JJ RASSLER - Co-songwriter, Lead guitar, Backing vocals
JENNIFER D'ANGORA - Co-songwriter, Lead vocals, Rhythm guitar
MIKE YOCCO - Bass guitar, Backing vocals
JEFF NORCROSS - Drums, Backing vocals
影響
'70s punk (NY Dolls, Stooges, Patti Smith, MC5, etc.), '60s girl group, Brill Building writers, Stones, rock 'n' roll (Faces, Mott the Hoople, etc.), outlaw country, old timey, bluegrass, garage punk and much more.
Formed in 1999 by lead guitarist JJ Rassler (founding member of influential Boston bands DMZ and The Queers) and singer/rhythm guitarist Jen D'Angora, along with bassist Mike Yocco and drummer Jeff Norcross, The Downbeat 5 draws on British invasion bands like the Yardbirds and Animals, spikes the brew with the toughest female vocals this side of a women's prison riot, and tops it all off with decades worth of aggression, attitude and volume. After whetting the appetites of garage punk fans worldwide with their first two releases, Ism and Victory Motel, the band pulls out all the stops for their first live CD, Smoke & Mirrors, released by Steel Cage Records. The result is 12 adrenaline-fueled shots of pure, real, raw rock and roll that grab you by the ears and cut straight to the bone. The Downbeat 5 have played with legends such as The Hoodoo Gurus, Richard Lloyd, The Knitters, the Pretty Things the Surfaris, the Wailers, Sylvain Sylvain & Jayne County, Dick Dale, the Zombies as well as current garage rockers such as The Detroit Cobras, Holly Golightly, the Muffs, Mr. Airplane Man, Demolition Doll Rods, Preachers Kids, the Flaming Stars, and many, many more.
our sixth cd "the kids are alright" is being released in CT on NOV. 28 at the EL-N-GEE in NEW LONDON (ALL AGES) and in MASS on DEC. 5 at LONDON BILLIARDS in WORCESTER (18+)!!!!
Just heard the Downbeat 5 on Little Steven's Underground Garage again. Woohoo! I guess it shouldn't surprise me anymore, since it's on Coolest Songs in the World volume 8 now, but I still perk up when I realize a "local" band is being played on a nationally (and internationally!) syndicated radio show!
Algren's debut album and its accompanying graphic novel are available now on iTunes, CD Baby, and others. Visit www.waywardsound.com for songs and images from the project!
HUGH CORNWELL (of The Stranglers) Wednesday, Sept. 9th w/ THE EASY OUTS (10:00) & TUNNELS TO HOLLAND (9:15) advance tix $10 available on ticketweb.com day of the show $12 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WAYNE "THE TRAIN" HANCOCK Saturday, Sept. 19th w/ THE COPPERTONES & DEBRA DYNAMITE & THE TORPEDOES advance tix $10 available on ticketweb.com day of the show $12
I just wanted to show some love and say that was a sick show you guys put on Friday night at TT's. It was the first time I heard you guys, and I really dig what you guys have goin on. I especially liked you're version of Number One
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