| Member Since | 7/8/2005 | | Band Website | www.thejohnfrancis.com | | Band Members |
THE JOHN FRANCIS
Jack Francis plays guitar and sings;
Ilk Koskelo (We Be The Echo) has played drums;
Andrew Kitchen (Painted Cakes, This Union Standard) has played drums;
Paul Slack (Planets, Swims) has played bass.
Myke Tokarz (We Be The Echo) has played bass;
Nigel Pavao (Last of the Blacksmiths) has played keys;
Matt Bauer has played banjo;
Jason Kocol (Impaled) has played bandoneon and piano;
Michael Murphy has played mandolin and singing saw;
Brian Small has played clarinet and bass clarinet;
John Vanderslice has provided foley and voice.
Sunkfrancisco Frankenstance
from Rerum Novarum Records
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Epilogue Prologue
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On the Moments We Share
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| | Influences | ~
Charles Dickens, The Who, Paul McCartney, Frank Sinatra, Alice In Chains, Edward Lear, The Kinks, U2, Phiz, Jethro Tull, Nick Carraway, Willie Nelson, Ken and Roberta Williams, Radiohead, Elliott Smith, George Cruickshank, Mark Lanegan, Mary Shelley, Mad Season, Deerhoof, Neil Young, Luke Skywalker, The Beatles, Nirvana, Roger Miller, Mr. Bungle, William Morris, Syd Barrett
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| | Sounds Like |
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"Deep deep male vocals and slow creeping tempo...."
—Aquarius Records, San Francisco
"Songs written in the theme of Victorian twilight, delivered discerningly with real person emotion, TJF is art."
—SCTAS
"....Something like a cross between John Vanderslice and Ian Anderson."
—Babysue (link)
"It's much like The Decemberists' Tain EP, only it sounds nothing like it."
—Treble Zine, on The JOHN FRANCIS's The Earnest Manboy Suite in E Major (link)
"The John Francis, whose ambitious CD The Unspoken Rules of Frontier Justice comes complete with a booklet that's like a cross between McSweeney's and a Dada manifesto, turn out acoustic music that's part Neil Young, part Bauhaus."
—Flavorpill SF (link)
"....Pavement....Jon Spencer....Divine Comedy...."
—Benzine (link)
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| | Record Label | Rerum Novarum
rerumnovarumrecords.com | | Type of Label | Indie |
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