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jim jONes all staRs UK
A bUbbliNg swamp cURse Of UNhOly Rhythm, Jim JONes All StaRs is the latest pROject fROm gaRage gOdfatheR Jim JONes (Thee HypNOtics, The Jim JONes RevUe). FORmed DURiNg the paNdemic it featURes The Jim JONes RevUe membeRs GaviN Jay aNd ElliOt MORtimeR, dRUmmeR ChRis EllUl
fROm (The Heavy), veteRaN pUNk gUitaRist CaRltON MOUNsheR (The Swamps), aNd a fUll hORN sectiON.
AfteR a midNight OffeRiNg at the Real cROssROads iN ClaRksdale Mississippi, the baNd made the pilgRimage tO Memphis TeNNessee tO RecORd with Memphis MagNetic fOUNdeR ScOtt McEweN (JD McPhersON, Nick WateRhOUse) iN May Of 2022.
A daNceflOOR killeR that's aN Ode tO gettiNg OveR/gettiNg it easy/gettiNg it...peRiOd, ‘Gimme The GRease’ is the thiRd siNgle fROm the albUm “AiN’ NO PeRil” RecORded theRe aNd it’s impOssible NOt TO feel that SOUtheRN alchemy OOzing fROm this mUsic.
“When yOU'Re RecORding withiN spittiNg distaNce Of the Mississippi RiveR, theRe’s sOmethiNg abOUt that heavy Memphis aiR that chaNges the way that yOU hear the gROOve and gRiNd,” says Jim
JONes. ‘Gimme The GRease’ captURes that feeliNg aNd bathes iN that magic.”
SATURDAY bANDS
the gRUesOmes caNada
FORmed iN 1985 THE GRUESOMES established themselves as piONeeRs aNd pacesetteRs iN the GARAGEPUNK geNRe.
With zeRO mUsical expeRieNce they had sOmething even betteR: a keeN seNse Of hOw a baNd shOUld lOOk and sOUNd gaiNed fROm hOURs thUmbiNg thROUgh the stacks iN RecORd stORes lOOkiNg fOR ObscURe sONgs Of the 60s, especially the hiddeN gems fROm the ORigiNal gaRage mUsic explOsiON Of 1966 (‘The SUmmeR Of Hate’).
The baNd had a fUN aNd iRReveReNt attitUde ANd aN atteNtiON tO detail iN lOOk aNd sOUNd that wOUld pay Off by settiNg them apaRt fROm theiR 1980's cONtempORaRies,
The baNd qUickly develOped a laRge fOllOwiNg in MONtReal, delightiNg faNs as mUch with theiR haRd-dRiviNg gaRage tUNEs aNd theiR aUheNtic 60's lOOk as with theiR witty stage baNteR aNd kOOky aNtics!
The pReseNt...
The GRUesOmes cONtiNUe tO play at the wORld’s tOp gaRage festivals,
In 2021 the GRUesOmes filmed a half hOUR TV special The GRUesOmes Live ON Le beat featURiNg the baNds favOURite sONgs all played live aNd captURed ON film! (FEATURED ON this page)
SO stay hip tO the flip Of the tRip, becaUse The GRUesOmes aRe cOmiNg!
