Samuel Locke Ward

Samuel Locke-Ward is an indie rock/folk songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in Iowa City, Iowa. In addition to his own prolific output, among Locke-Ward's claims to fame are having sat in with The Violent Femmes and one "disastrous" show as bassist of The Frogs.

Locke-Ward, then Sam Locke, started playing as a teenager in the band Yellow 5 in his hometown of Ottumwa, IA in the mid-1990s, then formed The Eggnogs with Jason Bolinger (later of She Swings, She Sways) and brother Josh Bolinger, both previously of Rusty Metal Primer. The Eggnogs became popular around Iowa for their combination of hooky melodic songwriting, noisy guitar playing, and Locke's own twisted lyrical humor and unhinged persona.