Alicia Perrone, from Berkeley CA, writes the lyrics and melodies, handles the business end of the band and imagery, and keeps a hot glue gun in her hip pocket for attaching everything but the kitchen sink to stagewear. Perrone spent much of her teen years dodging her dad who was the dean on her high school campus. Later in college, while studying English at UC Davis, she graduated to rolling around on a piano singing torch songs ala Julie London and Edith Piaf, and twisting around onstage at local beatnik joints in black cigarette pants smoking foil cigarettes and mimicking Ann-Margrock from the Flintstones.
Victor James, descendant of famed outlaw Jesse James, is the musical backbone of Fans of Jimmy Century. James, from Alturas CA, comes up with the initial riffs, is the band's engineer-producer, and plays keyboards, bass, guitar, and drums on all recordings. He was initiated into the music world at age 14 when the bass player for his cousin's band went to prison -- that's when Victor was called to fill-in, learning to perform in front of an audience.
Eagle Scout and stand-up drummer Allen Chiu, from Hercules CA, plays with the band live and also collaborates creatively with Perrone and James on the new songs. Chiu performs hip hop (which he produces on the side), is inspired by Madonna and Andrew Zimmern, and has recurring dreams of red pandas.
Publicity Contact: Lynn Hasty @ Green
Galactic - lynn@greengalactic.com
Influences
Alicia: Ann-Margret, Frank Black, Prince, Seal, Lyle Lovett, Abdel Halim
Hafez, Juvelen, The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, Supreme Beings of Leisure, The
Januaries, Groove Armada, The Time, The Gap Band, Roger & Zapp, Carla Bruni, Natasja Saad, LCD Soundsystem,
Moloko, The Dandy Warhols ...
Victor: Daft Punk, Sublime, The Killers, KISS, The White Stripes, Justice, 30 Seconds to Mars, Lenny Kravitz, AFI, David Bowie, Basement Jaxx ...
Allen: Madonna, The Crystal Method, The Wu-Tang Clan ...
Stick with me
I'm Hot Sahara
I hear Death Valley's
Got the drama
Voice from the volcano
Born under a fire sign
Legends are born in summertime
And then they walk away. - Hot Sahara
Sounds Like
A Beat Poetry Sparkling Electro Disco Apache Dance...hearts popping like
cherries cool in your mouth.
The band is best known for their 2008 single "Hot Sahara," which received national attention on the dance charts as well as featured spots on television shows The L Word, Ugly Betty, The Hills, and Samantha Who? "Hot Sahara" and the related album, Twist of the Banshees, were also on the prelist of nominations for two Grammy awards in the electronic dance category last year.
Fans of Jimmy Century's infectious live sets have made them a favorite on the West Coast Pride/festival circuit, which has given them the opportunity to share the stage with artists such as Cyndi Lauper, The English Beat, Lady GaGa, Shiny Toy Guns, Berlin, The Bird and the Bee, and The Presets.
"We're spicy alterna-dance 'n' disco with a thing for black velvet paintings and beat poetry," says offbeat Fans of Jimmy Century lead singer Alicia Perrone in an attempt to describe the band's sound. "And we tend to write songs about introverted girls who transform into twisting banshees on the dance floor -- where they encounter the temptations that make their heads go whoosh."
I know a little bit of French you'll enjoy
Just a little bit of get to the point. - Lola Like This
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Hey hey FJMC!!! Wish you oould make it out to the east coast!! I abslutely love you guys! I was introduced to you when you were still Simon Stinger by the mojo man and have been following you ever since!! Can't wait to see if I can get my hands on a copy of your new album? Will I be able to get it via web? Spreading your music across the east coast!
It seems we are both guilty of not page surfing in a while. I'm not the only one busy... you have a lot of stuff going on as well. I think of you often as well and I'm glad to see you are doing well. See you have some cool shows coming up. Let me know when you are in Miami again and we will definitely have to chill. Miss ya & good to hear from you. LOTS OF LOVE!!!! XOXOXOXOXO! PS: CHICKS RULE! :)
SORRY FOR THE SPAM Our debut single "Miss U Bad" is released by BlackCaviar Records on July 15 across all good online retailers including trackitdown, djdownload, audiojelly and juno download. As a very limited gift, for our favourite supporters, we're giving you the chance to hear 3 new remixes from the E.P including an exclusive remix by D-Rock from http://www.myspace.com/drondbe HIT Play and enjoy the tunes. And thank you for your support.
Hi FOJC! Now, that's really cool. I came over because an update said you put up Hot Sahara Haki Mix, and then I find Lola Like THis and Madame X, I wonder why it didn't say that in the update! I feel like I got a bonus. Fantastic songs, both of them! I'm really excited for the Ep. Get it out there so I can have it for my summer vacation on the cruise! Nice!
I wanted to let you all know again how much I enjoyed your Pink Sat set! The sun bounced off the video monitor once in a while, sometimes I did see it and loved it. I couldn't love Lola more! What a great song! Love your music so much, see you at the next show, except for San Diego that is!
