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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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Dead White Devil - “Earth Is Gonna Get U” (unsigned) Red Phone Dispatch - “Delicacy” (Rally Records) Off With Their Heads - “I Am You” (No Idea Records) The Nerve Scheme - “Lovey Dovey” (Jailhouse! Records) The Ridicules - “Beer Goggles” (Unsigned) Sick Sick Sick - “Cheap Beer” (Unsigned) World War IX - “Jesus Freaks” (Zodiac Killer Records) The Dopamines - “Kids, Try This At Home” (It’s Alive Records) The Promdates - “Knock Down Beers” (Unsigned) The Unlovables - “Have You Ever” (Whoa Oh Records) F.Y. P - “Toss My Cookies” - (Recess Records) The Copyrights - “Grown Folks Business” (It’s Alive Records) Lame Duck - “Antihero” (Unsigned) The Dazes - “Heart On My Bumper” (It’s Alive Records) The Gullibles - “Superman” (Unsigned) The Uglysticks - “Never Say Die” (Unsigned) Hood Ratz - “Nothing Left” (Monkey Wrench Records) No Risk - “We Carry The Wrath Of Conviction” (Unsigned) The Prozacs - “You’re Not Getting It” - (Cheapskate Records) Lame Duck - “Deja Vu” - (Unsigned) Nobunny - “I know, I Know” (1,2,3,4 Go! Records) The Fake Boys - “The Swamp” (Cheapskate Records) Pink Lincolns - “Miami” (Jailhouse! Records) U.T.D. - “Shitty Job Workin Man” (Punk Buttons Digital) Slime and The Boobytramps - “The Girl With The Sweetest Juice” (Unsigned) Sonic Dolls - “Get Busted” (Stardom Records) The Nimrods - “She’s addicted to the Space invaders” (Unsigned) The Old Wives - “Shut Up” (Eat Shit & Die Records) The Try Hards - “Scrap” (Unsigned) Sugar Eater - “17 Stupid” (Cheapskate Records) The Wimpy’s - “Weekend Runaways” (It’s Alive Records) The Lanterns - “Clark And Belmont” (Cheapskate Records) Gateway District - “River Trash” (It’s Alive Records) Joey Cape - “Who We’ve Become” (Subur
EQUALIZING X DISTORT Playlist CIUT 89.5 FM - Toronto October 12th, 2008
FRENETICS - Countdown Radio (Fans of Bad Productions)
HI DUMMY - Ponytails From Hell (Fans of Bad Productions) SWALLOWING SHIT - If they Hated Me, they Will hate You (Fans of Bad Productions) ATTACK AND DECAY - Back to Bed (Fans of Bad Productions) PROPAGHANDI - The overtly Political, But Oh So Intensely Personal Song (Fans of Bad Productions) BLUNDERMEN - 309 and Beyond (Fans of Bad Productions)
WHITE LUNG - Magazines (Deranged) DEFEKTORS - Doomsday Girl (Nominal) JERK WITH A BONE - Knife Fight, But Why ? (Global Symphonic) VAPID - Sex Stain / Die (Nominal)
LURCH - Fist Me with Your Wrizstwatch On (Smilin' Skull) TRANZMITORS - Who's Gonna Tell Mary (Deranged) DIGITAL LEATHER - Styrofoam (Goner) NUSENSAE - Don't Panic (Nominal) MUTATORS - Police Eyelash (Nominal) PETROLEUM BY-PRODUCTS - Ratface (Nominal) VANCOUGAR - Distance (Mint)
BLIGHT - Prophet of Doom (Touch 'n Go) THE FIX - Celebre (Touch 'n Go) ADRENALIN O.D. - Old People Talk Loud (Buy Our Records) THE CRAWLERS - Kill the Elephant (Blind Spot) AVSKUM - Dagar (Prank) SEVERED HEAD OF STATE - Prayer (ebullition) KURSK - Fucked from Birth (Scab Bomb) WADGE - Seasick in Hawaii (Scab Bomb) SONOROUS GALE - Modesty forbids (Self-Released) MELT BANANA - Shield for Your Eyes, A Beast in the Well on Your Hand (A-Zap) TWIN CRYSTALS - Trinity (Nominal) OUTPATIENTS - Backwards Explanation (Flipside)
SUSPECT PARTS - 17 Television (Deranged) J CHURCH - Psycho Mafia (Snuffy Smile) BRUTRAL KNIGHTS - Teach Me Sex (Riff Raff) THE UGLY - To Have Some Fun (Redrum) VELVET CLAWS - High Horse (Unreleased)
Demo Feature DEAF MUTATIONS - Crash the Clubs (Sewercide) DEAF MUTATIONS - Mutation Shuffle (Sewercide) DEAF MUTATIONS - My Feces, Part 1 (Sewercide)
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