The Breeders, Primus, They Might Be Giants, THE PIXIES, King's X, Minor Threat, drum n bass, the Reverend Horton Heat, The Toadies, Poe, Tracy Bonham, Letters To Cleo, Brassy, The Beatles (of course), Nirvana, The New Pornographers, Veruca Salt, Julianna Hatfield, The Buzzcocks, The White Stripes, Metallica (no lie), Goldfinger, Janis Joplin, 311, the Eels, Dada, Tripping Daisy, Skank & Pickle, horror movies, comic books, bad relationships and awful jobs.
Sounds Like
"...raw, upbeat AltPop... consistently dynamic and radiant, harnessing Punk riffs and varying song structures. Jarvis has a powerful, New Wave sneer..." -- Ezra Waller, Cincinnati, CityBeat.
Summer of '73 Video by Steve Taylor and Paul Grundy
Pike has it roots firmly sunk into the soil of 90's alternative and 80's punk. With alternating male and female lead vocals and joyous harmonies they're reminiscent of bands like "X" or even the B52's, while incorporate snarling, distortion-heavy guitars and driving rock percussion. Lyrically, they feature pop-cult/horrorshow/comic-geek poetry with an occasional "love" song here or an "I hate my job" song there.
Their first two releases, The Sound Of Power Tools EP (2005) and From Someone So Small EP (2007) are packed tight with infectious anthems full of crackling electric harmonies.
Pike was invited to write a theme song for the Cincinnati Rollergirls titled "Jawbreaker,” which is played during roller derby bouts and used for promotional materials. Pike has showcased at the Invasion of the GoGirls @ South By Southwest (Austin, TX), Dfest (Tulsa, OK) and the Midpoint Music Festival (Cincinnati, OH).
DISCOGRAPHY
E.P. 2005 "The Sound of Power Tools, is a joyride exploring several variations on their raw, upbeat AltPop."-- Ezra Waller, CityBeat.
1.Summer of '73
2.Rebuttal
3.Joe
4.Go
5.Chosen
6.On Friday
Cincinnati's 88.3 FM WAIF,
iRADIO LA 104.7 FM,
Radio Crystal Blue,
BandRadio Streaming Radio Live,
StreetBlast Radio
E.P. 2007 "...From Someone So Small," was released on August 28th.
1. Dangergirl
2. Black Widow
3. Magnet
4. Summer of '73
5. Jawbreaker
BearCast Radio Cincinnati-OH,
WEBN Cincinnati-OH,
KDHX St. Louis-MO,
KEPC Colorado Springs,
KSYM San Antoni-TX,
WRFR Rockland-ME,
WSIN New Haven-CT,
WUPJ Pittsburg-PA,
WRDP Chicago-IL,
WRGW Washington-DC
www.radioftw.com Suburban Hell
www.radiocrystalblue.com Radio Crystal Blue
www.nightofthelivingpodcast.podomatic.com Night of the Living Podcast
Oh wow last night's show was great! You guys did a wonderful job! And holly is so phenomenal! Of course my date spoke to her outside.... while I had to take care of my weak and tiny bladder......o the injustice! :-) I will see you in november! PIKE ROCKS!
you guys are awesome! I'm mad at myself for leaving early, apparently I missed a lot that night. damn alcohol! anyway, hope you guys visit Muscatine more often. I'm excited for the cd!
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