Member Since: 11/30/2006
Band Website: stonefigs.com
Band Members: Blake "100% Jesus" Fig bass / vocals / fleshflute
Donnie "Cap'n Jesus Jackson" Fig guitar / vocals
Dustin "Jesus Jonnie" Fig guitar / vocals/ drums
Justin "Jesus Justice" Fig drums / guitar
*everybody claps
"This local quartet digs deep into vinyl history for a ferocious hybrid of Stooges' 'tude and Gang of Four angst. It's all bratty hedonism, and angular post-punk elbows and knees sharp enough to draw aural blood. The debut, Just Taste It, suggests the sort of music that keeps parents up at night wondering if their kids are on "the dope," since the sex and rock & roll are here in spades. And for the proverbial cherry on top, each band member's stage moniker includes a reference to Jesus. Oh, sweet sacrilege."
- Creative Loafing
"Stone Figs--the new Rapture, with balls"
"Their hedonistic attitude and sarcastic lyrics
encourage dancing and nudity, often in
that order."
-Ocean Drive Magazine
Readers pick Stone Figs as Charlotte's Best
new band 2007
-Creative Loafing
Influences: Modern Lovers, The Clean, Gang Of Four, the lyrebird, Wire, Arthur Rimbaud, Alternative TV, Andy Warhol, Jean Cocteau, New York Dolls, Nico, NEU!, Neon Boys/Voidoids, Yardbirds, Damned, Anthony Braxton, Can, Television, Al Green, Deacon Lunchbox, Last Poets
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