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Thee Electric Bastards

Committed to the pursuit of awesomeness.

About Me


I think I understand the purpose this little blurb is supposed to serve. I write something that makes you say, "Hey! I think I'd like that!" and you come and see us and buy our album or you read this and say, "What an asshole" and that, I would guess, would be the end of that.
I've read quite a few of these things. They are at best boring and at worst pretentious-- usually filled out with the BAM and POW of tall claims of saving Rock and Roll or promises that, really, we sound like your favorite band-- I swear.
Rock and Roll, somewhere, is doing okay without any of us and I have no idea what your favorite band is.
I guess I could compare our band's musical output to feces. Yep, that's shit, pal. What I mean is that someone somewhere ate some Big Black, a bunch of old punk stuff, went on to eventually devour some 60's and 70's rock and psychedelic (or is it psychedelia?) and eventually sat on the porcelain and 'let loose the kraken' as we used to say on tour.
Of course, now you're going to listen to the record and say, "That sounds nothing like Big Black." Well, cake doesn't taste like baked eggs, but they're in there.
You'll like it. Or you won't. Take a listen. Come to a show. We're a band whose strong point is obviously not competent self-promotion. But we'd like to keep doing this and maybe get some people into it.
Like my dad used to say-- "Go mow the lawn."

See ya.
Love,
thee Electric Bastards

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/6/2004
Band Website: theeelectricbastards.com
Band Members: 5 dudes, 5 very handsome dudes:
Donnie James Rio, Fred Zeppelin, Dan Halen, White Lionel, Lars Volta
Influences: Bowie, The Kinks, Hendrix, Devo, Zeppelin, T Rex, AC/DC, Van Halen, The Oblivians, The Police, YES, Pink Floyd, Thin Lizzy, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Boston, Rolling Stones, Steely Dan, IronfuckinMaiden, Overkill, Flaming Lips, Alice Cooper, The Ramones, The Misfits, Talking Heads, Neil Young, Joe Walsh, The Cars, Dead Kennedys, Nirvana, Beatles, Danzig, Morbid Angel, Beach Boys, Motorhead, Johnny Cash, Pixies, Jesus Lizard, Big Black, The Replacements, Aerosmith, Roky Erikson....we are also under the influence of pabst, weed and science fiction.
Sounds Like: "Think Ray Davies of The Kinks thrown into a blender with The Flaming Lips and Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd (probably not a good visual), and you have just scratched the surface of how musically and lyrically twisted this band is..." --Northeast In Tune

"The last time we talked to Cave In's Steve Brodsky, he was raving about Boston's Thee Electric Bastards, whose expansive psych-pop falls somewhere in among Brodsky's solo material, the Zeppelin end of the White Stripes catalogue (but only if it was scored by an Elephant Six band), and Yoshimi-type Flaming Lips. And if that seems like an awful lot of territory, well, they cover a hell of a lot of it."--the Boston Phoenix

See? Cool people think we are awesome...you want to be cool, don't you?
Record Label: Chromepeeler
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

5 Ways to Get Your Comment Deleted or Robot Porn: Mechanized Smut Whose Time Has Cum

I'm feeling fairly cranky these days for whatever reason, so I thought I would take it on you, "Mr. Myspace Comment Leaver".  Myspace used to be a decent way to hear some bands you've never heard...
Posted by Thee Electric Bastards on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 01:22:00 PST

we're sorry...

we suck at the internet.  to those who e-mailed complaining that you couldn't add one of our songs to your profile, we apologize.  I forgot to click the button.  whoops.  anyway, s...
Posted by Thee Electric Bastards on Fri, 04 Aug 2006 08:00:00 PST

A song about dead pets, black jets and rotting teeth...

Hello Internet Friends,If it pleases you, please take approximately 3 minutes to find a new state of being via the listening to of our new toon, Black Jets which you may pleased to be finding on our m...
Posted by Thee Electric Bastards on Wed, 02 Aug 2006 10:16:00 PST

P.S. F(_)ck Machine

P.S. We've also officially granted Newscorp non-exclusive licensing rights to this song by uploading it onto the ole' Myspace.* Such is the sacrifice we make in order to allow you, our Friends, to ac...
Posted by Thee Electric Bastards on Sun, 23 Jul 2006 10:46:00 PST

Soooper Sneak Preview Track from the 'Live at Club Awesome!' album

Greetings Dudes and Dudettes and Dudinos and Dudinas, Submitted for your approval:  A Ruff Cut of the very shortest song to appear on the upcoming "Thee Electric Bastards:  Live at Club...
Posted by Thee Electric Bastards on Fri, 23 Jun 2006 03:45:00 PST

finally...a new record.

Aloha,In just a matter of days, we will have finished our album, the long awaited, "Live at Club Awesome."  Having had to record half of the songs twice, due to the tracks we lost whilst navigati...
Posted by Thee Electric Bastards on Wed, 07 Jun 2006 08:59:00 PST

How we rock..

Hey Look!!  It's us rockin' out!!  This is not even slightly annoying, is it?!?!...
Posted by Thee Electric Bastards on Mon, 19 Dec 2005 01:16:00 PST

I'm In Love!!!

Call Oprah, we need to jump up and down on her couch.....I'm In Love!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *(not actually a decleration of affection for another human being, but the title of a live track from our re...
Posted by Thee Electric Bastards on Thu, 01 Dec 2005 06:47:00 PST

New Tune: Black Jets

Hola Citizen, We have been hard at work making new hits for you..please, check out the demo of Black Jets --fresh off the boat from Awesomerville and ready to run amuk in your hometown. You r...
Posted by Thee Electric Bastards on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

I had a dream about Tom...

I slept quite fitfully one stormy night and my slumber was bombarded by dreams of the strangest nature. You know how the most vivid dream is the one you have right before you wake up? Well, in this ...
Posted by Thee Electric Bastards on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST