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Trouble in River City

St. Louis Rock’n’Roll Action!

About Me



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...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/29/2005
Band Website: troubleinrivercity.com
Band Members:

"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."


~Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007)

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Influences:

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.

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Sounds Like: 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...
Record Label: Well, yeah, kinda. It is what it is...
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Follow TIRC on Twitter!

This has been working pretty well in getting the word out about shows, so I thought I'd post the link here for what it's worth (guess that makes sense, right?)...http://www.twitter.com/tircFor promoti...
Posted by Trouble in River City on Tue, 06 May 2008 08:00:00 PST

Join us on THE CIRCUIT (and THE HIDEOUT)!

If you're in St. Louis, join us on THE CIRCUIT:http://circuit.lofistl.comOr if you're not from around here, check out THE HIDEOUT:http://hideout.garagepunk.comBoth are Ning social network communities ...
Posted by Trouble in River City on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 07:36:00 PST

LEFT ARM - Dissatisoul OUT NOW!

The insanity just never ends here at TIRC Exitprises! The company made an official statement this past Monday during a press conference called by company CEGO (Chief Executive Goof-Off) Harvey Floorba...
Posted by Trouble in River City on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 01:04:00 PST

Trouble in River City: THE BLOG!

No, not this one, silly... this one:www.troubleinrivercity.comThink of it as Bedazzled for St. Louis, only with show announcements and other local rock'n'roll scene stuff thrown in... bookmark it, lin...
Posted by Trouble in River City on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:31:00 PST

TIRCey Franchising

We have a "sister list" for KC/Lawrence now:http://groups.google.com/group/TIRC-KCJust an FYI kinda thing.
Posted by Trouble in River City on Tue, 01 May 2007 02:48:00 PST

Join the TIRC list already!

Just a reminder, if ya live in St. Louis, and you're not on it, please join it.http://groups.google.com/group/TIRC-STLOh, and don't be shy... POST!Thanks....
Posted by Trouble in River City on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 11:02:00 PST

Question Mark benefit show - March 30th at Off Broadway

Friday March 30thOff Broadway (St. Louis, MO)www.offbroadwaystl.comA benefit for ? and The Mysterianswww.96tears.netwww.myspace.com/questionmarkandthem ysteriansAppearing live on stage:The Gentleman Ca...
Posted by Trouble in River City on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 10:09:00 PST

TIRC (Trash in River City)

Tune into KDHX FM 88.1 this Tuesday night (Wednesday morning) from 2-4am for the debut episode of Talkin' Trash with Trashley! Those of you who miss The Wayback Machine have a new local garage/punk/ro...
Posted by Trouble in River City on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:58:00 PST

The TIRC List

We have 740 MySpace friends, yet only 130 people on the email list:http://groups.google.com/group/TIRC-STLIf you're interested in rock'n'roll and the rock'n'roll lifestyle in St. Louis, you should joi...
Posted by Trouble in River City on Fri, 24 Nov 2006 11:18:00 PST

The new TIRC list!

Like the label, the old email list is also back from the grave! But this time it's a Google Group! Check it out and join...http://groups.google.com/group/TIRC-STL...
Posted by Trouble in River City on Wed, 17 May 2006 11:49:00 PST