Lance - vocals, guitar, Ben - bass, vocals, Chris - drums
Influences
We're influenced by a lot of stuff and in a lot of different ways. For personal inspiration in attitude and ideology: Eric Dolphy, Charles Mingus, Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Albert Ayler, Coltrane, the Velvet Underground, the Byrds, the Slits, Gang of Four, the Pop Group, SPK, Throbbing Gristle, the Ex, Crass, the Mob, Zounds, Alternative TV, Hawkwind, Gong, Husker Du, the Minutemen, Black Flag, Fugazi, etc.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lyrical inspirations come from writers and musicians: Richard Hell, Dylan, Jonathan Richman, Lou Reed, Leonard Cohen, Pasolini, Baudelaire, Raymond Carver, Dick Lucas, D. Boon, Ray Davies, Joni Mitchell, Elvis Costello, etc.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Musical inspirations come from all over: The Who, The Kinks, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Byrds, The Velvet Underground, Cream, The Jefferson Airplane, Cheap Trick, Queen, The New Animals, Hendrix, Dolphy, Mingus, Coltrane, The Band, Neil Young, Van Morrison, The Damned, The Buzzcocks, Stiff Little Fingers, Television, The Ramones, Blondie, The Fall, Wire, Joy Division, Newtown Neurotics, Bad Brains, Minor Threat, 7 Seconds, the Faith, Rites of Spring, Husker Du, The Minutemen, Superchunk, Treepeople, Jawbreaker, Dinosaur Jr., The Pixies, The Mob, Zounds, Omega Tribe, The Smiths, The Primitives, The Records, The Jolt, The Jam, The Adverts, The Electric Light Orchestra, ABBA, The Carpenters, Chicago, Steely Dan, etc.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
It should be noted that these groups and people are all insperations and influences. We don't pretend to be nearly as good or important as any of them...
J Church has been a band for over 10 years now going from Bay Area punk to proto-Emo to lo-fi experimental to cult status in 2000+. Our music is hard to put in a nutshell as it changes from year to year. We've got upbeat punk songs, fast hardcore songs, improvised experimental music, 4-track garage, lo-fi acoustic, country, noise... there's been a lot of stuff and it's been documented in six official full length releases (a seventh just finished) and a myriad of extra-curricular releases.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
In the past, the band has recorded for Allied Recordings (Nausea, Radon, etc.), Broken Rekids (The Gits, Songs for Emma, the Tyrades), Jade Tree (Promise Ring, Lifetime), Snuffy Smiles (Minority Blues Band, I Excuse), Rugger Bugger (Thatcher on Acid, Zounds, the Mob), Damaged Goods (Thee Headcoats, Thee Headcoatees, Snivelling Shits, Adam and the Ants), Honey Bear (VSS, Unwound, Young Ginns), Startreck (Refused, Loose Goats), Au Go Go (Blues Explosion, Free Kitten), Helter Skelter (Rocket From The Crypt), Vagrant (Get-Up Kids, The Anniversary), Honest Don's (The Riverdales, The Muffs, Citizen Fish, Nerf Herder) and many more. We now live at No Idea Records.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
In the past we've shared the stage with Jawbreaker, Unwound, Bis, Cornershop, Supergrass, Snuff, Dismemberment Plan, Radio 4, Propagandhi, Avail, Fabulous Disaster, Leatherface, Hot Water Music, From Ashes Rise, Rainer Maria, The Plungers, Spitboy, Green Day, Seam, Superchunk, Signal Lost, Alice Donut, Steel Pole Bath Tub, the Bevis Frond, Flying Saucer Attack, Refused, Mates of State, Rocket From The Crypt, Wool, Drive Like Jehu, the Didjits, Pegboy, Hemlock, the Red Aunts, Money Mark, Shiner, the Warmers, Cupid Car Club, Huggy Bear, Delta 72, the Dickies, Mr. T Experience, John Henry West, and loads more.
This Saturday night @ The Terrace with DEATH PUNCH, A PRETTY MESS, MEDIA CONTROL and more. PLEASE RESPECT THE VENUE. Support D.I.Y. bands and labels. Show starts @ 9 PM.
Punk/Ska Festival this Saturday @ Chucos Justice Center with Union 13, La Plebe De San Fransisco, and more. Support D.I.Y. bands and labels. PLEASE RESPECT THE VENUE. Show starts @ 4 PM.
Miguel Conflict
BOTH BOTTOM FLYERS ARE FOR THE SAME SHOW ON THE SAME DAY.
This Friday and Saturday, Support D.I.Y. bands and labels. We're not playing the Friday show, we're just helping to spread the word. PLEASE RESPECT THE VENUES.
This Sunday @ The Terrace. The show will be filmed, so don't miss your chance to be on this documentary. Support D.I.Y. bands and labels.
Miguel Conflict
This is the video for "Razorblade Mary," off of our new up-coming album engineered by Paul Roessler of "The Screamers," due later this year. Drop us a comment for support.
Our new single released today! "A Pyrrhic Victory" - available on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and also available in our player here on MySpace of course... it will only be released digitally and we'll add it in our player too of course.
The only lucky 50 ones in posession of a physical copy are the 50 first who showed up for our little release party where Dregen from Backyard Babies was DJ on the 16:th last month.
Online Now!
![I treni all’alba [Folk Destroyers]](http://b0.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/00243/08/40/243570480_s.jpg)
