The Observatory

Cartel is an American pop punk band from Conyers, Georgia, formed in 2003. The band was featured on the MTV series Band in a Bubble in 2007, where they had 20 days to write and record a full album. The current members include vocalist, bassist, and drummer Will Pugh, lead guitarist Joseph Pepper, and rhythm guitarist Nic Hudson. In April 2020, Pugh released an EP for a side project called TAURIDS, with Nashville residents Bobby Holland and Adam Bokesch, who are musicians and audio producers/engineers from the band The Daybreaks.