Mike Allan – Bass, Vocal
Sam Gmetro - Drums, Vocal
Alex Pluto Kosmidis – Keys, Vox
Stelianos "Steve" Simantiris, - Guitar, Vocal
Mike St. Jude – Guitar, Vocal
Influences
holidays jogging health food & drugs
Sounds Like
Peter O'Toole reciting Holland Dosier Holland, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers playing "Self Portrait". Loaded-era Velvet Underground doing "Summer Days & Summer Nights", A Beat Group full of hooks. Who knows. The Valentines dig everything. Kinks meets Guided by Voices Dylan meets Faces Galileo meets Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe Ferlinghetti meets William Shakespeare Bill meet Sally, Sally meet Bill, Hello Sally, Hi Bill.
Mike St. Jude & The Valentines are a tight combo playing music in step with the great beat groups of yore, though they're not a bunch of yorists necessarily. They're the boys next door mowing your lawn & taking your daughter out on a date to the zoo or the museum. Sure they might have a little grass in their pocket, but after all they did mow your lawn. Their the lads behind the counter at the ice cream parlor serving ear candy on a sugar cone for you & your date. Ok. Ear Candy sounds kinda gross but then again, so are they...in a handsome sort of way. If they had a press agent, that person would have the unenviable task of trying to dazzle you with descriptions of how Mike St. Jude & The Valentines have a little bit of everything for everyone: Rock 'n' Roll and R&B, traces of Folk, rhymes & beats, a little classic Country & Western, the chime of Mersey Beat, the energy of classic Mod, the continuing spirit of Post Punk. But we don't have someone working for us to write that kind of dribble. So instead we'll just borrow from the great thinkers of history & tell you, just as Kerouac had once said when giving his stump speech on "The Beat Generation" We dig everything.
The Band recently finished a new record together released spring 2008 entitled 'Here's To Your Black & Blue Heart'.
Mike St. Jude & The Valentines have another record called "Fallout Patterns of the Hoodshot Blues" which is also available.
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Mike St. Jude & The Valentines's Friend Space (Top 8)
We hope you don't mind if we inform you that our 'PUNK OPERA: 'CHELENNON' album is finally RELEASED and AVAILABLE !!! It's based on John Lennon political and rare songs and interviews. If you are interested to learn more about this concept album just visit our myspace or the following website:www. ilemusic. com Thank you for your support!!! The OZ from St. Petersburg, Russia
Hi! I posted two rough mixes from my next record. "Never Stopped (Lovin Him)" and "Shoot You Down" are Old-timey Country Heartbreakers. Please check them out! Love BJ
Just wanted to let you know that my cd is now available for purchase at CD Baby and for digital download on iTunes.
Hope you have a great week - here's where I'll be:
Thurs 6/8 @ The Village Rock, East Rochester, NY
Fri 6/9 @ The Robbin's Nest, Prattsburgh, NY
Sat. 6/10 @ Ontario Country Club, Ontario, NY
Every Sunday Night at the Bay Street Hotel, Sodus Point, NY
Were having a night with The End Magazine this Friday,so if you fancy coming along to The Casa,then feel free to do so.Were having a party and your invited.And thanks for all the support too.I really appreciate it.xxx
well well...thanks for the comment about the photo. maybe ill take your advice someday. ill have to learn how to write songs first. great show the other night. hey mike m, you wanna sing some duets sometime?
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