J Marinelli is a true talent... a refreshing change of pace from the over-produced, processed, homogenized crap shoved down our throats on a daily basis. -- Punk Planet
...fortunately this man Marinelli is the living, burning match-mixed-with-milkshake (or Milkshakes as in not Thee Headcoats) that loser, conformity-obsessed, tattoo-n-holes-having desperate “kids” really need injected into their lives if they ever truly want to have a life that might, someday, be considered actually punk and not just another hot, umm, topic. --Buddyhead
Delivering 16 gloriously raw’n’ragged songs worth of rattling rickety racket in an astonishingly short’n’snappy 26 minutes, this always energetic and often uproarious blast of sheer scrappy punk-rock noise eschews both polish and pretense in favor just getting right down to gleefully bent, batty and berserk brass tacks in a most enjoyably rough’n’ready manner.
-- Jersey Beat
If you are of a mind that music is just some tool used to keep out human voices on the subway, or to use for ringtones (and you must not be, since you are reading this amazing zine), or if you have forgotten that rock was meant to be offensive and celebrate freedom, this is a good primer on what glory rock can be when the artist just plugs in, turns it up to 10, and raves on. -- Foxy Digitalis
...You can hear the influences of punk, rockabilly, and pub rock splash across the songs on the disc. This means that there’s plenty of loud guitar playing some amazing hooks that will have you bouncing around the room in no time. Marinelli’s boozy singing also adds to the fun of “Keep it Fake.” He sounds like a cross between Hot Rod Todd from Le Shok and the Pogues’ Shane MacGowan with all of the slurred singing and distorted vocals you would expect from that pairing. -- Foxy Digitalis
...twisted one-man-band mayhem that's part Billy Childish, part Hank Williams, part Daniel Johnston and all fun and weird. -- The Washington Post
...Young Pioneers, Beat Happening and The Fall getting together inside of Hasil Adkins. This guy represents West Virginia punk rock better than any band could. -- The Twenty Fourth
... like a barrage of rising-and-diving guitar lines that sound akin to some of the greats of traditional punk rock, yet retain a semblance of soft-spoken honesty and originality throughout the entire record. -- The Daily Athenaeum
...what he does seem to be doing is standing in the wreckage of a trapset, stamping on the bass drum, wrangling jagged lines out of his guitar and making like Billy Bragg channelling Mark E Smith through a mic that’s seen better days. -- Robots & Electric Brains
...his music is raggedly, classically punk and energetic, and well worth a listen. -- The Shephersdtown Chronicle
...he’s the rare type of songwriter who draws comparisons to Lester Bangs and Hunter S. Thompson. -- PopCult
One-man band J Marinelli is a huge jerk and quite possibly a Satanist. We like him anyway.
-- Couches On Fire
I talked to some people who didn't enjoy him...
-- You Ain't No Picasso
i thought you'll first make one or two tapes because that's much cheaper than a record. did you find a record label for the lp or do you release it yourself?
i was at a tv smith concert yesterday again. it was so amazing! hope you'll have the chance to see him someday. got some new adverts cds and a 7" - also signed by gaye advert - that's great, isn't it?
do you already know when your next tapes will be released?
today i printed my first shirts; with the first ones there came colour on the shirt, so there's just only a pic of the noos-feratu stencil, hope you like. tomorrow and in the next days will follow a lot more. three from tv smith, perhaps you want one then =)
love, love, love it! new song rocks. i wanna come to kentucky and play a show with you sometimein the near future if you're down for it. have van, will travel.
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