the little wretches

“Bob Wagner is not the person you invite to sit down in your favorite comfortable chair. He'd probably burn a hole right through it when he sat down. Fronting the Little Wretches...” - John Young— Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

As frontman and chief songwriter/lyricist for 80s/90s seminal Pittsburgh rock band, The Little Wretches, Robert Andrew Wagner rode a wave of local notoriety that led the band to the forefront of the underground music scene. Taken as a whole, Wagner's body of work covers a vast range, and he is regarded by fans as "The Folk Poet of Pittsburgh." In 2020, Wagner recorded and released two new albums: Undesirables and Anarchists and Burning Lantern Dropped In Straw, the former having spawned an itunes chart-topping single and having received airplay on more than 115 North American AM/FM radio stations. The Little Wretches were named MULTI-GENRE GROUP OF THE YEAR at the 2021 Josie Music Awards.