Uncle D'Arcy - Drum Set.
Uncle Santosh - Accordion, Vocals, Sermons.
Uncle Hugo - Guitar, Banjo.
Uncle Ben - Bass.
Influences
Jerry Lee Lewis, Louis Armstrong, Gogol Bordello, Johny Cash, Hank Williams, Slayer, Tom Waits, Ralph Stanley, The Unsettlers, Blood Shot Bill, CCR, Leadbelly, Buddy Rich, Stevie Ray, Cher, John Spencer Blues Explosion, Morphine, Friendly Rch and the Lolipop People, The Subcollisions, USWM, ZZ Top, Patrick Watson, genital cancer, 0.00007891001, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Zeppelin, Billie Holliday, 950 cans of bud, cold hands, cold feet, cough syrup, the sweet lord jesus, king neptune, cheap jib and anything that sucks.
Sounds Like
Polish two-step polka mixed with depression era blues and novocain. Rockabilly, punk rock, polka, blues and storytelling. Polkabilly. Polkore.
Bad Uncle is like that mysterious rash that just wont go away! You go to the clinic, you get the little jar of white cream, you apply it generously, and then, just when you think it has all cleared up. . . it comes back in full force the month after! This band was formed in 2007 when two members of local band The Unsettlers decided they wanted to fill a hot-air-balloon with whiskey! Whiskey is expensive, so these two intrepid dreamers decided to play shows, take the free shots, put them into jars and save them for their project! After a year, they decided to get more members in the band, because more members means more shots of whiskey! The current line-up is as follows; Ben Brandes plays the bass, and is also in charge of theft. He steals mostly babies and purses. . .lots and lots of purses! He has also been known to steal luggage, hearts, footwear, isosceles triangles and livestock! D'Arcy Nichols is our pimp! Whenever we run short of money, which is often, he manages to stir up some horny, middle aged business man who likes to invite us over and watch us screw the hell out of his leather couch for money! Hugo Joyal is our assassin! Music is a very competitive business, there are always so many bands that are better than your band, no matter how good you are! For a band to rise to the top, you sometimes have to remove certain bands from the circuit, by killing them! This is much easier than practicing harder and becoming a better band. Santosh Lalonde is the band's official drug dealer. Managing a band is so much easier when you can keep them addicted to crack. . .because when the crack runs out, the ride is over. We recently released a lo-fi demo that has a lot of our old recordings. Unfortunately, this albums does not sound too much like our live show, but people generally don't find that out until after they buy the CD. This is another part of the mysterious and underhanded world or music. . .deception! If you want to buy the album (Which, is actually better sounding than our live show) you can contact us here. I am proud to announce that Bad Uncle is only 1,297 shots of whiskey away from filling that hot air balloon, so keep those golden drops of goodness coming my friends, and help us realize a dream that has been three years n the making!
Hello, The Hot Showers live on November 14, with Fresh Blue Snow Cones doing a Tribute to Red Hot Chili Peppers!! all info on the website www.thehotshowers.com
Hello, The Hot Showers launch is new EP Baden Baden on october 3, at l'absynthe in Montreal, with 2 great bands, Rock and Roll TV & Turbo Distortion, all info on the website www.thehotshowers.com
Thanx man, I like yer shit too, Bad Uncle is a bad ass name!
..I like when people send a cool request message instead of bullshit like...'please, check out my band and tell me what you think...' and then fill your page with all these pictures and boxes and crap.
What do I think...I think...DELETE and quit wasting my time you spam bands!!
I run a radio show in Vancouver that plays a lot of bad ass rockabilly country...and we're all about the Canadian Content! Maybe Bad Uncle would fit right the fuck in...cheers.joe
