Jean Caffeine

Jean has a colorful rockn'roll past, starting out as a teenage drummer in SF Punk band the Urge in 1978, continuing as 15 -minutes -of -famers Pulsallama, NYC tribal percussion darlings, Pulsallama was known for theatrics, chanting, cardboard props and rhythmic cacophony. They were fronted by Anne Magnusen and Wendy Wild, opened for the Clash, had their picture in Interview Magazine, and got kicked off a bill with John Lydon's PIL before imploding in the late 80's.Seeking a spot in the spotlight Jean honed her singing and song writing skills and moved to Austin to front her own country Y'allternative honkin' tonkin' rock band,"Jean Caffeine's All-Truck Stop". With more drummers than "Spinal Tap" Jean and her boys played Austin's SXSW, Berlin's BID, California's High Sierra Music fest, NYC's CMJ, Toronto's Harbourfront fest as well as many a roadhouse. In recent years she has put out soulful solo releases, "Knocked Down 7 Times got up 8, and "Ideé Fixe", much championed by critics. All Jean's CD's feature regular band members and special guest appearances by Austin notables such as Jon Dee Graham, Scrappy Judd Newcomb, members of Fastball, Champ Hood, and the legendary Spot. Currently she has been playing gigs as a folksy duo with Mike Trebilcock, formerly of "the Killjoys". She recently recorded 4 new songs with Chuck Prophet producing. (Chuck was in the band Green on Red and he co-wrote all the songs on Alejandro Escovedo's Real Animal album.)Jean Caffeine is also a visual artist doing printmaking and mixed media. She worked as an animator in Richard Linklater's "Walking Life" also made a cameo in the movie Slacker. (you must look very carefully:)). She has had solo art exhibitions in the States and Canada and she is currently on sabbatical from Austin woodshedding new music and creating visual art in Toronto, CANADA.Buy Jean Caffeine music now!