Phredd (guitar and vocals!) - currently on maternity leave while he gives birth to his new general contracting business! WE MISS YA BROTHER!
Influences
...and inspiration!! Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, and Jerry Lee Lewis! Phil Spector! Girl Groups! Motown! The Beatles! Bob Dylan! The Byrds! The Rolling Stones! The Beach Boys! The Who! The Kinks! The Faces! Cream! Jimi Hendrix! David Bowie! Mitch Ryder! The Velvet Underground! The MC5! The Stooges! Big Star! Bob Seger! T. Rex! Led Zeppelin! Grand Funk Railroad! Thin Lizzy! Ted Nugent! The New York Dolls! KISS! AC/DC! Cheap Trick! Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers! Van Halen! Meat Loaf! Springsteen! The Ramones! The Clash! The Sex Pistols! Spinal Tap! The Replacements! And many, many more!!! In other words, all your favorite bands and records...except the ones that sucked, like Survivor and Night Ranger. Oh, wait...that was back in 1983. Nevermind. (And, um...y'know, Night Ranger really did sort of rule. C'mon, admit it...you secretly dug "Sister Christian". It's okay...)
Sounds Like
A bunch of distorted guitars and drums playing wayyy too loud in a mostly empty room...
"Seriously, The Ripovs! from Baltimore are fuckin' great. Best description would be if Jello Biafra fronted the New Bomb Turks..."
-Peter
"So loud they made me sick..."
-Matt
"The perfect band to get hammered to..."
-Karl
"Last time they made me shimmy-n-shake so much, my ass bumped someone across the room. They rock so much it hurts...other people around me!"
-JB
"You guys are the shit!"
-Heather
"You guys know how to play loud; most guys don't..."
-Dave the Sound Guy
"I didn't realize how loud you guys were until I went into the bathroom with the door shut and realized how loud it was in there. Then when I came out it hit me, literally. That's sweet though...that's rock & roll."
-Kevin
"THE RIPOVS...are straight ahead fun rock and roll..."
-Ginger Coyote (PUNK GLOBE)
"Did we play this loud...?"
-Eric, bass player, The Luxury Pushers
"THE RIPOVS are Rock like it used to be--Rock pre-1990--rock before Rock's balls were unceremoniously cauterized by the likes of angry mopesters in striped sweaters who preferred anarchy, pain and suicide to sex, alcohol, fast cars and volume, baby volume...!"
-Nuclear Luke (aka Duke Nihilist)
They have everything I like: some Ramones catchiness, some early Rose Tattoo roughness, some Angry Samoans (and not just because of "Lights Out"), a touch of Nine Pound Hammer/old New Bomb Turks, some old Wildhearts (1st album/Caffeine Bomb EP) and the general feeling of some seventies band pulling out all the stops. THE RIPOVS ROCK!
I opened and listened to your guys new CD on the way home from the show Friday night.I looked in the little booklet and saw our name. Even at that, I thought it was pretty fucking sweet but (not quite being of sound mind)I didn't realize you actually dedicated the fucking album to us.
Dudes, thanks a lot. It means a lot to me and I know Dave and Andy will shit their pants when they see that.
Thanks for the CD's, I'll make sure to get Dave and Andy their copy as soon as possible. Great CD, but I think there's something that gets a little lost in the translation...I guess there's nothing quite like seeing you guys live.
Also, thanks for the mention. Meanse a lot, and I'm sure Dave and Andy will love it.
