NERVE TONIC NJ

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Ezekiel Saw the Wheel

Album: Face the Galactic Undead

Released: Oct 8, 2008

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Ezekiel Saw the Wheel
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Nerve Tonic is no more. Their spirit lives on, however, in Dr. Void & the Death Machines and The Atomic Disasters. Check both bands out on that Facebook thingy. Thanks for the memories.

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Genre: Punk / Rockabilly / Surf
Location RED BANK, New Jersey, Un
Profile Views: 34490
Last Login: 1/20/2012
Member Since 11/12/2006
Type of Label Unsigned
Bio
Nerve Tonic blends the rock-n-roll and rockabilly of the 1950s with punk rock from its 1977 heyday. We are greaser punk. We have torn our way out of the guts of NJ to carryout but one mission: to make no-nonsense rock-n-roll...original, honest, and properly dangerous. Nerve tonic is a group of friends who have known each other since high school. At that time (the 1980s) we were playing in hardcore punk bands. After the hip-hop/technical metal explosion and subsequent rise of "grunge" we each found ourselves without a viable band. In the mid-1990s we finally decided to get together and form our own band. At that time we were mixing 1950s rock and roll with the punk rock and metallic rock of the 1970s and early 80s. We were basically a regional band. We played all around the NJ area, including bars such as Connections, Maxwells, The Court Tavern, The Loop Lounge, L'Amour and others. We played with all kinds of bands including Electric Frankenstein, The Ergs, Headwound, The Hudson Falcons, The Wretched Ones, and others. After 13 years, 7 drummers (5 full-time and 2 part-time replacements), and an almost completely blown-out vocalist, we decided that it was time to face reality and tweak our style so that we could ensure our continued survival as a band. We knew it was time to stop killing drummers and stop killing Dr. Void's throat. This realization was the birth of Nerve Tonic, the name of our first CD release back in 1997. A couple of months before calling it quits, we put together a country version of Venom's "Witching Hour" for an acoustic gig in Hoboken. Pleased with our venomous hillbilly creation, we began jamming on stuff that was more Johnny Cash inspired in The Lady Killer's basement. Our new sound naturally emerged with the addition of Se�or El F�her on drums. With a shot of Wild Turkey, we said goodbye to the past. With a chaser of Johnny Walker, we said that only Nerve Tonic matters now. For the record, the F�rher liked the scotch better, but we have not held it against him...he's Scottish.... Hey, only Nerve Tonic matters now. Dig it. Since the release of our reformation we have played a variety of gigs in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut, spanning a distance ranging from Manhattan to Pittsburgh (east to west) and from New London to Philadelphia (north to south). ATTENTION ALL MOTORHEADS AND GREASER PUNKS!...Nerve Tonic is now available on iTunes, Rhapsody, and others!!!! To hear Nerve Tonic, listen in to WFMU 91.1 (Jersey City), WPSC 88.7 (Wayne NJ), -WCNI 90.9 (New London, CT, THE PUNK ROCK JUKEBOX), WRSU 88.7 (New Brunswick, NJ), WNHU 88.7 (New Haven, CT, Go Kat Go), 4 20 Radio (British Columbia), Blowupradio (New Jersey), Atomic Radio (Arlington, VA).
Members
Dr. Void, The only REAL Dr. fronting a rock-n-roll band (Vox, Washboard); Hot Tony the Lady Killer (Guitar); Evan the Destroyer (Bass); Evil Jim (Lead Guitar, Ice Pick); Señor El Führer (Drums, Theremin)
Influences
1955, 1977, hot rods, hot chicks, cold beer, dollar store horror movies, The Baseball Furies, The Fordham Baldies, The Ducky Boys, The Creeper, Black Manta, broken bass strings, bore and stroke, Graboids, Regan McNeil, The Blob, The Car, steak and lube, Satan’s Lair, Flathead Fords, Slant 666 engines, Chrysler Hemi Elephants, Ford 427 Cammers, Plymouth Furys, Wild Turkey.... OK, for the sake of finding us, let us say Bo Diddley, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Al Urban, The Teenagers, Johnny Cash, Ronnie Dawson, Bill Haley and his Comets, Carl Perkins, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Link Wray, Gene Vincent & his Blue Caps, The Everly Brothers, Ronnie Self, Eddie Cochran, Hank Williams, The Cramps, The Ramones, The Misfits...and...well...yeah, there is some Black Flag thrown in there for good measure. Look, we are from the states, and we ain't exactly 19 year old boys, so that is inevitable. JUST LISTEN!!!
Sounds Like
GREASER PUNK!!! (Drag-ready, high-octane rock-n-roll!)