DUMBLUCK

Music:

Member Since: 5/22/2004
Band Website: dumbluckmusic.com
Band Members:

Jimmy - (Vocals, Guitar) Click Me!

Johnny - (Vocals, Bass) Click Me!

Feel - (Drums) Click Me!

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DUMBLUCK dynamically infuses punk-influenced rock with an undercurrent of bouncy reggae rhythms and funky stylingsresulting in a distinct sound that some have dubbed as The Police for the new millennium. Hailing from Los Angeles and Orange County, the So-Cal trio features Jim Perkins on guitar and lead vocals, Phil Valdovinos on drums and Johnny Baldaray on bass and vocals. No strangers to the local music scene, this hard-hitting band has developed a reputation for commanding, high-energy live shows. Rapidly amassing fervent fans, DUMBLUCK have shared the stage with Bad Religion, Unwritten Law, Pepper, Fishbone, Alien Ant Farm, Long Beach Shortbus, Violent Femmes, Voodoo Glow Skulls and Junior Reid to name a few.

DUMBLUCK first gained national exposure when their adrenaline-rushed sound was embraced by the X Games, who handpicked the bands exuberant cover of 70s funk group, Rare Earths I Just Want To Celebrate as the anthem for the 2004 Summer X Games. The tune grabbed the attention of ESPN, who then had the band record renditions of CCRs The Night Time is the Right Time and J Geils Bands House Party for use as the theme music for the cable networks Sunday Night Baseball in 05 and its College Basketball coverage in 06.

Soon after, DUMBLUCK headed back into the studio to finish recording a full-length album with co-producers the Wizards of Oz. With their debut album, Sweetmilk Underground (released April 2006) DUMBLUCK has accomplished the difficult feat of capturing the bands live intensity on record. Featuring twelve stellar tracks, the album effortlessly shifts gears between edgier, emotional tunes (One Life More, Down for Whatever) and bouncy, laidback melodies (Real Again, Permanent.) Currently assaulting the airwaves are Favorite Song and Far Insidegetting spins on Southern Californias alt-rock station, X103.9 FM.

Themes of moving on and moving up are featured prominently on the record; During the making of this album, every one of us lost a job, a girlfriendand went through some kind of drama, laughs Perkins, who writes the lyrics, Were all at a different place from where we started, and listening to the songs is like looking through a yearbook for me. The arc of their personal changes are evident throughout Sweetmilk Underground both lyrically and sonically; from the bands early recording of the poignant and riff-heavy What About You (What about you, what about me? What about the promises I can never keep?) to the last track recorded for the album, the fast and loose Rollaway (Everythings going to be fine, you know these things take their time, so take your time).

The cover art for Sweetmilk Underground depicts the bands lucky rabbit logo encircled by a ring of waves, dice, playing cards, skulls and guitars illustrates DUMBLUCKs outlook, Its about our home by the ocean, taking risks, being lucky and making music your life, explains Baldaray, who designed the album cover. Mindful of the serendipitous chain of events that has led them this far, a self-effacing Perkins expresses, Our name also acknowledges how positive outcomes have fallen into place for us from bad situations, out of, well, a bit of dumb luck. DUMBLUCKs philosophy of letting things fall into place extends to their music. While DUMBLUCK could be considered part of the new generation of bands fueling the pop-punk resurgence, the bands eclectic, versatile sound refuses to be categorized in a tidy genre. And thats the way they like it. To me, the biggest complement to our music is that ten different people have come up me with ten different favorite songs, says Valdovinos.

Where can you go out and buy the New Dumbluck Full Length??

Amoeba Records (2)
Hollywood (323) 245-6400
San Francisco 415) 831-1200

Bionic Records (3)
Fullerton (714) 526-1912
Huntington Beach (714) 846-2585
Cypress (714) 828-4225

Benway Records
Santa Monica (310) 396-8898

Boo Boo Records
San Luis Obispo (805) 541-0657

Dimple Records (5)
Sacramento (916) 925-2600
Roseville (916) 781-2800
Folsom (916) 983-2600
Citrus Heights (916) 725-2600
Elk Grove (916) 686-8300

Fingerprints
Long Beach (562) 433-4996

Lou's Records
Encinitas (760) 753-1382

Mad Platter
Riverside (951) 328-1600

Morninglory Music
Santa Barbara (805) 966-0266

Rhino Records
Claremont (909) 626-7774

Salzers Records
Ventura (805) 639-2160

Sounds Like Records
Riverside (951) 343-9333

The Police, Bob and The Wailers, Led Zeppelin, Cheech and Chong, Bjork,
Minor Threat, Toots and the Maytals, Queens of the Stone Age, Men at Work,
AC/DC, Black Sabbath, The female anatomy.

Much Love to these folks below for keep'in us comfy!!!