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Rank And File
Country / Punk / New Wave




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Member Since9/21/2005
Band Websitehttp://vcp-inc.com/dos/kinman/rank&file/rankfile.htm
Band MembersAlejandro Escovedo - guitar, Slim Evans - drums, Tony Kinman - vocals & bass Chip Kinman - vocals & guitar, Junior Brown - guitar, Bob Kahr - drums, Jeff Ross - guitar
Influencesold country
Sounds LikeThe Blasters, Dave Alvin, Beat Farmers, Chris Isaak, George Jones, Paul Collins Beat, Jason And The Scorchers, Beat Rodeo, Let's Active, Johnny Cash
Record LabelCollectors' Choice
Type of LabelIndie


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"...Tony, Chip and Al say they always had country roots. The Kinmans were military brats growing up in Virginia and the Carolinas, hearing country music constantly. Alejandro grew up in San Antonio, Texas, where his father sang in a Mexican swing band. When The Dils and The Nuns Disbanded. Chap and Al both moved to New York, while Tony decided to leave the music business and live in Oregon. Al played in the Judy Nylon band. Chip and Al decided to get together and form Rank And File, they recruited former Clash tour DJ Barry Myers for bass and the drummer from the Judy Nylon band. In this configuration Rank And File were torn between being a pop band and being a country band, and the experiment never gelled. Four steps were needed. First, they fired their rhythm section, the part of the band that had been pushing for a pop direction. Then, they coaxed Tony Kinman out of hiding to play bass. Then, they moved to Austin, Texas; a proper environment for a country band. Finally, they found drummer Jim "Slim" Evans, an Austin native. Evans was an oddball for Austin - he'd played in such local bands a Sharon Tate's Baby, The Chickadiesets, and The Inserts, but he knew the country best. Living in Austin, Rank And File began practicing in garages and playing anywhere they could, from rock clubs to roadside honky-tonks... ...And in Austin, Rank And File found the sound they were looking for. A true country sound, but with a hard, abrasive edge to it, and lyrics the go well beyond country's usual crying-in-my-beer moaning. "I'd like what we do to be called country music." Tony says, "but you can't really label it. It's not country-rock. One writer called it rock-country. It's been called country-punk. It's all those things.""

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Kurt Matthew Ross

kurt ross



Mar 19 2008 6:30 PM

Jeff & Kurt Ross
TOGETHER for the first time EVER
Saturday Apr 12, 2008
at 10:00 PM
The Press
129 Harvard Avenue
Claremont, CA 91711
John Wicks & The Records

John Wicks & The Records



Jan 11 2006 12:28 AM

Hi guys,

You can download our albums for free on our official website (it's about 51 free songs)
http://www.johnwicksandtherecords.com/therecordsmusic

Best regards,

John :- )
(Order of the) White Rose

(Order of the) White Rose
Online Now!


Dec 12 2005 6:18 AM

I love your music and listen to it all the time!!! Thank you!!!
Nick Pipitone

Nick Pipitone



Nov 18 2005 10:44 PM

Thanks for the add! You look so happy in that picture, it's nice to have happy friends.
Petey The Pirate Parakeet

Petey The Pirate Parakeet



Nov 12 2005 8:36 PM

Thank you so much for the add! I saw this band so many times back in the day, I lost count. Some of my best memories!
Buffalo Creek

Buffalo Creek



Sep 29 2005 11:09 PM

Thanks for the add!!!


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