partnership bloomed. Before long, True Villains were working with Raskulinecz in his Music Row studio, recording singles like "The Villain" with a producer whose enthusiasm for electrified, energized rock matched their own. Filled with modern-rock muscle, pop hooks, rhythmic breakdowns, guitar heroics, and vocal harmonies, True Villains' songs salute the influence of a bygone era while updating that sound for a new generation. This isn't a nostalgia act. It's no retro revival. Instead, it's the sound of rock & roll in the 2020s: big, burly, and just the right amount of pissed-off. If you've been worried that rock is dead, look no further. These True Villains are about to be your new heroes.