JIM ROBERTAZZI - vocals and keyboards
TONY DONATO - guitar and bass
JAY VARGA - cello and vocals
RICH FERREIRA - guitar
BILL QUINN - drums
Influences
Beatles, Velvet Underground, Talking Heads, REM, The Bongos, Stone Temple Pilots, Foo Fighters, Green Day, John Cale, The Who, Lou Reed, Led Zeppelin, Pylon, Pixies, Rush, Paul McCartney, Barenaked Ladies, Queen, The Feelies, Black Sabbath, Smashing Pumpkins, Simon and Garfunkel, Bob Mould, White Stripes, The Strokes, Winter Hours, Yoko Ono, Nico, The Monkees, Kiss, Husker Du, John Lennon, The Clash...Miles Davis, Bill Evans, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Thelonius Monk, Dave Brubeck, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald....and much more, of course.
.."Jack Brag is a band that has upheld that murky time tunnel of mysterious Psychedelic Furs-meets-The Chameleons genre, mixing Curtis Ian-styled vocals with Peter Bucked jangling guitars and Robert Smith fringed string arrangements, all burning bright within their poppy punk wave sound and covered with a curious outer shell of deliciously dark chamber music influence."
John Pfeiffer, The Aquarian Weekly reviewing Jack Brag's self-titled debut cd. Click here to read the complete review.
"...an underground hit all over again!"
Phil Rainone, JerseyBeat
on Jack Brag's cover of the Winter Hours classic, "Hyacinth Girl"
"One of my favorite tracks on there is the Jack Brag track...." ("Hyacinth Girl")
Keith Roth discussing the Winter Hours tribute album, A Few Uneven Rhymes, on The Electric Ballroom radio program.
"Absolutely love the sound. Sort of a Doors-y, Kasier Chiefs feel with a bit more pop."
Geoff, General Manager, WAMH, Amherst, MA
reviewing Jack Brag's self-titled debut cd
"...beautifully interpreted..."
Ken Shane, The Aquarian Weekly
regarding JB's contribution to the tribute album, "A Few Uneven Rhymes"
Here is information regarding our two simultaneous releases:
1. Our full length debut album called "Jack Brag" can be purchased at:
2. We're also appearing on a compilation album called "A Few Uneven Rhymes" which can be purchased at:
JACK BRAG is a band that combines aggressive pop/rock hooks, musical theater and classical into a sound we like to call “chamber pop”, something that at times subtly echoes or suggests 19th century music hall or vaudeville with an energy and drive at home with today’s pop music scene.
Fresh from the success of Real Live Girl (which included airplay on college radio across the US and Canada, TV appearances, and being sponsored by Chrysler Financial on the 100,000 copy pressing of Jeep Trax 2005), JACK BRAG started in 2007 when primary songwriter/bassist TONY DONATO teamed up with vocalist/keyboardist JIM ROBERTAZZI (with his extensive musical theater background) and cellist JAY VARGA. With a direction established and much determination, the live band is
rounded out with guitarist RICH FERREIRA and drummer BILL QUINN.
Check back often for updates. We welcome any and all comments and feedback and your interest is always greatly appreciated.
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The Fourth Annual Wave Gathering Emerging Artist Music Festival will be held in Asbury Park, NJ on June 19th, 20th, & 21st. Tickets for one- and three-day passes for the 2009 Wave Gathering are available now for sale online and by phone via TicketWeb. http://www.ticketweb.com/snl/EventListings.action?orgId=23381
Thanks for the cograts! The Brighton gig on 5/16 is not an official release party (puts too much pressure on us)... it's just gonna be a great time with the Tuff Darts.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks for the Friendship!
The Fourth Annual Wave Gathering Emerging Artist Music Festival will be held in Asbury Park, NJ on June 19th, 20th, & 21st. All artist submissions for the 2009 Wave Gathering Festival are currently being accepted thru Sonicbids.com Deadline for submissions: May 1, 2009
Glad to have you in the loop again, Tony! Thanks for the compliments. I still spin the Jack Brag LP you gave me in NYC once in a while, good stuff as always!
Hi! Thanks for the add! The song 'Those Days' rocks! Please take a listen to some of my music (also on iTunes) and leave a comment with which song(s) you like best. Thanks so much! Kerri <3
Thanks for the comment, Tony! It was fun working on the Sneak's Noise recordings, and it was fun working on the Jack Brag stuff, too. Next mission is to get the RLG stuff online again...
