"Sleep late, have fun, get wild, drink whiskey and drive fast on empty streets with nothing in mind except falling in love and not getting arrested." ~Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005)
"No matter how corrupt, greedy and heartless our government, our corporations, our media, and our religious and charitable institutions may become, the music will still be wonderful. If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph:
THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD WAS MUSIC."
Goner Records (Memphis), Deke Dickerson (Show-Me Blowout!), Trouble in River City fanzine (STL), Jet Lag (STL), Cavestomp! (NYC), Budget Rock Fests (SF), Rotterdam Rumble (The Netherlands), Dot Dash (NYC), MyFatAss Promotions (Seattle), M.O.D. Promotions (Indianapolis), Mystic Knights of the Mau-Mau (New Orleans), Fuzz Fest (KC), Las Vegas Grind, Vegas Shakedown, Sleazefest, Garage Shock, TrebleFest, Horizontal Action, GaragePunk.com, Victim of Time, Crypt Records, Norton Records, In the Red, Rip Off, Bomp/Alive, Voodoo Rhythm, Florida's Dying, Empty, Big Neck, Douchemaster, Hook or Crook, Dionysus, Damaged Goods, Swami, Get Hip, Boom Boom, Radio X, Flying Bomb, Shake Your Ass, Dirtnap, Contaminated, Stiff, SFTRI, Screaming Apple, Alien Snatch, P.Trash, Dead Beat, Slovenly, Misprint, Criminal IQ, Shattered, Trick Knee, Estrus, Telstar, Die Slaughterhaus, Big Muddy, Pro-Vel, The Pit's, etc.
Desperate Rock'n'Roll, Garage Punk, Budget Rock, Broken Blues, Surf Trash, Art-Damaged Noise, Synth Punk, Power Pop, Hard-Edged New Wave, Rockabilly, '60s Soul Stompers, Greasy R&B, Freakbeat, Mod/Psych, Lounge/Exotica, Big Beat, Frat Rock, Glam, Hardcore Punk, Electroclash, One-Man Bands and primitive rumblings emanating from the garages, basements, backwoods and dark alleys of the Midwest... Get the picture?
Stuff like: The Sonics, The Mummies, Oblivians, Teengenerate, The Monks, Radio Birdman, The Black Lips, Supercharger, Billy Childish, The Devil Dogs, The 13th Floor Elevators, Iggy & The Stooges, The Phantom Surfers, The Trashwomen, The Untamed Youth, The Spits, The Dirtbombs, King Khan & BBQ Show, The Revelators, Link Wray, Hasil Adkins, Dead Boys, Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers, New York Dolls, The Lost Sounds, MC5, The Spaceshits, The Gun Club, The Wipers, The Miracle Workers, The Cynics, The 5.6.7.8's, Lyres, The Pretty Things, The Seeds, The Nomads, The Swingin' Neckbreakers, Chuck Berry, Downliners Sect, Screamin' Lord Sutch, The Screamin' Mee-Mees, The Gories, Les Sexareenos, The Reatards, The Reigning Sound, The Royal Nonesuch, The Marked Men, Los Marauders, The Saints, The Real Kids, Angry Samoans, The Wailers, The Swamp Rats, The Electric Prunes, The Drags, The Fleshtones, The Chesterfield Kings, The Cramps, Nikki & The Corvettes, Ike Turner, The Chocolate Watchband, DMZ, The Gentleman Callers, The Detroit Cobras, The Cheater Slicks, King Coleman, The Country Teasers, The Flakes, Guitar Wolf, Demon's Claws, The Time Flys, M.O.T.O., The Woggles, Killed By Death, Back From the Grave, Garage Punk Unknowns, Teenage Shutdown, Pebbles, Nuggets, and lots, lots more...
TROUBLE IN RIVER CITY Records, Booking/Promotions, Google Group, and Podcast
TIRC is about rock'n'roll. REAL rock'n'roll. It's about wearing your heart on your sleeve and speaking your own mind. It's about kickin' ass and having fun. It's about trashy, sleazy, noisy, raw low-budget outsider music and culture. It ain't about musicianship. It ain't about technical skill. It ain't about politics or snooty, cooler-than-thou hipster attitudes. We're just here to try and showcase some raunchy rock'n'roll. And we accomplish this task any number of different ways... with an email list (Google Group), a podcast, a record label, and local show promotion. Watch the calendar on this page for shows of interest, or subscribe to the TIRC list by entering your email address in the form below...
TIRC Records on Grunnen Rocks. In the beginning... Trouble in River City (TIRC) started out as a Yahoo-based email list back in the late '90s (stealing the name from a local punk rock fanzine that existed in the early '90s), then kinda morphed into a record label in 2000 to release trashy garage, punk, surf, and primitive rock'n'roll from St. Louis and beyond. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it), the label only saw two releases. The first (TIRC-001) was a compilation CD called Landlocked & Loaded!, which featured "Hi-Octane Underground Rock'n'Roll from the Great Midwest," including music from such star-studded bands as The Geargrinders, The Revelators, The Trip Daddys, The Cripplers, Thee Lordly Serpents, and a few others. The 2nd release was a 7" single by a local surf/instro band, The Honkeys ("Tossage" b/w "Tell 'Em Large Marge Sent Ya!"). Copies of both releases are still available, and are cheap. If you would like to own one of these releases, just click the PayPal "Buy it Now" buttons below:
V/A: Landlocked & Loaded (TIRC-001) $10.00 PPD
The Honkeys 7" Single (TIRC-002) $3.00 PPD
LEFT ARM - Dissatisoul CD (TIRC-003)
Just $6.00 PPD! Click here to visit our store to order!
Looking forward to seeing you this Saturday at the first Filthy at our new home at Atomic Cowboy! The "Filthy Fiesta" Party starts at 10pm, following an all day Cinco De Mio celebration at the venue. We have Filthy cocktails, Filthy shots and $1 High Life Beers in addition to everything else The Party deserves!
FILTHY is THIS SAT @ DANTES, come out and down some $2 wells with us!...this is our last party at this venue then we're moving to Atomic Cowboy in MAY!!
LEFT ARM - Dissatisoul CD (TIRC-003)
