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About Me

"Junkies and Thieves" Songwriter/Lead Guitarist Chris Eaton learned 3 guitar chords from a buddy back in the Bronx at age 13, then was thrown onstage two weeks later at Manny's Carwash Blues in Manhattan and told, "Either go up and play some blues or I'm leavin' you in the city."
"EATON: "I was scared shitless and sucked at 12 bar blues all night,
but played my ass off anyways" Five years later Eaton was playing and touring with some of NY's best cover and original bands (opening for Tesla, Gilby Clark, et al). Meanwhile back in Colorado... Lead Man/Lyricist Jason Race was busy singing at local bars, chasing jail-bait, and dreaming of meeting someone like Chris Eaton (EATON MODESTLY SAYS)! Cut to late 2004 in San Diego. Eaton met Race in a now defunct local band, jumped in as lead guitar to check out the local scene, and basically stole the front guy.
RACE: I took one look at Chris and thought, 'Now there a big
heavy metal lookin mutha, but man can that dude wail.
EATON: "Best thing about J is he can be thrown outside with a napkin, pencil, cig, and some raw music, and come skulking back
in 20 minutes with the perfect melody line and lyrics.
Wyoming Loud and Heavy Fest Broadcast Live thanks too...
Perhaps Eaton's refusal to revitalize what he calls "Mediocre 2-Chord Pussy Rock" accelerated the emergence of Junkies and Thieves... with a vengeance!! Junkies hit the San Diego music scene New Years Eve 2004 after only two weeks of hard-core practice. Even the first 6 shows were played to full houses of rock-starved fans, despite California's record onslaught of rain waiting for show nights to cut loose. "If it wasn't rainin', we weren't playin", thus the name of their first EP released Mid 2005.
"If It Ain't Rainin". THE BEST PART: "We love it when fans run up after a show and say...
'THIS is THE BAND man... finally some real ROCK N ROLL!'"
Junkies and Thieves brought down the house Nov 9, 2006 as the opening act at the 16th Annual LA MUSIC AWARDS, bringing home awards for 2006 ROCK EP OF THE YEAR and 2006 ROCK COMPOSER OF THE YEAR. JNT'S currently busy finishing up a full length CD, lovingly called SUNDAY NIGHT HOOKERS... and looking forward to telling the story of the title!
The Real RockStars ... YOU!
Junkies ain't nuthin without our fans and friends

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Member Since: 4/18/2007
Band Website: junkiesandthieves.com
Band Members:The Awards

2006 LA Rock Composer
Chris Eaton
2006 LA Rock EP
"If It Ain't Rainin'"
The Band
Chris Eaton - Guitar
Jason Race - Lead Vocals

Influences: Aerosmith - Bon Jovi - Motley Crue - Poison - The Black Crowes - Led Zeppelin - Stone Temple Pilots - Guns N' Roses - Black Sabbath - David Bowie - ZZ Top - Dream Theater - Queensryche - Pearl Jam - The Rolling Stones - Van Halen - Jimmy Page - Zack Wylde - Joe Perry - Tom Petty - Tesla - Ozzy - Aerosmith - Bon Jovi - Motley Crue - Poison - The Black Crowes - Led Zeppelin - Stone Temple Pilots - Guns N' Roses - Black Sabbath - David Bowie - ZZ Top - Dream Theater - Queensryche - Pearl Jam - The Rolling Stones - Van Halen - Jimmy Page - Zack Wylde - Joe Perry - Tom Petty - Tesla - Ozzy -Aerosmith - Bon Jovi - Motley Crue - Poison - The Black Crowes - Led Zeppelin - Stone Temple Pilots - Guns N' Roses - Black Sabbath - David Bowie - ZZ Top - Dream Theater - Queensryche - Pearl Jam - The Rolling Stones - Van Halen - Jimmy Page - Zack Wylde - Joe Perry - Tom Petty - Tesla - Ozzy -Aerosmith - Bon Jovi - Motley Crue - Poison - The Black Crowes - Led Zeppelin - Stone Temple Pilots - Guns N' Roses - Black Sabbath - David Bowie - ZZ Top - Dream Theater - Queensryche - Pearl Jam - The Rolling Stones - Van Halen - Jimmy Page - Zack Wylde - Joe Perry - Tom Petty - Tesla - Ozzy -Aerosmith - Bon Jovi - Motley Crue - Poison - The Black Crowes - Led Zeppelin - Stone Temple Pilots - Guns N' Roses - Black Sabbath - David Bowie - ZZ Top - Dream Theater - Queensryche - Pearl Jam - The Rolling Stones - Van Halen - Jimmy Page - Zack Wylde - Joe Perry - Tom Petty - Tesla - Ozzy -
Guns N' Roses - Black Sabbath - David Bowie - ZZ Top - Dream Theater - Queensryche - Pearl Jam - The Rolling Stones - Van Halen - Jimmy Page - Zack Wylde - Joe Perry - Tom Petty - Tesla - Ozzy - Aerosmith - Bon Jovi - Motley Crue - Poison - The Black Crowes - Led Zeppelin - Stone Temple Pilots - Guns N' Roses - Black Sabbath - David Bowie - ZZ Top - Dream Theater - Queensryche - Pearl Jam - The Rolling Stones - Van Halen - Jimmy Page - Zack Wylde - Joe Perry - Tom Petty - Tesla - Ozzy -Aerosmith - Bon Jovi - Motley Crue - Poison - The Black Crowes - Led Zeppelin - Stone Temple Pilots - Guns N' Roses - Black Sabbath - David Bowie - ZZ Top - Dream Theater - Queensryche - Pearl Jam - The Rolling Stones - Van Halen - Jimmy Page - Zack Wylde - Joe Perry - Tom Petty - Tesla - Ozzy -Aerosmith - Bon Jovi - Motley Crue - Poison - The Black Crowes - Led Zeppelin - Stone Temple Pilots - Guns N' Roses - Black Sabbath - David Bowie - ZZ Top - Dream Theater - Queensryche - Pearl Jam - The Rolling Stones - Van Halen - Jimmy Page - Zack Wylde - Joe Perry - Tom Petty - Tesla - Ozzy -Aerosmith - Bon Jovi - Motley Crue - Poison - The Black Crowes - Led Zeppelin - Stone Temple Pilots - Guns N' Roses - Black Sabbath - David Bowie - ZZ Top - Dream Theater - Queensryche - Pearl Jam - The Rolling Stones - Van Halen - Jimmy Page - Zack Wylde - Joe Perry - Tom Petty - Tesla - Ozzy -
Queensryche - Pearl Jam - The Rolling Stones - Van Halen - Jimmy Page - Zack Wylde - Joe Perry - Tom Petty - Tesla - Ozzy - Aerosmith - Bon Jovi - Motley Crue - Poison - The Black Crowes - Led Zeppelin - Stone Temple Pilots - Guns N' Roses - Black Sabbath - David Bowie - ZZ Top - Dream Theater - Queensryche - Pearl Jam - The Rolling Stones - Van Halen - Jimmy Page - Zack Wylde - Joe Perry - Tom Petty - Tesla - Ozzy -Aerosmith - Bon Jovi - Motley Crue - Poison - The Black Crowes - Led Zeppelin - Stone Temple Pilots - Guns N' Roses - Black Sabbath - David Bowie - ZZ Top - Dream Theater - Queensryche - Pearl Jam - The Rolling Stones - Van Halen - Jimmy Page - Zack Wylde - Joe Perry - Tom Petty - Tesla - Ozzy -Aerosmith - Bon Jovi - Motley Crue - Poison - The Black Crowes - Led Zeppelin - Stone Temple Pilots - Guns N' Roses - Black Sabbath - David Bowie - ZZ Top - Dream Theater - Queensryche - Pearl Jam - The Rolling Stones - Van Halen - Jimmy Page - Zack Wylde - Joe Perry - Tom Petty - Tesla - Ozzy -Aerosmith - Bon Jovi - Motley Crue - Poison - The Black Crowes - Led Zeppelin - Stone Temple Pilots - Guns N' Roses - Black Sabbath - David Bowie - ZZ Top - Dream Theater - Queensryche - Pearl Jam - The Rolling Stones - Van Halen - Jimmy Page - Zack Wylde - Joe Perry - Tom Petty - Tesla - Ozzy - Aerosmith - Bon Jovi - Motley Crue - Poison - The Black Crowes - Led Zeppelin - Stone Temple Pilots - Guns N' Roses - Black Sabbath - David Bowie - ZZ Top - Dream Theater
Sounds Like: We've been told everything from...
Early Aerosmith meets LA Guns meets Buck Cherry... to Black Crowes to Guns n Roses to Bon Jovi to Clapton, ACDC, Hanoi Rocks, Rolling Stones, Velvet Revolver, Faster Pussycat, Cinderella, Allman Brothers, Brother Cane, Humble Pie, Gilby Clarke, Slash's Snakepit, Motley Crue, Poison, Kiss, Georgia Satellites, George Thorogood...We think we sound like the soundtrack to
ANOTHER DAY ON THE EDGE !

Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Better late than never ....

Been a fuck of a last 2 weeks, computer went down, bought new computer, new computer had hard drive problem, took back new computer, got another computer and finally that's right, 2 weeks later, it's ...
Posted by Junkies and Thieves on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 09:50:00 PST

Video Blog, News, and other Tidbits

First off we want to invite all of our friends to The Cabana Club this Friday, May 25th. It's Hollyweird's newest and hippest nightspot so come and check it out. Message us for FREE, thats right...
Posted by Junkies and Thieves on Mon, 21 May 2007 06:59:00 PST

FREE TICKETS!

We're coming back to Hollywood on the 25th of May to play another bombastic show, this time at the Cabana Club. We hear this is the new hotspot for all the starlets to hit. So...we decided...
Posted by Junkies and Thieves on Thu, 17 May 2007 01:19:00 PST

Our account got deleted!

Our account got deleted! we don't know how or why, but we are picking up the pieces right now... so PLEASE add us as friends, we will be intouch.
Posted by Junkies and Thieves on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:17:00 PST