"Elusive" Mike Hurtt -- atmospheric angst-drenched guitar; lead vocals
Favorite color: mint green or orange... Favorite number: 9... Favorite drink: gin and tonic, or Rhinelander beer
"Rocket" Jeff Meier -- slashing filthy guitar
Favorite color: purple... Favorite number: 11... Favorite drink: Sazerac rye whiskey or Carling Black Label
"Atomic" Adam Stanfel -- boomin' back-alley bass
Favorite color: 1930s kitchen green... Favorite number: 61... Favorite drink: vodka and tonic, or Motor City Lager
S.R. "Boris" Boland -- pounding primal drums; occasional howls and shrieks
Favorite color: black... Favorite number: 13... Favorite drink: Manhattan (made with rye and three dashes of bitters), or Schlitz
Influences
Nathaniel Mayer; Nolan Strong & the Diablos; Little Willie John; Hank Ballard & the Midnighters; Jack Scott; Robert Ward & the Ohio Untouchables; Danny Zella & the Zell-Rocks; Ike Turner; Jody Reynolds; Lowman Pauling (with The "5" Royales); The Egyptians; Johnnie Mae Matthews; The Falcons; Butch Vaden & the Nite Sounds; Johnny "Bee" Badanjek; Eddie Kirkland; Gino Washington; Emanuel Laskey; The Thunder-Rocks; Earl Palmer; Johnny Powers...
Jeff & the Atlantics; Lee Rogers; The Royal Jokers; Gino Parks; The Dynamics; Bobo Jenkins; Dr. Isaiah Ross; Jackie Wilson; The Fabulous Peps; The Low-Rocks; Andre Williams; Kenny Martin; Lenny & the Thundertones; Cody Black; The Volumes; Little Daddy Walton & Sons; Troy Shondell; Joel Scott Hill (with the Strangers); Link Wray & the Ray-Men; Frantic Ernie Durham; Gary Chester; Hal Blaine; Del Shannon; Cookie & the Cupcakes; Rod Bernard; Polka Dot Slim...
Junior Wells; Elmore James; Otis Rush; Jimmy Reed; Hubert Sumlin; Sonny Boy Williamson; Ricky Nelson; Paul Burlison; Lee Moses; John Lee Hooker; The Collins Kids; Bo Diddley; Cozy & the Creshendals; Smiley Lewis; Huey "Piano" Smith; Scotty Moore; J.I. Allison; Dale Hawkins; James Burton; Roland Janes; Al Casey; Steve Cropper; Al Jackson Jr.; Eddie & the Showmen; The Belairs; Grady Martin; Charles Connor; Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels; Alex Chilton; The Ramones, the Mutt Records horn section... and many more...
The Party Stompers, a Detroit band that puts their own twist on the primitive, gritty sound of the Motor City bar bands of the 1958-63 era, is a group built around the dual guitar attack of Jeff Meier (Rocket 455, Detroit Cobras, Compulsive Gamblers, The Shanks, Nathaniel Mayer, The Exit Eyes) and Mike Hurtt (Royal Pendletons, Nathaniel Mayer, Michael Hurtt & his Haunted Hearts).
The Party Stompers, formed in early 2008, play vintage rock 'n' roll, R&B, blues, ballads, jumped-up hillbilly, cajun, swamp pop, and anything else they happen to like. The Party Stompers take their name from the savage 1960 single by the local group The Egyptians, "The Party Stomp" (the flip side was "Inkster Boogie," now part of the Stompers' repertoire), which captures the quintessential sound of raw, rockin' Detroit R&B as the '50s segued into the '60s.
We are available for any occasion, including house parties, keggers, club shows, festivals, bar/bat mitzvahs, weddings and wakes!
Hear the recording of us LIVE in the studio on WHFR-FM 89.3 -- go to http://whfr.fm to download the "Motor Live Drive at 5" podcast for 8/6/09!!!
NEW POSTED!! Our rock and roll weekender will be July 16, 17 and 18th 2010! The 16th and 17th will take place at the Warsaw in Williamsburg Brooklyn, the 18th will be at another venue that will be announced shortly.
We have killer bands and wild top DJs coming to play from world wide. The space can fit up to 1000 people with lots of room for a wild and crazy dance party!
This will be the first rockabilly, rock and roll weekender ever in NYC. You don’t want to miss it!
We can’t wait for next summer!! Let’s dance!!
AND OUR EVERY FIRST FRIDAY NIGHT OF MONTH @ WARSAW
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