The Peasants are a powerful rock trio that began playing on the streets of Boston. On tour since 1997 The Peasants have opened for such notable acts as Aerosmith, The White Stripes and The Stray Cats. You hear Peasant songs regularly on MTV and VH-1. Lately it's been Girls Gone Wild, Gene Simmons Rock School, Behind The Music and Room Raiders as well as The Shield, The Osbournes, Meet My Folks and The Discovery Channel.

Though consistently ignored by major labels, The Peasants have always scored high on College Radio with self releases. All The Rage (1990) received tons of airplay with Frat Boy, an underground hit.

Out On The Street (1997) also received great airplay, reaching regular rotation on 250 College Stations. With that release The Peasants spent three years touring the States DIY until offers from Europe in 2001.

Five Tours around Europe culminated in the release of the 12 song Welcome To My Country (2002). Critically acclaimed as everything everyone else is not, Welcome has achieved a life of its own on MTV, VH-1 and many American TV shows. Suburban Records (NL) and Cargo Records (Germany) did the Distribution in Europe.

Soon after the release of Welcome problems in the USA returned attention there. In February 2005 The Peasants returned to the studio to record songs mostly written before, during and after the first stolen election of George W Bush and the illegal invasion of Iraq. With the same winning lineup of East Coast Billy Close on Bass and Stephen Hart on Drums, Love Your Enemy is considered by many to be the best yet.

Frontman Pete Cassani hit the road solo acoustic with Love Your Enemy in the Fall 2005 and Spring 2006 covering the entire United States twice over. The ravages of Rock finally caught up with Pete and, like Eddie Van Halen and Paul Stanley, he had a hip replacement in March 2006 but was back on the street by July.

Fall 2006 The Peasants returned to Europe with a massive 30 show tour of Holland, Germany, France and Switzerland. After a 4 year hiatus The Peasants were warmly welcomed back. European Rock Fans appreciate The Peasants and the band's no bullshit stand against ignorance and corruption.

Spring 2007 The Peasants completed an exhilarating 3 week followup tour of Holland and Germany and returned again in the Fall for the largest tour yet of Five weeks with the band and Four weeks solo acoustic. The tour hit Germany, Holland and Austria. Attendance was outstanding and interest is high for a new record.

The Peasants are back in the USA working on new material and playing around the Boston area. They hope to be back in Europe sometime Fall/Winter 2008. For booking or anything else please contact us @: petecassani@yahoo.com. Peace!