Prog folk art punk

9 MP3 Songs
ROCK: Punk, ROCK: Progressive Rock



Details:
Ever since I was a young child, Ive dreamed of being a T-shirt salesman. But how to make my dream a reality ? I thought, the best way to do this would be to start a band. We called ourselves "Jack Feels Fine" we practiced; we played; we toured; we made a record; we toured some more; then we broke up. I built a recording studio and recorded other bands for awhile. I recorded "Bystander" a studio project and started "Capital Punishment" an internet record company. "The Askmasters" were looking for a bass player and asked me to join. Once again, we practiced; we played; we recorded an album; then we broke up. In the summer of 2002 "Bystander" when to play the NXNE music festival in Toronto, but by the summer of 2003 "Bystander" had broken up (and there was only 1 member, me?!)
Now I am called "The Kettle Black" and I own the dot com to prove it. I finished my first recording early 2004 and Im starting to play shows again. I play acoustic and electric guitars, bass and synth/piano, I use samples, a couple of loop stations and a drum machine. Someone said it sounded like Mr.Wrong and Neil Young jamming with Roland (formerly of Big Black) in Roger Waters living room. I dont know but it sure is nice to be back on the road selling my T-shirts again.

Tour dates are at:
http://www.myspace.com/nickjohannes


- Awesome underground art-punk from Vancouver. For fans of old-school weirdo cool - artcore punk bands like Bliss, NoMeansNo, The Dead Kennedys, Big Black, SNFU and the European neo-folk/dark-folk scene.

There's a super distant quality to the bleak and angst-ridden vocals. The album is heavy on bass in a way that you don't hear so often these days - it reminds me of the 80's, back when there were all those killer bass players that were super-integral to the sound and grooves - Kira and Mike Watt, for example. Sounds great! Acoustic guitars and lots of industrial-tinged, epic, minimalist tribal/gothic drum pounding that reminds me of European neo-folk bands.

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