RAILROAD JERK

Music

FEATURED SONG

Play
Play Next
Add to queue

One Thing

Album:

Released: Jan 1, 2012

Label:

1. Play
2. Play Next
3. Add to queue
One Thing
3:50
1,472 plays
1. Play
2. Play Next
3. Add to queue
Participant
3:59
1,158 plays
1. Play
2. Play Next
3. Add to queue
talking rrjerk blues
6:12
1,012 plays
1. Play
2. Play Next
3. Add to queue
Bang the Drum
2:46
104 plays
1. Play
2. Play Next
3. Add to queue
The Ballad of Railroad Jerk
5:30
296 plays

Total Plays: 11,369 / Plays Today: 1See All Featured ►

General Info

Genre: Alternative / Other / Rock
Location NEW YORK, New York, US
Profile Views: 20847
Last Login: 5/31/2012
Member Since 12/28/2006
Record Label Matador
Type of Label Indie
Bio
.. .. .. .. .. .. *************************************************************************** Over the span of ten years, Railroad Jerk - the celebrated, premiere, industrial-folk, junkyard blues, rock band of the 90's - made four full-length LPs for the independent label Matador (http://www.matadorrecords.com) and toured the world. Beginning with "Railroad Jerk" (1990) and "Raise the Plow" (1992) the quartet defined the blues-punk sound of the era. Although never achieving the kind of mainstream recognition enjoyed by other bands of the time, Railroad Jerk was an influential force in what became known as "alternative rock." With the release of "One Track Mind" (1994) and the legendary line-up now in place, Railroad Jerk reached its biggest success. Drummer Dave Varenka, guitarist Alec Stephen, bassist Tony Lee, and guitarist/vocalist Marcellus Hall brought the RRJ sound across America and to Europe and Japan. The "Rollerkoaster" video was shown on MTV's Beavis & Butthead and the boys were sharing bills with the likes of Guided by Voices, The Blues Explosion, Cibo Matto, Girls vs. Boys, and Cat Power. Everywhere people could be heard shouting "Bang the drum!" and the song "The Ballad of Railroad Jerk became a college radio hit. When "The Third Rail" (1997) was released, the nonstop touring and whirlwind media circus had begun to take its toll on the boys and they took refuge in the studio, recording demos for the fifth Railroad Jerk LP which was to be entitled "Masterpiecemeal." This final LP was never released but a bootleg cassette version is coveted in underground circles as a record of what many believe was the band's most productive period. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .... live at the shelter 1995 tokyo, shimokitozawa, japan.. .. .. .. .. ....on bevis and butthead hehehe.... .. .. .. ..
Members
MARCELLUS HALL vocals, harmonica, guitar / TONY LEE bass, vocals / ALEC STEPHEN guitar, vocals / DAVE VARENKA drums, bkg vocals
Influences
the sound of:.. a drunk.. person stumbling.. up a long thin..brooklyn staircase.. using the wall as a guide to home sweet home,.. a sandbag hitting a wooden floor, a bottle rolling down a concrete incline, a bottle being smashed into a rusted trash can full of broken bottles, a pile driver pounding an iron support beam for a building into the cold hard ground, the mile long union pacific freight train as it rumbles and hugs the curve of the earths sphere, traffic, chatter, circle lines, lazy susans, a can full of various nuts and bolts and nails, more to come...
Sounds Like
all of your wildest dreams, all of your memories that are right on the tip of your tounge but cant put your finger on it so much so that you can almost taste it right in the back of your head.