According to Wikipedia, Grazhdanskaya Oborona (Russian: Гражданская Оборона), or GrOb was one of the earliest Russian punk bands. It influenced many later Soviet and then Russian bands. The name of the band means “Civil Defence” in Russian. From the early 1990s their music began to evelove in the direction of psychedelic and garage rock, and their lyrics became more poetic.
Grazhdanskaya Oborona was formed in the Omsk, Siberia, by bandleader Yegor Letov, who was the only one to remain a member throughout the life of the band. To distinguish his group from others of the period, which only slightly flouted the tenets of Communism, Letov branded the band with the slogan “I will always be against”. Grazhdanskaya Oborona are synonymous in Russia with self-destructive punk energy in the name of social dissidence…read more on Wikipedia
In the early ‘70s, three brothers—Dannis, David, and Bobby Hackney—begin playing quick-tempo, high-velocity, hard rock as the revolutionary Detroit band, Death. Heavily influenced by the wild on-stage antics, politically-tinged lyrics, and kick-in-the-face raw rock of fellow Detroit bands MC5 and the Stooges, as well as the high energy of more mainstream bands such as The Who in England, Death unknowingly helped create the genre of punk rock that later hit the music world full-force. Fellow Detroit native and rock musician Jack White summed it up best, “Ahead of punk, ahead of their time.” Because of their extremely innovative brand of rock, Death unfortunately never had their moment in the spotlight. After changing musical directions, the three brothers moved to Burlington, Vermont. The Hackneys continued to develop their musical interest and eventually settled down and raised families of their own. The days of Death seemed only a memory of the distant past.
30 years after the group disbanded and after the passing of David Hackney, sons Julian, Urian, and Bobby Hackney Jr., unearthed the original Death recordings in their father’s attic. Already well steeped in the hardcore and punk scene since youth and inspired by the power and magnitude of their father’s recordings, the boys, along with friends Steven Hazen Williams and Dylan Giambatista, created Rough Francis as a way to help spread the word of Death and the newly re-discovered music. The band’s name, Rough Francis, is in tribute to David Hackney, who created the moniker for himself years earlier. Shortly after forming, Rough Francis began playing and developing their style and sound while sharing their own form of punk/rock to select audiences. Although the loud howls, wild stage antics and maximum power of Rough Francis echoes Death, they explore a musical style unique to them. Their sound has appealed to a wide range of fans—from the most core punk enthusiasts to underground hip hop kids.Fueled by their widespread appeal but anchored in their core roots, Rough Francis has been taking the rock world by storm. The band has been steadily gaining acclaim for their energetic performances from critics all over, which has included a feature in the New York Times and mentions on Spin.com, to name a few.
Everything you are about to read concerning Vermont punk band Spit Jack is absolutely, 100 percent true. Well, most of it’s true. OK, at the very least, some of it is. Or, as Stephen Colbert might say, there is “truthiness” in every word that follows. Mostly.
In the roughly 18 months since they formed in central Vermont, Spit Jack have earned a reputation as the state’s rowdiest band, and a fantastic mythology has sprung up around them. To wit, you may have heard they’ve been kicked out of every show they’ve ever played. What you may not know is that even in civilian life, they try to get booted from wherever they go: the library, grocery stores, a nephew’s bris. And yes, sometimes they go to the library.
During a recent interview with a local music journalist, the band and journalist were nearly kicked out of a Burlington dive bar over a misunderstanding with the bartender involving a pitcher of PBR.
Spit Jack once broke the power grid in Burlington during a particularly raucous set. Bassist George Eget was nearly arrested afterward…read more of Dan Bolles column
Spit Jack – Fight For Your Right (To Party) – Live Spit Jack Cover SPITJACK
According to their website Black Friday formed in 2006 when singer and acoustic guitarist, Tomo, met mandolin player ‘Party’ and bass player ‘Melon’. They later added ‘Apples’ on tin whistle, ‘Jovian’ on drums, ‘Dr Bod’ on electric guitar and the world famous ‘Narvis Reptile’ on the fiddle to complete the line up.
In 2011 they played over 100 gigs all over England and Europe at a variety of venues and festivals, such as the Maker Festival, Port Eliot Lit Fest, Electric Picnic in Ireland, Plymouth Folk Festival, Calstock Biker Festival, Burnham-on-Sea Folk Festival and Wimbourne Folk Festival. The band has recently returned from a triumphant tour of Austria which included playing at the worlds largest festival, the Donauinsel Fest in Vienna..
After playing at the renowned Gaz’s Rockin’ Blues Club in London, they were spotted by BBC Radio 2 DJ, Marc Lamarr, who invited them to record at the famous Maida Vale studio in London for his show. While they were there, they met their hero, Pogues singer Shane MacGowan, who enjoyed the band’s rendition of Dirty Old Town.
The band are listed in the Guinness Book of Records for performing the most gigs in one day – 30 gigs in 12 hours!
Props to John Murphy at Shite’n'Onions for the heads up.
Queens of the Stone Age is an American rock band from Palm Desert, California, United States, formed in 1997. The band’s line-up includes founding member Josh Homme (lead vocals, guitar), alongside longtime members Troy Van Leeuwen (guitar, backing vocals) and Joey Castillo (drums, percussion), and Michael Shuman (bass guitar, backing vocals) and Dean Fertita (keyboards, guitar, lap steel) who joined the band in 2007.
Formed after the dissolution of Homme’s previous band, Kyuss,[1] Queens of the Stone Age developed a style of riff-oriented, heavy rock music. Their sound has since evolved to incorporate a variety of different styles and influences, including working with ZZ Top member Billy Gibbons and steady contributor Mark Lanegan, both of whom have contributed from genres such as blues and grunge respectively…read more on Wikipedia
The Felice Brothers got their start as a band playing in the New York City subway. The sons of a carpenter, they would play together on Sundays at their father’s afternoon barbecues. They stayed in a little apartment in Brooklyn and would play in the subway stations at 42nd Street and Union Square and in Greenwich Village. The three brothers originally hail from Palenville, New York in the Catskill Mountains…read more on Wikipedia
Born on the banks of the Delaware River, Bovine Social Club booked their first show before they ever rehearsed. The Bovine’s project is a grassy, funky, punky, twangy, dancy, fancy breed of sounds sure to get you mooing. The songs, the beats, the amps, and the volume: violin, banjo, twangy guitars, drums, and double bass played by one hellava wicked lineup of seasoned jam musicians backing the lyrics of lead singer Samuel Saint Thomas.
The GC5 (Grady Coffee Five) was a punk rock band from Mansfield, Ohio, formed in 1997 and split in 2003.
The GC5 provided a political charge to their music comparable to that of The Clash and Stiff Little Fingers. Lyrics included themes of social and political discontent, leftist politics, and the struggle of the working class. In 2000, The GC5 released their debut album Kisses From Hanoi, and in 2001, the band released the EP Horseshoes and Handgrenades. In 2002, the band released the album Never Bet the Devil Your Head. While most definitely presenting the sound of the streetpunk genre, the album was noted for not relying on the street fighting, hard-drinking themes that overruns many of the genre’s songs. In 2003, Thick Records re-released their two albums Kisses From Hanoi (which was out of print) and Horseshoes and Handgrenades (which was originally only available as an import) on one CD. It was the final release from the band…READ MORE
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