It was a strange night in the mountains of the Okanagan when bands and various hippies and bikers sat around campfires during a hemp festival waiting to play the next day. It was here that a guitar player from a metal/glam rock band met up with two guys from a three chord goofy as hell punk band and said, "Dude, we should get together and form a country punk band." Because... why not? The three moved to Vancouver and started playing together. The members who used to have trouble writing songs that were over a minute long suddenly began writing four minute rock songs, and the guy who actually knew how to play and write music started coming up with two minute punk songs. Throw in a country song or two and the boys started playing shows in the scuzziest venues Vancouver had to offer. From the bright lights of the Cobalt to some guys stink-ass basement, Six Pack Jacket knows that there's nothing too low for their rock 'n' roll. These humble beginnings begat humble middles but five years later, much as a flea clinging to the backside of a mangy sheepdog, this band stubbornly refuses to submit to a humble end. No, wait forget that last bit. We ARE humbly ending. Goin' out with a whimper.
Bands we've had the pleasure of sharing a stage with: Agriculture Club, Attack Addict, Bogart!, Cadaver Dogs, Christ Complex, Creature Republic, Cripple Creek Fairies, The Culls, DC Heads, Dead Jesus, Dead Man's Hand, Desmadre, Devils Right Hand, Dirty Roses, Download, The Firebrands, Haut Chachis, The Hell & Backs, Hippiecritz, Hurricane Felix and the Southern Twisters, Inner Surge, The Jolts, Killbillies, League of Corruption, Leftnutt, Legion, Nightstalkers, Scorched Banditos, Skumbagz, The Smokin' 45's, Soft Bulletin, Sonic Orchid, Staff Only, Steinhoister, Sugar Coated Killers, The Von Tomcats, and Whiskey Dick. If we forgot you give us shit.
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