Douglas Enkler, singer. Robert Griffin, guitars, klaviers, vocals. Patrick Hawley, batterie. Steve Scariano, bassman.
Influences
60s r&b, Alice Cooper (orig band, not solo), Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Faces (+ early Rod Stewart), Led Zeppelin, Blue Cheer, Rolling Stones, The Pagans, Electric Eels, Pere Ubu, Peter Laughner, Dead Boys, Raspberries, Easter Monkeys, 70s Queen, Art Bears, New York Dolls/Heartbreakers, Chrome, The Residents, early 80s Christian Death, Black Flag, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, David Bowie, Wipers, Velvet Underground, MX-80 Sound, The Stooges, Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn, The Replacements, Grauzone, John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf, Bob Quine, Brian Eno, X, Jacobites, Bob Dylan, Television, Thelonious Monk, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Marty Robbins, Andrew Hill, Prisonshake.
Sounds Like
driving a vixen the wrong way down a one-way street
Prisonshake began in 1986 out of the ashes of the early 80s HC punk scene in Cleveland. Robert Griffin and Scott Pickering had played together in Spike in Vain and when that band broke up, the two used some studio time originally booked for SiV to record the band's first demo. One year later, with engineer/producer Chris Burgess filling the bass slot, the trio started playing out and releasing records, and in late 1988 Doug Enkler joined as main vocalist after the Offbeats fizzled out. Around this same time Griffin started the Scat Records label to release the band's third single, but also went on to release records by My Dad Is Dead, Guided By Voices, Mono Men, Electric Eels, The Mice and many others. After a dozen singles & EPs, several albums, 4 US tours and the loss of the original rhythm section, Griffin and Enkler moved to St. Louis in 1995 (though Enk left StL for Baltimore in 2003 and now lives in Lexington, KY). At that point we were pretty burnt and reached new heights of doing whatever the fuck we wanted, which was mostly not very much ("you mean we'd have to carry our amps? fuck that"), although the first sessions for Dirty Moons did occur that year. The earlier flood of activity became a trickle, then stopped altogether, at least publicly. But, we'd found a killer new rhythm section in Scariano and Hawley and we woodshedded new material like crazy, recording off and on up until now. We gladly bring forth the fruit of that exile, Dirty Moons, a true double album steeped in our dialect of the rock language, this August 26th.
Cheers from Oz, Prisonshake. You have some fans here from long ago. The Roaring Third gets played always. So thankful for another album from you guys. Looking forward to Dirty Moons. Your sound is so unique. Cheers
We have just released our new album: "Three Chords And The Truth".!!
We invite you to listen to the passion and the swagger in this brilliant rock and roll album which is definitely the best album in the last ten years. You can listen to it or even download it for free from our myspace page. (just push play on the ReverbNation widget)
We'll be deeply greatful if you and all the music lovers check us out!
We have just released our new single: "Kiss Me" and 2 b-sides! 3 new songs up on our myspace page! We'll be glad if you and all the people who love rock and roll check us out!
Let us tell you we have just released our new single: "Passing By" and 2 b-sides! 3 new songs up! Exclusive on our myspace page! We'll be very happy if you and all the people who love rock and roll check us out!
Damn I wish I knew sooner you were playing shows and stuff. I'll be purchasing one of these here CDs as soon as I get over the seasonal broke-ness. Looking forward to it.
Wow, what a show at the grogshop. I never thought Id see you guys live. I recorded the show; my friend John is going to get a copy to you. Thanks for the drunken memories.
everyone who has ever uttered the words 'rock and roll' should own at least one copy of 'the roaring third'. any you should prolly buy the new record when it hits, too.
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