Samantha Moss (guitar) and William Kapinos (guitar, vox)
drummers past, permanent or just doing us a favor, include: Alex Maples (SuperLoveAttack, Spitfire Tumbleweeds) John McCane (Zest of Yore) Billy Myatt (Dokodemo Doa) Justin 'J.C.'Collins (Burnt Sienna Trio, Spitfire Tumbleweeds) Mike Melendi (the Skin Trade, Polyphonic Spree) Jason McMullen (Raised By Tigers)
Influences
music we like to listen to in no form or order: noise, frequencies, feedback... sandy bull, beatles, dead c, mance lipscomb, new order, sonic youth, the fall, the ex-warlock trilogy (zz top, grateful dead, velvet underground), depeche mode, American Routes radio show on NPR, bobby dylan, clotaire k,ornette coleman, nick cave, birthday party, don cherry, billy holiday, pavement, neil young, the band, braintax, old country, mississippi john hurt, roky erickson, scratch acid, butthole surfers and basically anything in the long tradition of texas weirdness, joni mitchell, silver jews, mogwai, throbbing gristle, stravinsky, alan lomax recordings, my bloody valentine, charlie parker, sufjan stevens, einsturzende neubauten, hawk and a hacksaw, the stooges, (vo)boredoms, yo la tengo, the cramps, bluegrass gospel, brigitte fontaine, neil young, blue cheer, u.s.a, the cure, good hip hop, led zep, the smiths, outsider music,dirty three, harry pussy, kraftwork, miles davis, luna, bauhaus, cocteau twins, bobby bare, willie nelson, primal scream, teenage fanclub, smithsonian folkways label, 60s french pop and yé yé, talking heads, paul slaven's radio show sunday nights on KERA 90.1, faust, brian eno, sublime frequencies label, van halen, spacemen 3, francoise hardy, spiritualized, stockhausen, e.a.r., warda, wire, royal trux, joy division, radiohead, too short, johnny cash, guns n roses, charlambides, pavement, ghost, black dice, buffalo daughter, camper van beethovan, animal collective, trans am, the ramones, us maple, just about anything on drag city, loren mazzacane connor, gang star, opera, thinking fellers union, matt johnson (the the), heart, scraping metal, cocteau twins, tom waits, psyche rock, jackie o' mutherfucker, cat power, t rex, will oldham projects, merle haggard, knife in the water, wilco, enon, red house painters/ mark koselek, swans/gira, merzbow, pulp, de la soul, sun city girls/alan bishop, tindersticks, carter family, the tuna helpers, indian music, traditional and world music and everything else we like
we also want to say that denton music is where it's at
Sounds Like
what's been said by various critics, but we prefer you judge for yourself...
swervedriver, my bloody valentine, sonic youth, al jourgenson, led zeppelin, miss. john hurt, swamp rock, the gun club, some whisky addled blues guy in a knife fight with sonic youth, a swarm of bees, the breeders and ac/dc, motorhead covered by loop, mudhoney, the white stripes, the flamin' groovies, bill hick's waco routines, Lightnin' hopkins, psychedelic blooze rock, psychedelic desert music, chainsaw/powerdrill/electricity pylon, the janitors, a frankenstein mix of slowdive, 1000 homo djs and all of robert johnson's illegitemate children, muddy waters covered by big black, mogwai on steroids,Moins "hype" que The Kills, moins "low-fi" que The Immortal Lee County Killers, moins seuls que Bob Log 3, moins "root" que The Black Keys et moins exp�riment�s que le John Spencer Blues Explosion, frank black, queens of the stone age, danzig, the stooges with straw under their boots and a modern day steppenwolf, several people telling us we sound like we're on serious speed or psychedelics.
"This two-boy, one-girl trio play punk-greased blues pitched expertly between The Gun Club's gothic swamp-rock and Jon Spencer's priapic holler. Their fiery, roiling sound is complemented by an ear-catching variety of songs... When they end with the wholly unexpected yet aptly titled instrumental 'Bliss' - nearly 11 minutes of post-Sonic Youth drift and dissonance - it feels like jetscreamer can take you anywhere." Kerrang! - 4 "K"s
"It works brilliantly, the whole thing sounding like you're caught in the middle of a knife fight between Sonic Youth and some whiskey-addled bluesman. Seven-minute opener 'Front Porch' is the perfect battle cry, speed-thrill drums struggling to keep up once the guitars are unleashed. Elsewhere we get sprawling instrumental passages and blistering howls of pity. It's here we learn that jetscreamer really have got the blues. And they don't come much dirtier than this."
NME - 7 out of 10
"jetscreamer stir a righteous and fevered noise that draws on all-too-real ghosts and devils and nightmares, dancing into those fires with a beautiful, bloodied rock'n'roll... If you want to mambo while the whole shithouse goes up in flames, then this should be your soundtrack." Bang - 4 Stars
"Get ready for some rabble-rousing punk rock blues with more than a hint of rockabilly. Spewed out of Texas, this unruly racket is jam-packed with quick burning energy and passion."
Rock Sound - 7 out of 10
"This is a record where the guitars curl, shiver and shake like a strung-out Lightnin' Hopkins... while Will's vocals appear to have been beamed in directly from some Detroit speed-shooting gallery circa the dark and nasty end of 1968... If you've ever stood transfixed before the air-pummeling power of early My Bloody Valentine or felt Spacemen 3 in full flow, then you'll feel right at home." X-Ray (Feature)
"This Lone Star state three-piece strike rock'n'roll crude oil with their menacing visions. Their take-no-prisoners attack makes The White Stripes sound like The Carpenters." The Mirror - 3 Stars
"This Texan outfit combine a robust, punkabilly blues explosion with the drive of alt-rock bands such as Sonic Youth and My Bloody Valentine. It's dark, dirty and rather great."
The Independent - 4 Stars
"In the late 90's and 2000's, jetscreamer's forceful, Texas-fried blend of alternative rock and blues rock has inspired some unlikely, highly intriguing descriptions things like Sonic Youth meets John Lee Hooker meets My Bloody Valentine meets Stevie Ray Vaughn and Canned Heat, and Nirvana by way of Led Zeppelin and Lightnin' Hopkins So even though jetscreamer's sound is modern and contemporary by the alterna-rock standards of the 90's and early 2000's, their musical roots run deep" All Music Guide 4 Stars and an "AMG Pick"
other than slumming with other dentonite bands/musicians, we spend our time at school or various day jobs while trying and/or pretending to be useful members of society.
