Joe Kline - Vocals, guitar, songwriter
Cookie - Drums
Patrick Gray - Lead guitars
Richard Mockler - Guitar, keyboards
Frank Trevino - Bass, vocals
Influences
Ramones, Steve Earl, Mott the Hoople, New York Dolls, Tom Petty, Joe Ely, Bonnie & Clyde, Geoff Berner, Bronko, Kolshak the Night Stalker, Arthur Alexander, the Stooges
From pulse-pounding rock to sing-along dementia, Your Friends The Plaintiffs™ bring the goods. Songs full of stories to write home about. Guitars that’ll peel your paint. A little bit of heartbreak when you need it. And a wound-up, locked-down performance style you’ll be sure to stand up for.
Think about it: this is a band that just finished an album with Jack Endino, but sometimes hosts Vicious Haiku contests with Japanese sex-toy prizes. The Flawed Five that brought you La Famila, 2006’s Career Records violence-across-America release. And the ONLY people you can count on to deliver the three-guitar onslaught of “Idiot Ride”, a heartbreaking ballad, and a trombone and calliope-driven ode to sheer survival – all in the same set.
You got your guitars, some keyboards, and the legendary vocals and songwriting of Joey Kline. Steve Earle meets Roy Loney on an elevator and they have a love child while toasting Andy Kaufman. Something like that. It’ll keep you awake, for sure, no matter what you’ve taken, and 98.7% come back for more.
As I listen to "All my Action," I am filled with the surreal realization that we are brothers, and that you continue to make music with one of our best friends from high school. Richard is a mensch.
I am also reminded of just how temporary our lives are. We really should record at least one CD together before we shuffle off the mortal coil, don't you think?
Guys, This'll be your last chance to see my band play before I head out on tour until May. Let's plan on doing a show in June at the Dubliner or someplace. Lemme know OK!
