Comrades is an American rock band from Richmond, Virginia.The band started making music in 2008, and released a studio album, Safekeeper, in 2014 with Blood and Ink Records. Their members are husband and wife, Joe, a guitarist, and Laura McElroy, a vocalist and bassist.Unclean vocalist and drummer, Ben Trussell, announced on June 25, 2017 that he has decided to amicably part ways with the band and work on a solo musical project called BJORN.Currently, former Life in Your Way and Conveyer drummer John Gaskill is filling in.