Brother James Burdyshaw: Vocals/Guitar/Harp;
Disciples: To Be Determined in Zee Futura.
Influences
The Small Faces, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Motown, Stax, James Brown, The Yardbirds, The Kinks, Les Fluer de Lys, The Sorrows, The Action, Amen Corner, John's Children, The MC5, Mitch Ryder, Cream, Pink Floyd, X, Elvis Costello, The Saints, The Buzzcocks, The Prisoners, All Things Billy Childish, The Scientists, The Dirtbombs, The Gories, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Poison 13, The U-Men, Mudhoney, The Fallouts, The Jam, David Bowie, The Shadows of Knight, The Chocolate Watchband, The 13th Floor Elevators, The Seeds, Steampacket, The Attack, The Smoke, Dead Moon, All Back From The Grave, Pebbles & Nuggets Comps...Oh yeah...and The Beatles.
Sounds Like
Not entirely like any of these bands, but a little bit of The Dirtbombs, The Cynics, The Insomniacs, The Woggles, The Fallouts, The Jam, The Headcoats, The Kent 3...a few others we neglected to mention here.
Welcome to what was the My Space page for The Bug Nasties. I've been running this site for many years and didn't want to keep it as a memorial page for the now-defunct band. Instead, I'm going to keep it going as an outlet for whatever musical project I am currently working on. At this time, I'm recording songs with various music friends and I'm calling it 'Brother James and The Deciples of Junk.' We will see if a live band emerges from this or not.
I started gigging in Seattle way back in 1984 at the ripe old age of nineteen. Some folks said I was a late bloomer. It was with my first punk band was 64 Spiders. We were a hodge podge of garage, psychadelic, post-punk and that heavy dirge sound some dorks called grunge. The band was made up of myself on guitar/vocals, original lead singer David Lee, bassist Joe Ross and Eric Walker on drums. Then I moved to lead vocals in 1986 and we got Scott McCullum on drums. We split in 1987 and released a 7" and two songs on CZ Records compilation Another Phyrric Victory.
In January of 1987, I was recruited by David Duet and Tom Price to join Catbutt. Originally conceived as a side project for Duet, Texas rocker Michael Hutchins and two members of The U-Men, we played around Seattle for 6 months and quickly built a strong following playing 60's garage punk ala The Chocolate Watchband, The Yardbirds and early Rolling Stones. Then Tom and Charlie Ryan left to concentrate on The U-Men, so I found Dean Gunderson to play bass and Erik 'Erok' Peterson to fill in on drums. We played around the NW for 3 years and eventually replaced Michael with Phoenix axman Danny Bland. A 7" single was released on Penultimate Records, followed by a cut on SubPop compilation SubPop 200. Danny worked for Subpop as a booking agent and got us on the label in 1989. We toured the US twice and released an EP that year - Journey to the Center of Catbutt. The fall tour was with soon-to-be famous girl rockers L7. That tour was the last hurrah for me and I left the band shortly thereafter.
Erok and I then started a 3-piece post-punk band called Yummy (originally Yummy Fur, but I changed it to not cop another artist's name). We had Tracy Simmons of Blood Circus on bass. After a year, Erok left and Tracy and I continued with another Erik - Erik Hildahl. After several singles, we split on late 1991.
I wanted to get out of the grungy post-punk movement and do more garage punk stuff, so I hooked up with singer Doug White to form The Sinister Six. Hildahl joined us on drums along with bassist Mark Ferkingstad. We released an LP for Empty in 1993 and toured the US. In 1994, we had a chance to tour Europe with fill-in bass player Rod Moody. Hildahl left the band after the tour and we got Erok Peterson to take his place. Another Erik - Erik Stockinger - took over on bass. We released a CD on Bag Of Hammers in 1995 and did another US tour that year. We also recorded another LP in Austin and Seattle, but Erok left the band and that eventually broke us up. The LP was released on Get Hip in 1997. We reformed late that year with original drummer Hildahl, but had to replace him with Ward Reeder after a couple of shows (Erik was moving back to Spokane). Reeder played on our last 7" for Get Hip and we finally called it quits in 1999.
I started another 3-piece called The Harpys with Marc Cardillo (drums) and Erik Hebenstreit (bass). Seattle has a huge Nordic population and therefore many Erik's. That lasted for a year and a half. Then I began writing reviews and articles for Backfire and Tablet. No plans to start another band at the time.
In 2003, I decided to play again and formed garage/soul band The Bug Nasties with Scott LaRose (bass) and Donnie Hilstad (drums) with occasional help from ex-U-Men Tom Price on organ. This outfit went through a myriad of line-up changes that made it really difficult to build a strong local following. Before Donnie left the group, he recorded a CD with me and bassist Rich Creamer. It was eventually released on Flotation Records called 'Which Way Ya Wanna Go?'. Ex-Bug Nasties include Jamie Jaspers and Chris Von Curse on bass; Brian Voss and Victor Hart on drums. Despite all of the defections, I managed to take the band on 5 trips down the West Coast and a mini-tour of Texas in 2008. LaRose was now back on bass and we had a new drummer - Matt Jones. We also had the pleasure of having 3 back-up singers, dubbed The Nastettes (Annabella, Astra & Rachel), on our last single She's So Right. During our last tour in May 2009, the band disbanded after 4 shows. This event has taken a lot of energy out of me and I have decided not to reform the group. I think I need to move on and will use this page to create music and share it with all you who supported The Bug Nasties. - Brother James
Disclaimer: Oh and about those obnoxious band friend requests... I won't spam anyone who adds me as a friend! I don't have time to bug people all around the world about shows. If I sent you a friend add, it's because I love your band or hope you'll dig the music and spent time checking out your profile personally. If you said 'not accepting band adds' and I know you, I may say 'Where is the love?' Dat's a fact, Jack.
The last Bug Nasties 7-inch "She's So Right" is Out Now!
You Can Order The Single or The Bug Nasties CD "Which Way Ya Wanna Go?" at the Flotation Records Website.
MONGREL ZINE #7 IS OUT NOW
The new Halloween issue of Mongrel Zine is full of spooky delights!
Haunted George schools us on Halloween sound effects and his
Garagepunk podcast Haunted Shack Theatre, King Louie charms us with
tales of stealin’ Lil Wayne’s wardrobe girl and drinking with Fats
Domino, Vancouver’s newest garage band Indian Wars find the best
skateparks, Inservibles tell us about Mexico City’s best tacos from
what is a shitty mechanics workshop during the day and taco stand by
night, a rare interview with the late Billy Van from The Hilarious
House of Frightenstein, vintage Halloween collector Mark Ledenbach,
plus Box Elders, The TVees, Hard Feelings, HYPSTRZ, The Orpheans,
Corpusse, Telekrimen, and tonnes more…
This issue includes Mongrel Zine Vol. 4 CD Comp with 28 tracks
including Bloodshot Bill’s “In the Graveyard…!” written especially for
this Halloween issue of Mongrel Zine!
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Interviews with Demon’s
Claws, Red Mass, The Black Lips, Dead Ghosts, artist TrUdE, The Sunday
Sinners, Bloodshot Bill, Manic Attracts, Nardwuar the Human Serviette,
Gerard Van Herk (Deja Voodoo), Teenage Hookers, Petroleum By-Product,
Simply Saucer plus other lubricants like a tribute to the late Sky
Saxon, Mike Sniper (Blank Dogs), reviews, and a 25-track CD Comp of
the best new garage, punk, and rocknroll!
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