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INTRODUCTION
Peacehead is a hard rock duo from the town of Kokomo, Indiana made up of best friends Aden Johnson (guitar, vocals, drums) and Raven Milligan (guitar, vocals, drums). The two in their time as a band have been making music inspired by bands and artists such as Queens of the Stone Age, Violent Femmes, Brainiac, Alkaline Trio, the White Stripes, Mac DeMarco, and many others in order to make the larger than life sound and experience. They have made themselves to be one of the most entertaining and explosive live acts to watch and one of the most fun bands to listen to. Although they haven't been around for long, they have already began shaking the ground beneath them and cracking the surface on what their music is capable of.

PRE-PEACEHEAD
Before Peacehead was ever created and Raven and Aden ever came together to begin making music, the two were living out completely different musical journeys that would eventually align.

Raven's Musical Journey
Raven Milligan came from a family of musicians that had made themselves known in Kokomo, Indiana with his grandpa playing guitar and singing for multiple bands such as "the Velvet Infinity" back when he was a teen, and his uncle Michael and dad were in a band together called Mike Milligan and Steam Shovel, which was a blues band from Kokomo. From a very young age, Raven was already being exposed to music as his dad was a bassist and was always playing music around the house whether it be on cd's or on his bass. Raven's parents would always listen to Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pink Floyd, Doyle Bramhall, Robert Cray, Jaco Pastorious, Blind Melon, and tons of others. Music always intrigued Raven as a little kid, whether it was listening to The Wiggles or watching Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live at Slane Castle. On his 2nd birthday, Raven's parents got him his first drum set, and from that point on, all Raven would do all day was play the drums to Red Hot Chili Peppers albums and jammed out with his dad on the bass.

Raven would continue to play the drums all the way through grade school and play nonstop all day when he wasn't at school. And in 2012, one of Raven's biggest dreams came true and he got the opportunity to backstage at a Red Hot Chili Peppers concert in Milwaukee and meet one of his heroes, Chad Smith, and got to jam out with him. This was the first time Raven felt like a true rockstar because he was being interviewed by the local newspaper, the Kokomo Tribune, and getting recognized in the hallways for this giant moment in his life. It was this moment that would make Raven convinced that being a musician was the life he wanted.

Years would go by and Raven would begin to pick up the bass and electric guitar and would start to record his own music on Logic Pro X. He would release his first solo album "Stars & Riches" in 2017 and would begin to create bands with a few of his friends in attempts to play shows and make more music, but due to a lack of commitment and willingness to make a band, the projects and disintegrate. But it didn't stop Raven as he spent more and more time getting better with the guitar and bass and recording techniques. He would continue his solo career with his 2nd album "Devirtuoso" in 2018. It was also at this time that Raven had his first tastes of success with bands and making music with "The Continuity" and "Armstrong Street". While the Continuity would never release music, Armstrong Street would go on to have some success in the Kokomo music scene with their single "Rob Schneider Is a Ghost". It was also at this time that Raven began to make himself known in the music scene by performing solo at Mojoes Coffee Shop in Downtown Kokomo. It was here on his first trip to Mojoes where Raven would officially meet Aden Johnson.