Casey Linstrum(Vox, Guitar) Cory Linstrum(Bass, Vox) Mike Wright(Guitars, Keys/Sampling.)
Influences
Sunny Day Real Estate/The Fire Theft, Muse, Faith No More, Smashing Pumpkins, Sloe, Radiohead, Mogwai, Sigur Ros, Nirvana, Pantera, Zao, Mastodon, Face to Face, The Kreepdowns, At the Drive In, Queens of the Stone Age, Braid, U2, Failure/Year of the Raddit, Led Zeppelin, Pearl Jam, Thomas Newman, Movie Soundtracks, Dave Grohl, Jeremy Enigk, Billy Corgan, Nate Mendel, Mike Patton, Ken Andrews, Dan Hoener, etc...
We have just posted a new umastered track from Side A of our upcoming new double record. Please check it out!
Thursday, March 6th 2008
Sorry it has been so long without any real news to report or any shows on the calendar! It has been a crazy year full of marriages, job changes, band member changes, and drawn out recording sessions and mixing strategies, and we are very pleased to announce that we are now finishing up the mix of the first half of our new, yet-to-be-titled, double album that will see a release this coming late spring/early summer. We have written and recorded over 90 minutes of new material and have decided to split it up into two halves of one full record and will both come out in 2008.
We are planning on posting a new song or two by the end of this month, so make sure to check back for updates.
We thank you all for your patience and we know you will not be dissapointed.
Cheers
Casey, Cory, and Mike
Thursday, March 1st. 2007
Hey Y'all
Whats goin on? Things are pretty busy in the FJ camp these days. Casey and Cory have both become engaged in the past month to two awesome gals, so they are hard at work planning their weddings as we speak.
As you know, we are hard at work recording a new full length record and things are sounding amazing, completely far and above any of our past recordings. We have finished all of the basic drums, bass, guitars, and are about to start vocals this weekend. So far we have recorded over 75 minutes of music and there is talk to a double album. Only time will tell...
Fighting Jacks: A group of musicians that started in August of 2000; Casey Linstrum(Vocals/Guitar), Cory Linstrum(Bass/Vocals), Mike Wright(Guitars)
We are a rock band. We play rock music. We've had some lineup changes in the past... but we're happy with the one we have now. We've done a lot of touring, and some more touring. I gotta say it's good to be home working on new music. You are probably thinking, "This is a really wierd band bio." Well this is true. I have to be honest. I'm tired of reading other bands bios about how amazing they are. I'm not here to tell you how amazing, how powerfull, and rythmically throbbing we are but to look at our influences and poke your ear at a tune. Then you can decide for yourself if you like our music. I hope everyone who reads this now has a wonderfull day!
Cheers,
Casey Linstrum
Hey guys, just wanted to let you know i'm starting to teach bass, so if anyone you know is interested in learning how to play bass guitar in the san jose/bay area, let me know because i'm currently accepting students.
Contact for more info:
James Trujillo email - jt.bass@yahoo.com phone - (408) 826-9239
I'm counting the days till the entire double disk new Fighting Jacks is in my greedy little hands... that sounded like I have tiny little carnie hands huh?
Hey guys, I just wanted to let you know that I am so excited to hear some new stuff from you guys. A double album sounds great, I can't wait to hear what inspired and inspiring music you will bring forward next! I hope the beginnings of summer are going well for you all!
Also check out these other upcoming MetaBear shows:
6.06.08 Catalyst (Atrium) with Dandelion War and Sometimes Jones 6.08.08 The Common Room w/ Forgetting to Live 6.29.08 Macla w/ Case in Theory, Citabria 7.12.08 The 418 Project w/ PK, Picture Atlantic, and more tba. 7.16.08 VooDoo Lounge w/ Vae Victis, Sarah Jane, and The Arcadists 8.06.08 Voodoo Lounge w/ Phantom Float 8.13.08 Gossip Ultralounge w/ The Autonomous Region, Raising Days, and The Bridge Crawl
So, in case you haven't noticed we have a show coming up at Nickel City with The Benefits, Fred Takes The Cake, and a FEW other bands. It's 10 bucks, but you get lots of great music. This might be our last BIG show for a while. We are going to try to finish writing our new shit, and hopefully record a full length some time in august. What we need from you is simply this....Come to the show! It'll be great fun, and we would love to have a good draw! Bring your friends! Spread the word!
