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stephen j. music
Experimental / Acoustic / Indie

"Soundtrack To Your Suicide Hereafter"

Chicago, Illinois
United States

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Member Since6/17/2005
Band Websitestephenjmusic.com
Band Membersthis guy, others.
Sounds Likeyour grandpa shaving his balls
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   About stephen j. music

...the culmination of years of bar bands, gay 80's, substances, and science.

stephen j. began his musical career in 1988 as the drummer for the infamous nicoli jacewitz, ex-singer for the bodacious buttcheeks.

in 1992, stephen j. served as lead guitarist for ignorance is bliss in which, regretably, he performed the solo to "alive" by perl jam.

fate smiled on stephen j. in 1993 when he met drummer blaine palmer. that same year they formed vena cava with blaine's brother ian on bass and jay locke on guitar. for 6 years stephen j. honed his skills as a singer/songwriter/guitarist and was fairly competent, but as a frontman his performance was abysmal. the loss of jay in 1998 and blaine in 1999 proved fatal for the band and they split.

it was at the end of 1999 that stephen j. escaped into isolation and began writing songs that even less people wanted to hear. in fact, besides former roommate juan garcia, no one did hear them. "i drove here." says juan. "ian doesn't know the songs. he had better learn 'em. do what? yea, matt writes songs. no." then, seemingly uncomfortable: "god, we smoked a lot."

for approximately 3 years stephen j. experimented with lo-fi recording and a lower-fi quality of life. in this period he wrote close to 30 songs, most of which were fit for the low end of the a.m. dial. he made two "albums" in this time, neither of which he gave to more than three people. then in 2002, he joined the forces of joel young, jesse butler, chris koenigsburg, and gregory elliott to produce dreamt of by armadillos, a free-form, improvisational space rock venture. the band was nothing if not prolific, releasing a self-titled album in early 2003 and a second effort at the end of the year forebodingly entitled "the spool". this set of 50 cds contained approximately 66 hours of music, and, while no one including the band members ever listened to the entire set, doba decided to make it available to the masses. as should be expected, the group soon nixed the idea, citing little public interest and the financial difficulties involved with the release of such a monstrosity. the band made just two copies of the "album", one of which is now a very large set of coasters.

2004 saw both the release of stephen j.'s first official solo album, midwest in mono, and the reunion of stephen j. and blaine palmer, who landed back in the states after an extended absence. soon they both joined jeff richardson's locust avenue project along with jeff cooper on bass and billy egle on guitar and keyboard. the band released the new originals in early 2005 and played regular shows in the region. stephen j. left for chicago in july of 2005 and is currently falling into obscurity.

no, maybe not...we have word that stephen j. has joined the new incarnation of slow planet with bill britt, bill lowman (bosco and jorge, l'altra, lindsay anderson, edith frost, smog, will oldham, others), and pat samson (u.s. maple, smog). they have just finished recording what may become a record at some point.

stephen j. is also playing something resembling guitar with the okie expatriates bosco and jorge, who are also working on a new album.

and then of course there's lake girls...

the stephen j. album "midwest in mono" has been reissued by ¿who-hey? and is available on itunes:

Stephen J. - Midwest In Mono
Stephen J. - Midwest In Mono

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Paco)))





Jun 12 2008 9:12 AM

Hey man, I got your new favorite band right here...

Sound of Mountains (@ U.S. Beer Co. July 26th)





May 21 2008 9:36 PM

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緋色天幕





Apr 19 2008 9:07 AM

Hi!
many thanks
nice music
nice warld love
Avril





Apr 17 2008 7:10 PM

Avril





Nov 19 2007 8:52 AM

toothpaste for dinner
toothpastefordinner.com
sweet baby jaysus





Nov 17 2007 3:48 PM

100 Years!
Avril





Aug 13 2007 4:59 PM

Guillaume





Jul 13 2007 3:35 AM

J'aaaaaaaaadddddddoooooooorrrrreeeee

Pour quand un concert en France????
L E S





Feb 7 2007 8:54 PM

I thought I saw you in a dumpster the other day, but it turned out to be Taylor Hanson digging for his career... imagine my disappointment and satisfaction at the same time.
Paco)))





Feb 2 2007 8:49 AM









yep, that's Ronald James Dio
Spot Wade





Jan 9 2007 9:19 PM

Just stoppin by to kiss on ya and drop some love droppings. Now how bout some more stephen j., gawdamnit!!!!
¿who-hey?





Dec 22 2006 9:02 AM

hey facehead,
midwest in mono is up on i-tunes.
so now you can just sit back and watch the money roll in!!!
Linsey





Oct 22 2006 10:38 PM

Hey! I love the organ! Pa and Gra's? I hope you are doing great, sorry we missed coming down for the visit. Hopefully we can schedule something soon! Love you!
Simon M. Read





Oct 10 2006 4:37 AM

Hey there,

Come listen to the new songs on my website. "Too Far To Fall" and "Firefly Light". Let me know what you think as well.

Cheers man,

Si
Spot Wade





Aug 16 2006 11:17 PM

Spot Wade





Jul 3 2006 10:02 PM

So I hear yer on the TV. Kick ass!
L E S





May 22 2006 4:04 PM

Thanks for the comment. I'm sure I will manage a few "refreshments" today. By the way... love the songs.
Robin





Apr 27 2006 8:43 AM

Don Ross





Mar 26 2006 9:10 AM

Show coming up tonight, hope to see you there!

Sunday, March 26th, 8pm - Double Bill

Guitarist Don Ross

Bassist Michael Manring

Double Door, Chicago, IL
stephen





Jan 26 2006 9:26 PM

It feels like ive been listening to your music since i was born, I really enjoy your music, keep it up!
Spot Wade





Jan 1 2006 11:17 PM

The fact that stephen j isn't at the top of the billboard charts is positive proof of the nonexistence of God.
Tall Cotton String Band





Oct 17 2005 8:23 AM

noel





Oct 15 2005 10:58 PM

ANDREAS KAPSALIS TRIO





Oct 14 2005 12:45 PM

stephen j -
Good tunes, man.
Good luck with your other kick ass projects.
One of these days, we should talk about doing events in Chi-town with Ballistico Productions.

- AK Trio
twelve





Sep 16 2005 10:44 PM





brain say herro from japan.

Blazanov





Sep 14 2005 8:58 PM

stephen j. knows where the ladies are.
I miss kirby's dream course.
derek joe brockett





Aug 8 2005 4:50 PM

when you get to the bottom of obscurity, look me up and i'll buy ye a mezcal, for it is at the bottom where this one exists.

wipe on!
yea-man





Jul 28 2005 4:38 PM

"i drove here"
Camper Van Beethoven





Jun 27 2005 6:41 PM

glad you enjoyed that gypsy tea room show. sorry we were a lttle under the weather mentally that night. all our gear got ripped the night before.
Admiral Twin





Jun 23 2005 11:38 AM

Really enjoying your songs on here...ever come through Tulsa anymore? If yes, you need to come play a show with us...
--Jarrod--
HOFFNERD





Jun 23 2005 10:15 AM

I've been trying to send you a message over and over and over and over again. I guess your page doesn't like me. But, Stephen J., I really like your page. (It always happens like that, doesn't it.) See you in the hour of happiness.
Gentlemen Prefer Blood





Jun 20 2005 2:15 PM

Even though Stephen J. repeatedly hits on my underage little sister, I still consider him to be my musical mentor and spiritual guru.
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