Justin Semion - guitar and vocals
John Rybak - guitar, harmonica and backup vocals
Mike Byrnes - bass guitar
Mike Thonus - drums
Influences
The Beatles, Wilco, Modest Mouse, The Black Crowes, Rush, The Velvet Underground, moe, Gomez, The Allman Brothers Band, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Grateful Dead, ween, Pink floyd, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, ekoostik hookah, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, The Pixies, Herbie Hancock, The Band, Rolling Stones, Radiohead, The White Stripes, Foo Fighters, Animal Liberation Orchestra, Cream, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Dr. John, The Flaming Lips, Les Claypool, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Olivia Tremor Control, Sonic Youth, The String Cheese Incident, Sound Tribe Sector Nine, Sublime, Surprise Me Mr. Davis, Phish
Sounds Like
A hybrid of The Allman Brothers Band, The Beatles, Rush, and The Velvet Underground.
American Economy - Red Devil Lounge, San Francisco 12.5.07
Born in San Francisco, CA in the fall of 2006, The American Economy is the brainchild of singer-songwriter Justin Alexander. Seeking to combine the continual freshness of improvisational jams with the catchiness and listenability of indie rock, Justin started playing with John Rybak after the two met in fall of 2006.
Soon after, the two met up with Mike Bynes and Mike Thonus (the Mikes) through jam sessions as part of the Stuck in the Mire series at Blondie's Bar and No Grill in San Francisco's Mission District. Hours in the practice space brought into existence the band's signature tight grooves around hairpin turns, rounded out by Justin's vocals and Johns soaring guitar solos.
The American Economy hopes to make you shake it while at the same time presenting songs that will stand the test of time with structure and integrity. Firmly believing that the greatest music arises from the melding of many genres, The American Economy blends blues, jazz, rock, freestyle jams, and indie/pop seemlessly to create a unique sound that is fresh, yet somehow familiar.
Hope to see you soon at one of our shows!
-AE
P.S. If you see anything you'd like to download, please let us know and we'll do our best to accomodate.
no, THANK YOU! for bringing live music to the ppl! in this dj society town, its nice to see and hear live musicians putting on a show!! keep doin' whatchu doo!
Hi, I'm performing this Friday, July 18th at the "Ronnie Cato presents the Red Vic Sessions" Here's the line-up: Madeline Roa 7pm,Beardo Brothers 7:35,Gyasi Ross 8:15,Toy House 8:50,Robin Galante 9:30,Sam Coble 10:15
I'm doing a solo acoustic performance and I hear someone will be filming the performances for a documentary that night. I hope you'll come out and show support for the local Bay Area and NorCal artists.
Red Vic 1665 Haight Street San Francisco, CA 94117
Thanks for the add. i stopped by to see what's going on with you. i like your band. think peace. wolff my CD, "Princess of the Rodeo" was released on a new internet label TTH Label: http://store. tthlabel. com/index. php?cPath=34_52&sort=2a&action=buy_now&products_id=227
