In the early 80's after reading a Dylan biography while blaring The Sex Pistols, Lach came to Greenwich Village. He went to Folk City figuring they'd flip over him. They flipped all right, kicked Lach right out onto the street! It seems Lach's form of punk/folk was not at all welcome. Fuck 'em, he thought and moved to the Lower East Side opening his own illegal after-hours club "The Fort". The same week Lach opened The Fort, Folk City held the New York Folk Festival, so, Lach held the first New York
Antifolk Festival. Thus, the first wave of Antifolk was born.
A year later the cops finally told our hero to move on. The Fort became a mobile club inhabiting various New York hotspots. Lach's Antifolk sound became the inspiration for many artists such as Beck, The Moldy Peaches, Jeff Lewis, Hamell On Trial, Michelle Shocked and countless others.
In 1990 Lach put out his debut CD, Contender on Danny Goldberg's Goldcastle label. The album received raves in the press and considerable radio play but alas, three months later the label folded. Lach moved to San Francisco releasing an EP Family Values Pack containing The Hillary Clinton Song which aired on over 600 stations during Bill Clinton's first campaign.
In 1993 Lach returned to New York and started The Fort up again at The Sidewalk Cafe in the East Village ushering in a new wave of Antifolk.
In 1997 Lach started his own label, Fortified Records, and released, in conjunction with Shanachie Records, Lach's Antihoot: Live from the Fort. Fortified subsequently released downtown comedian Rick Shapiro's Unconditional Love produced by Lach (1998), and Major Matt Mason USA's Me, Me, Me (2000), and Testosterone Kills' War All The Time (2002).
In 1999 Lach released his next collection of original tunes, Blang!, produced by Richard Barone (of The Bongos). Billboard dubbed it "A wholly enjoyable voyage into a strange and brilliant musical mind."
September 18, 2001 saw the domestic release of Lach's Kids Fly Free, again produced by Richard Barone and receiving great praise in Mojo, Uncut, and Billboard, amongst others.
In 2002 Lach signed with the Agency Group (White Stripes, The Strokes) as his exclusive European booking agent. Track Records released KFF in the UK on May 7th. Lach was also featured on Antifolk Vol.1 (RoughTrade) compiled by The Moldy Peaches.
In 2003 Lach's Fortified Management signed Nellie McKay to Columbia after negotiating an intense bidding war. Lach and The Secrets recorded their new album, Today, released July 22, 2004 garnering a 4-star rave review from Mojo Magazine.
In 2004 Sanctuary Press released Waking Up In New York City: A Musical Tour of The Big Apple by Mike Evans with an entire chapter devoted to Lach. Lach tours UK as support act for Television, Suzanne Vega and The Fine Young Cannibals and headlines in London and Paris.
