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REACTION

before we were a shoe, we were a band

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"It ’s cool post-pop beat with great harmony." -- R.E.M.’s Peter Buck--NEW STUFF produced by Mike Hoffmann SOME STUFF produced by Peter Buck (follow garageband link & listen to RAIN HAS GONE) more to come...................eventually..............some day.........Great new stuff! PLUS... A great review from the good folks over at Not Lame!The first song, "Summer Of Love" gives a clear indication of where Reaction, who are from Chicago, are coming from. Hint: it..s not Chicago. To our ears, there..s a healthy interest and inspiration that Australian bands like Hoodoo Gurus, The Lime Spiders, the Celibate Rifles, 80..s era The Saints and The Stems spent quality time in. We hear some Replacements and Dream Syndicate, but what makes this special is the incredible pure poppy looks inside the guitar attack of Reaction. Some of those previously mentioned bands, had a tendency to obscure the melodicism, but Reaction puts it right up front. The band has exhilarating batch of 8 songs, each a dynamic and catchy rock..n..roll tune. It..s kind of 80..s garage-styled rock with that 80..s Australian jangle pop energy, like many of the bands above. Very Highly Recommended!
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Member Since: 6/12/2005
Band Website: notlame.com/CDREACTION2.html
Band Members: bob_: lead guitar & vocals steve cieslak lead vocals & guitar jim mcnaughton bass mark o'neill drums/ All songs s. cieslak (ASCAP) waiting lara/cieslak
Influences: THE BEATLES echo & the bunnymen THE DOORS the jam elvis the beat MC5 the ramones the clash led zeppelin the who pink floyd new york dolls link wray the yardbirds deep purple the rolling stones johnny cash ac/dc REM badfinger 13th Floor Elevators kinks translator 20/20 husker du black sabbath Gene Vincent THE CURE the strokes Get Smart nirvana rancid white stripes misfits rage oasis spinal tap the vines jet E*I*E*I*O garbage killers goblin judas priest soundgarden the pandoras off broadway rob zombie the zombies bowie X the go-go's the hives disturbed Pearl Jam the replacements DKS and the list goes on.............. ALL GARAGE BANDS ARE WELCOME HERE!!! DIG IT BABY!!!!!!!!!!! I KNEW THAT YOU COULD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!FAVE DIRECTORS: hgl roger corman tarantino kubrick peter jackson argento tobe hooper romero fulci jess franco ted v. mikels ray dennis steckler ed wood russ meyer lynch clive barker hitchcock
Sounds Like: “Listen to the sound of love. Feel purple. Taste yellow. Touch the scream that crawls up the wall.”
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Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

YOU ROCK Julesxx !!!

Thanks for adding me as a friend. Your space is cool and the tracks up on your player are really nice. Baby does it better is great. Really very catchy. Summer of love is good as well in a much more c...
Posted by REACTION on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 05:51:00 PST

History of Reaction

History of Reaction as I remember /condensed version   Reaction formed in & around 1984 as the band exists today. Steve and Jim had met earlier as teens playing together in a pop rock metal&n...
Posted by REACTION on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 07:39:00 PST

RADIO BASILE REVIEW

REACTION - POWERFUL INDIE ROCK BAND FROM CHICAGO, USA, MUSICALLY CLOSE TO ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN SOUNDS, STILL UNBELIEVABLY UNSIGNED - THEY HAVE OUT SO FAR A SPLENDID ALBUM WITH EIGHT SMASHING EBULLI...
Posted by REACTION on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 05:30:00 PST

THIS JUST IN......a bitchin review

Artist: ReactionCD Name: Reaction Artist Site: Reaction The first thing I noticed about Reaction's self-titled CD was that the voice of the lead singer, Steve Cieslak, is nice and deep without the scr...
Posted by REACTION on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:31:00 PST

ReacTioN Links

http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=204894151&loc= 18250 http://www.ilike.com/artist/Reaction http://www.tradebit.com/filedetail.php/1920511 http://www.payplay.fm/artist/Reaction http://www.g...
Posted by REACTION on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 07:01:00 PST

ED KNOWS

You can really hear the REM "sound" on the Peter Buck produced tracks. The cream of the crop are "Let It Ride", "Baby Does It Better" and "Time of My Life". "Let It Ride" is a HIT!!! It grabs you on t...
Posted by REACTION on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 06:51:00 PST

Rockpress Brazil

http://www.rockpress.com.br/modules.php?name=News&file=a rticle&sid=1110   BRAZIL RP Recomenda: Reaction/CEL Thursday, 30 of November  2006 This band of Chicago sample that is possibl...
Posted by REACTION on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 07:21:00 PST

Showcase Music Magazine

Showcase Music Magazine / February 1999 Reaction Reaction has been criticized as sounding too much like R.E.M., which is an unfair stereotype. There is so much more to the music. Primarily a "guitar b...
Posted by REACTION on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 07:02:00 PST

Illinois Entertainer

Illinois Entertainer July 1996 review of  the Reaction compilation demo cd R.E.M.'s Peter Buck was so impressed with Reaction that he produced a couple of songs on the band's nine-song cd. A...
Posted by REACTION on Tue, 26 Dec 2006 10:47:00 PST