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U.S. Christmas
Rock

"Free James Presnell !!!!!!"

MARION, North Carolina
United States

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Last Login:  12/1/2008
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   U.S. Christmas: General Info
Member Since11/25/2006
Band Websiteuschristmas.net
Band Members• Nate Hall - Guitars, Goddamn Vocals, Electric Banjo• Matt Johnson - Too Much Theremin, Guitars • John Presnell - Funk Bass (but just a little) • Tim Greene - Lead Drums, Juice Harp• Romannis Mötte - Synth Twisting, Guitars, Head Wine Taster • Ben Teeter- Sythetic Keys, Blips, Long Lost Lovers, 840X1680
Influences(Internal motives) REVENGE, SPITE, MELLOWNESS, SPITE (Music) Goblin,Rush,Grand Funk Railroad,Swans, Brainticket, ZZ Top, Queen, Crazy Horse, Bob Dylan, Sam Peckinpah, SRV, Hendrix, Lemmy
Sounds LikeAll the cool parts of "The Devil Went Down To Georgia"
Record LabelNEUROT RECORDINGS, R.A.I.G. Records Russia, NOMASS
Type of LabelIndie




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Jan 31 2009 8:00P
TBA/ Knoxville w/Across Tundras & GOV Knoxville, Tennessee
Apr 25 2009 8:00P
Beyond the Pale/Roadburn Fest Tilburg, Zuid-Holland
Oct 25 2010 8:00P
Stroker's Self Gratification Lounge Stumptown

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   About U.S. Christmas
From Crucial Blast Records - The first "real" CD release from this North Carolina band comes to us circuitousy from the generally-baffling Russian label R.A.I.G., whose previous releases from artists like Womba, Mux, and Won James Won have been mappings of strange electronica/noise/spazz-rock terrain, all of which I have grooved on mightily over the past year, but it is a little odd to get introduced to an American psych-metal band through 'em. On the other hand, U.S. Christmas' Salt the Wound does fit in nicely next to those two Seven That Spells albums that R.A.I.G. issued, which makes a statement about the imprint's excellent taste in cosmic rock heaviness. Taking their name from an obscure Sam Peckinpah film reference, this quintet hails from Marion, a small town nestled in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in western North Carolina, where they have concocted a ragged, burly brand of modern psychedelia over the course of two self-released CD-Rs; for their first "real" album, the band has taken material from their previous discs and reworked/rearranged/re-recorded them into Salt The Wound, with a sound that combines classic 70's psych rock, Caustic Resin, Neurosis like dirge, gooey sludge metal, blues and early country music, Hawkwind style spacerock explorations, and the expansive fire rock of late 70's Neil Young & Crazy Horse. Quite a heady mix, but Salt The Wound ties these influences and stylings together with a righteously loose energy as the band works out extended riff feasts littered with spacey theremin strains and some of the coolest molten synthesizer woosh this side of Comets On Fire, resulting in 10 jams of awesome life affirming heaviness. At just over an hour long, the band keeps it dynamic and ever changing as they move from the moving, distortion-caked country/space rock sludge of 'Lazarus' to 'Death By Horses' awesome motorik rush, the doomed cosmic boogie of 'Devil's Flower' and 'Thin The Herd''s instrumental Southern rock. Trippy, rocking, crushing, this is a stellar first album from U.S. Christmas, presented in a gatefold sleeve with great artwork by Victor Pushkin. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• U.S. CHRISTMAS – “Bad Heart Bull” CD ’05 (Nomass, US) – I remember reading about these North Carolina guys before I got their CD and noted that they hated the term “stoner rock.” I liked the sentiment, at least, because good ol’ “stoner” is just another genre that’s gotten bloated by mediocrity. Now hearing “Bad Heart Bull,” it’s way more than just a sentiment. U.S. CHRISTMAS, you see, are miles from stoner rock. Stoner rock is in a big glitzy record store in a mall somewhere in a N.C. city like Charlotte. U.S. CHRISTMAS are way outside the mall. You’d have to go down the interstate & take the exit farthest out of town. Then you’d go 40 or 50 miles down a 2-lane road & veer off on a barely marked set of dirt tire tracks with weeds growing up between ‘em. Then you’d need to get in an old pick-up with a column stick shift and trundle 10 miles further into the woods to get to the place where music this vital & dangerous comes from. This, my friends, is the stuff of darkness, but of real human darkness. If Paul Chain was from the American South, this is the kind of music he’d make. The album opens with the acoustic-laden title track but it’s not peaches & cream. This is a stark, raw-nerve portal into the depths of caustic heaviness that explodes in “New War.” If Tony Iommi and Neil Young emerged together from a swamp in 1971, they’d have brought this with them. And, this alternating light & shade continues through “Gallows Humor,” “Black Snake,” “Walk Under” & “Lazarus” then emptying, sludge-like, into the boiling “Thin The Herd.” Finally, everything is paradoxically tied together & blown apart by the 12-minute descent into chaos that is “Bad Heart Bull II.” Stoner rock, my ass, there isn’t a genre that can hold a beast like this. - Ray Dorsey/Chaos Realm

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angeldust





Nov 27 2008 10:30 PM

Thanks.
Alternitalia - Gianluca Polverari





Nov 25 2008 11:52 AM

Hi,
thanks for your add.
I have put one of your great songs on my profile.
You are the band of the day.
Ciao
Gianluca
from Rome
seth





Nov 22 2008 10:40 AM

great band
thanx 4 the add
UnHeard Radio (a mix of Rock, Hip Hop, and Metal)





Nov 21 2008 6:17 PM



white bug





Nov 14 2008 2:14 PM

come to New York again!
ciao ciao
Moonlight666





Nov 11 2008 10:51 AM

Hello !!!

Thanx for the add :)

I've got a website, with many many different things , but also a Photo Gallery (because i'm a photographer) !!

Allez sur www.moonlight666.com
See ya
Talis





Nov 11 2008 8:34 AM

Wayne-o Muy Bueno





Nov 10 2008 10:03 PM

You guys are easily my favorite band I've discovered this year.
Please play Chicago soon!
Ĵ Ǒ Ħ Ŋ





Nov 10 2008 10:06 AM

Thanx for the add guys...
Respect.
cristo





Nov 7 2008 8:53 PM

thanks for the add.
i find your music very interesting
In Ur Face





Nov 6 2008 3:30 PM



taklamakan





Nov 2 2008 3:44 AM

taklamakan - lighthouse (2008) free download

http://www. mediafire. com/?ymgy5w52giy
bEAuTies oF tHE NigHt





Oct 31 2008 4:37 PM

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stronghold crvsader





Oct 31 2008 3:48 AM

HAPPY HALLOWE'EN
Green Eggs and Jam - Boone!!!





Oct 28 2008 3:12 PM

2 Asheville shows in one month!!! Have the hipsters lost their fucking minds!!!
Johanna Jacobsen





Oct 27 2008 6:25 PM

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween Graphics


Graphics for Orkut, Myspace, Friendster, Hi5
ThinK KastendeucH...





Oct 26 2008 11:58 AM

Great album! Hope we'll see you in France soon...
another face





Oct 25 2008 9:53 PM

Amazing show last night. Silent Tongue took my soul somewhere the likes of which I may never see or feel again.
Somewhere Beyond Echoes





Oct 25 2008 2:21 AM

Our full length debut album is now available for FREE download. Stop by our page and pick it up at the link provided there.
-Matthew
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Oct 18 2008 2:05 PM

we love you guys, cant wait to get our chill on next saturday!
aaron





Oct 18 2008 11:24 AM

Richmond beckons you for an encore! The house show you all played is still one of the best shows I've been to all year.
Human Pippi Armstrong





Oct 18 2008 3:16 AM

i blew a cherried bowl in my face once and made the same noise. whats the word for that "spoof" or something? "the woman-boy coughed and spoofed the bongload all over the carpet." sounds dirty.
Manoir de Maniaque





Oct 14 2008 11:07 PM

IZAH [synth player wanted]





Oct 14 2008 2:07 PM

Nice stuff guys. Looking forward to seeing you in Tilburg!
Cheers,
Roel
IZAH
mOAt vs MooK