Once again this year, the Attractive Nuisance Tour – or “ANT” as we call it - featured the Fredrikson & Byron band NOISY WITHDRAWAL – our very own rock ‘n roll band! They opened at The Fine Line – a rock ‘n roll cultural icon in Minneapolis. Okay, not quite an icon, but a really fun place! Fredrikson lawyers Steve Beck, Laurie Hartman, Chris Hunt, and Ryan Johnson, along with other Noisy Withdrawal band members, wowed audiences far and wide – okay, at least at the Fine Line, where they played to an enthusiastic crowd of friends and fans!

On Monday, October 6, 2008, Minnesota Lawyer Editor Mark Cohen blogged:

Lawyers an instrumental part of ‘Attractive Nuisance Tour’

I had the pleasure of stopping by the sixth Annual “Attractive Nuisance Tour“ at the Fine Line Music Cafe last Friday evening. The tour is always a great legal community event with an excellent objective -- raising money for the Minnesota Justice Foundation and the Hennepin County Bar Foundation. Over its five year lifespan, the event has raised more than $200,000 for these worthwhile causes.

The Attractive Nuisance Tour features music from an array of bands – each of which includes at least one member who is from the local legal community. The festivities last Friday were led off with the all-lawyer band “Noisy Withdrawal.” (For more on the band, click here.) I had the chance to chat with three of members of band – Laurie Hartman, Steve Beck and Ryan Johnson. When they are not practicing their music, all three of these bandmates can be found practicing law at Fredrikson & Byron.

Below is a clip of “Noisy Withdrawal’s” performance at the fun-filled event along with a few comments from the above band members.