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jetscreamer

tryin' to save the world with fuzzy logic

About Me

Critics on jetscreamer and 'starhead':
"This two-boy, one-girl trio play punk-greased blues pitched expertly between The Gun Club's gothic swamp-rock and Jon Spencer's priapic holler. Their fiery, roiling sound is complemented by an ear-catching variety of songs... When they end with the wholly unexpected yet aptly titled instrumental 'Bliss' - nearly 11 minutes of post-Sonic Youth drift and dissonance - it feels like jetscreamer can take you anywhere." Kerrang! - 4 "K"s
"It works brilliantly, the whole thing sounding like you're caught in the middle of a knife fight between Sonic Youth and some whiskey-addled bluesman. Seven-minute opener 'Front Porch' is the perfect battle cry, speed-thrill drums struggling to keep up once the guitars are unleashed. Elsewhere we get sprawling instrumental passages and blistering howls of pity. It's here we learn that jetscreamer really have got the blues. And they don't come much dirtier than this." NME - 7 out of 10
"jetscreamer stir a righteous and fevered noise that draws on all-too-real ghosts and devils and nightmares, dancing into those fires with a beautiful, bloodied rock'n'roll... If you want to mambo while the whole shithouse goes up in flames, then this should be your soundtrack." Bang - 4 Stars
"Get ready for some rabble-rousing punk rock blues with more than a hint of rockabilly. Spewed out of Texas, this unruly racket is jam-packed with quick burning energy and passion."
Rock Sound - 7 out of 10
"This is a record where the guitars curl, shiver and shake like a strung-out Lightnin' Hopkins... while Will's vocals appear to have been beamed in directly from some Detroit speed-shooting gallery circa the dark and nasty end of 1968... If you've ever stood transfixed before the air-pummeling power of early My Bloody Valentine or felt Spacemen 3 in full flow, then you'll feel right at home." X-Ray (Feature)
"This Lone Star state three-piece strike rock'n'roll crude oil with their menacing visions. Their take-no-prisoners attack makes The White Stripes sound like The Carpenters." The Mirror - 3 Stars
"This Texan outfit combine a robust, punkabilly blues explosion with the drive of alt-rock bands such as Sonic Youth and My Bloody Valentine. It's dark, dirty and rather great." The Independent - 4 Stars
"In the late 90's and 2000's, jetscreamer's forceful, Texas-fried blend of alternative rock and blues rock has inspired some unlikely, highly intriguing descriptions things like Sonic Youth meets John Lee Hooker meets My Bloody Valentine meets Stevie Ray Vaughn and Canned Heat, and Nirvana by way of Led Zeppelin and Lightnin' Hopkins So even though jetscreamer's sound is modern and contemporary by the alterna-rock standards of the 90's and early 2000's, their musical roots run deep" All Music Guide 4 Stars and an "AMG Pick"
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other than slumming with other dentonite bands/musicians, we spend our time at school or various day jobs while trying and/or pretending to be useful members of society.
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/9/2004
Band Website: jetscreamertx.com
Band Members: William Kapinos (guitar, vox) Samantha Moss (guitar)

drummers past, permanent or just doing us a favor, include: Alex Maples (SuperLoveAttack, Spitfire Tumbleweeds) John McCane (Zest of Yore) Billy Myatt (Dokodemo Doa) Justin 'J.C.'Collins (Burnt Sienna Trio, Spitfire Tumbleweeds) Mike Melendi (the Skin Trade, Polyphonic Spree) Jason McMullen (Raised By Tigers)
Influences: music we like to listen to in no form or order: noise, frequencies, feedback... sandy bull, beatles, dead c, mance lipscomb, new order, sonic youth, the fall, the ex-warlock trilogy (zz top, grateful dead, velvet underground), depeche mode, American Routes radio show on NPR, bobby dylan, clotaire k,ornette coleman, nick cave, birthday party, don cherry, billy holiday, pavement, neil young, the band, braintax, old country, mississippi john hurt, roky erickson, scratch acid, butthole surfers and basically anything in the long tradition of texas weirdness, joni mitchell, silver jews, mogwai, throbbing gristle, stravinsky, alan lomax recordings, my bloody valentine, charlie parker, sufjan stevens, einsturzende neubauten, hawk and a hacksaw, the stooges, (vo)boredoms, yo la tengo, the cramps, bluegrass gospel, brigitte fontaine, neil young, blue cheer, u.s.a, the cure, good hip hop, led zep, the smiths, outsider music,dirty three, harry pussy, kraftwork, miles davis, luna, bauhaus, cocteau twins, bobby bare, willie nelson, primal scream, teenage fanclub, smithsonian folkways label, 60s french pop and yé yé, talking heads, paul slaven's radio show sunday nights on KERA 90.1, faust, brian eno, sublime frequencies label, van halen, spacemen 3, francoise hardy, spiritualized, stockhausen, e.a.r., warda, wire, royal trux, joy division, radiohead, too short, johnny cash, guns n roses, charlambides, pavement, ghost, black dice, buffalo daughter, camper van beethovan, animal collective, trans am, the ramones, us maple, just about anything on drag city, loren mazzacane connor, gang star, opera, thinking fellers union, matt johnson (the the), heart, scraping metal, cocteau twins, tom waits, psyche rock, jackie o' mutherfucker, cat power, t rex, will oldham projects, merle haggard, knife in the water, wilco, enon, red house painters/ mark koselek, swans/gira, merzbow, pulp, de la soul, sun city girls/alan bishop, tindersticks, carter family, the tuna helpers, indian music, traditional and world music and everything else we like

we also want to say that denton music is where it's at
Sounds Like: what's been said by various critics, but we prefer you judge for yourself...

swervedriver, my bloody valentine, sonic youth, al jourgenson, led zeppelin, miss. john hurt, swamp rock, the gun club, some whisky addled blues guy in a knife fight with sonic youth, a swarm of bees, the breeders and ac/dc, motorhead covered by loop, mudhoney, the white stripes, the flamin' groovies, bill hick's waco routines, Lightnin' hopkins, psychedelic blooze rock, psychedelic desert music, chainsaw/powerdrill/electricity pylon, the janitors, a frankenstein mix of slowdive, 1000 homo djs and all of robert johnson's illegitemate children, muddy waters covered by big black, mogwai on steroids,Moins "hype" que The Kills, moins "low-fi" que The Immortal Lee County Killers, moins seuls que Bob Log 3, moins "root" que The Black Keys et moins exp�riment�s que le John Spencer Blues Explosion, frank black, queens of the stone age, danzig, the stooges with straw under their boots and a modern day steppenwolf, several people telling us we sound like we're on serious speed or psychedelics.
Record Label: starhead-BellaUnion, Hinterland-none
Type of Label: None

My Blog

March 19th show at JnJs with Ex-Lion Tamer and Lebanon

since myspace is not allowing me to add this show for some reason, i'll put it up here until i can. Ex-Lion Tamer (Israel,NYC) and Lebanon(Israel)...
Posted by jetscreamer on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 07:07:00 PST

DdFW area drummers - jetscreamer seeks drummers

Circumstances arose that will make it impossible for Mike to play with jetscreamer at all times needed. He is still our main man, and that won't change; however, Will and I need to find some drummers ...
Posted by jetscreamer on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 06:23:00 PST

To the folks who went to dblwide last friday...

Sorry to folks that came to dblwide last Friday to see Will's goofy ass not show up and fill in for jetscreamer. Van broke down, Sam & I were at my work til like 10:30 or so waiting for AAA. The ...
Posted by jetscreamer on Mon, 24 Jul 2006 11:29:00 PST

sam's hand, album, and other things

decided to clean up the front page a bit and put some of that info here where it belongs..jetscreamer news....hearing the possibility of 'starhead' actually being available in the US widespread, possi...
Posted by jetscreamer on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 04:21:00 PST

new TOP 8 SPIN CYCLE

Totally doing a Top 8 'Spin Cycle' featuring Denton music we know will improve your lot in this world. This week: Shiny Around the Edges - the 'New Texas Gangstas' brought to you by Praire Casual Reco...
Posted by jetscreamer on Sat, 18 Mar 2006 03:00:00 PST

bands, etc., please do not post your adverts in our comments section

we don't do it to you; don't do it to us. we will delete anything that is posted. merci.
Posted by jetscreamer on Fri, 03 Feb 2006 11:01:00 PST

hear a preview of things to come

So today we're putting up a couple of songs that will be on the forthcoming album 'Hinterland' . 'Mechanization' and 'The Golden Rule' were both recorded in November of 2005 and were both mixed on Dec...
Posted by jetscreamer on Tue, 10 Jan 2006 02:18:00 PST

hinterland

well, we've been out to the studio twice and things have tended to zig zag rather than move straight forward. we spent the first week we were there realizing that we can't record in certain ways - for...
Posted by jetscreamer on Tue, 06 Dec 2005 04:39:00 PST

selling out

so, on www.3hive.com there's a review of our black hole mp3 that mentions the nissan commercial (well, that's mostly what it talks about - that and selling out). that review is interesting because the...
Posted by jetscreamer on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST