QUESTION: How much exposure to music did you have growing up in the Amish community?ĪNSWER: Very little. He continued to live at home until 18, but Eazy never returned to the Amish lifestyle, saying, "I couldn't go back and shut off the outside world once I had really tapped into it." "The Amish don't baptize their children, you make the choice as an adult to be baptized and before you do, you go out and experience the world free of the rules of the Amish beliefs and decide if you want to go back and join the church or not." "It means 'running around,' in the literal translation," he explains. The band, comprised of 3 former Amish and 3 "Honorary Amish" members, cover songs from a variety of genres while dressed in the religion's traditional apparel - hats, suspenders and all.Įazy was raised in an Amish community in Lancaster, Pa., until, at age 16, he went on Rumspringa, an Amish rite of passage. "Not just the garb, but seeing six of us up there going from Elvis to Snoop Dogg to Billy Idol to Johnny Cash to Lady Gaga in a 15-minute period usually has folks kind of surprised." "I call it Amish Shock and Awe," says Brother "Eazy" Ezekiel, one of the band's founding members, vocalists and its bassist. It's a safe bet you've never seen an act quite like The Amish Outlaws before.
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