Re: The Great British music debate: redux #5 : Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:52 pm  

Really DMW?

If you want something truly new and truly great, look up The Jim Jones Revue. Described as punk rock blues, they tear a hole in rock and roll, and Mr Jones himself is a very nice and knowledgeable chap with a real passion for music.
They're comfortably the most exciting band I've heard in many years.


Do not approach if you like laid back sounds....

Re: The Great British music debate: redux #5 : Tue Feb 07, 2012 12:10 pm  

Went to see Mastodon in Manchester last night. Probably the tightest live band I've ever seen. The sound was horrendous from start to finish though.

Re: The Great British music debate: redux #5 : Tue Feb 07, 2012 12:38 pm  

Scooter Nik wrote:

Really DMW?

If you want something truly new and truly great, look up The Jim Jones Revue. Described as punk rock blues, they tear a hole in rock and roll, and Mr Jones himself is a very nice and knowledgeable chap with a real passion for music.
They're comfortably the most exciting band I've heard in many years.


Do not approach if you like laid back sounds....

Good call that man.

A friend told me about them, so I went straight on iTunes. (not a fan of downloading music as I'm pretty old fashioned but it is handy).

Great band. Hopefully they'll do a uk tour this year.

Re: The Great British music debate: redux #5 : Tue Feb 07, 2012 12:43 pm  

Dead Man Walking wrote:

Nothing decent from this country in years.

Very lazy comment.

Depending in what music your into there are lots of great British bands out there. Signed and unsigned.

It may take a little re-search as it's now the case that if your not in the X factor or manufactured by record execs then you struggle to get much main stream exposure.

Re: The Great British music debate: redux #5 : Tue Feb 07, 2012 1:31 pm  

Scooter Nik wrote:

Really DMW?

If you want something truly new and truly great, look up The Jim Jones Revue. Described as punk rock blues, they tear a hole in rock and roll, and Mr Jones himself is a very nice and knowledgeable chap with a real passion for music.
They're comfortably the most exciting band I've heard in many years.


Do not approach if you like laid back sounds....

Playing Preston's 53 Degrees on 19 April. Should be great.

Re: The Great British music debate: redux #5 : Tue Feb 07, 2012 11:40 pm  

citywolf wrote:

Good call that man.

A friend told me about them, so I went straight on iTunes. (not a fan of downloading music as I'm pretty old fashioned but it is handy).

Great band. Hopefully they'll do a uk tour this year.

I was lucky enough to do an interview with Jim Jones himself last week, it's what got me listening to their stuff again. His passion for music in general is amazing, everything from Delta blues through 60s Garage, Northern Soul, Punk, Bluegrass and more is astounding. I was sat there trying to do my serious music writer bit and he's dropping in all these labels and artists I had to rush off and check up on later. Pah, who needs an encyclopedic knowledge of brilliant but obscure artists anyway?

I'm hoping to see them this year too, I've heard nothing but good things about their shows and they're on my 'MUST see' list.

: Wed Feb 08, 2012 7:49 am  

Mad Man Moon and Ripples for me this morning. First time in about 30 years.

Re: The Great British music debate: redux #5 : Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:34 pm  

Scooter Nik wrote:

I was lucky enough to do an interview with Jim Jones himself last week, it's what got me listening to their stuff again. His passion for music in general is amazing, everything from Delta blues through 60s Garage, Northern Soul, Punk, Bluegrass and more is astounding. I was sat there trying to do my serious music writer bit and he's dropping in all these labels and artists I had to rush off and check up on later. Pah, who needs an encyclopedic knowledge of brilliant but obscure artists anyway?

I'm hoping to see them this year too, I've heard nothing but good things about their shows and they're on my 'MUST see' list.

They are playing at Manchester Rugby Club, Cheadle on 2nd of June. Hopefully I'll be able to get to that.

Re: The Great British music debate: redux #5 : Wed Feb 08, 2012 10:03 pm  

Not playing anywhere me at the moment. I had the offer of free tickets for Le Beat Bespoke, wish I'd taken them now

Re: The Great British music debate: redux #5 : Thu Feb 09, 2012 9:23 am  

citywolf wrote:

Very lazy comment.

Depending in what music your into there are lots of great British bands out there. Signed and unsigned.

It may take a little re-search as it's now the case that if your not in the X factor or manufactured by record execs then you struggle to get much main stream exposure.

Agreed, if you like a bit of shoegaze theres some great unsigned bands coming through. Personal picks would be TOY and Black Market Karma