A group of guys well worth knowing: Contact The Makeshift Gentlemen by messaging us on MySpace, Emailing us at booking@themakeshiftgentlemen.net or call (636) 346-7146.
Lead vocalist, Songwriter, Guitarist, Joe Swigunski
Drummer, Louis Brown
Synthesizer and Back-up Vocals, Jake Ferree
Bassist and Back-up Vocals, John Henselmeier
Influences
The Faint, Bloc Party,Ladytron, Artic Monkeys, Femme Fatality, NIN, New Order, Daft Punk, Modest Mouse, Franz Ferdinand, The bravery, Interpol, Shiny Toy Guns, !!!(chk, chk, chk), Houston Calls, Klaxons, Beatles, Manson, The Killers, Fisherspooner
Sounds Like
Gifts for Christmas: The Makeshift Gentlemen play some half-goth electro, so we'd like to give the band eggnog and Dance Dance Revolution. Its members need eggnog because they sound like they dig getting drunk — and they need DDR to keep up their electro-tendencies.-The Riverfront Times 2007
"The Makeshift Gentlemen mixes hooks and memorable (if often absurd) lyrics along with kinetic energy — the songs never linger too long and always have somewhere to go, if not always something to say." - Christian Schaeffer - The Riverfront Times
""Our Town" takes its electroclash beginnings and builds toward an anthem, with shouted vocals just begging for your raised fists to pump along." - Christian Schaeffer -The Riverfront Times
"Casanova begins with a 30-second pipe-organ instrumental reminiscent of The Phantom of the Opera before the guitar-shredding and swooping synthesizers of the title track kicks in. Singer and guitarist Joe Swigunksi embodies these songs with the conviction of a theater kid and with more balls than most of his emo peers. Swigunksi even gives T-Pain a run for his money in the auto-tuned "Giant Mechanical Spider," as his voice flanges and oscillates along with the keyboards. Jake Ferree's keyboards coat every song with big, buzzy glissandos and that two-note playing style Nick Rhodes made famous in Duran Duran. Rick Wakeman it ain't, but it fits the mood and style of these songs." - Christian Schaeffer -The Riverfront Times
Us on Lawrence Live! - Intermission (Ripped off Techno)
THE MAKESHIFT GENTLEMEN- LIVE @ THE BLUEBIRD 11/21/07
THE MAKESHIFT GENTLEMEN- LIVE @ 2 CENTS PLAIN 2/23/08
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hey! Thanks for being our friend, come check us out if you get a chance! Also, we would really appriciate your vote for us to play at Cornerstone Festival this year! <br /><br />Come chat!<br /><br />matt<br />-CLFD-
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