Member Since: 30/08/2005
Band Website: airportblvd.com
Band Members:Click here to eMail Airport Boulevard (outside of MySpace).
Jennie Gundersen: vocals, guitars, snack prep, wrote the words and music, catnip purveyor
John Askew: lead guitar, chucks, pedals
Paula Jones: bass, backing vocals and wry asides
Doug Hoekstra: drums and cool shirts
special kudos to previous members:
John Sutton: drums and rock-em-sock-em robot impersonations
Dawn Dineen: backing Vocals, guitars, drums, bass, keyboards, harmonica, recording, arrangements, production, mastering, and making it all happen and don't forget that she juggles kittens and chainsaws at the same time
Influences:
... a peek into the mind of songwriter/singer Jennie Gundersen:
Musical
Being a DJ at WCWM in the heyday of jangly college rock
Willard Grant Conspiracy
Throwing Muses
Grievous Angels
X, John Doe, Exene, The Knitters etc
Bruce Springsteen
HYAA!
Lone Justice
Maria McKee
Shivaree
Grenadine
Dead Can Dance
Jenny Toomey
all my mix tapes from the 80's
Music for Viola
LegoDiva
Let's Active
Parlor James
Steve and Edie
Blotto
The juke boxes at The Hut in Richmond and Big Man's West in Red Bank
Any and all bands that contain Kevin Cordt
Clubs
Iota in Arlington, VA, and not just for the fries and friendly door guys
The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ...back when the drinking age was 18
Movies
Satisfaction (the Liam Neeson, Justine Bateman, Julia Robert opus from 1988)
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Almost Famous
Roustabout
Miscellaneous Formative Experiences
-Doing a conga line with my mom and the neighborhood kids in my living
room to Herb Alpert and Brasil 66 when I was 5 or 6 years old.
-Throwing dirt clods at the "Up with People" people when I was 8. I was
hanging out with a bad crowd...peer pressure made me do it!
-Going to my first real concert with my mom when I was around 9. Steve
and Edie at the Garden State Arts Center. Edie swallowed a bug and they
had to stop the show while she spit it out
-Going to the first concert I chose to see, Leo Sayer - in 8th Grade (with mom and my 8th grade teacher - Sister Margaret Anne).
-Getting bumped into by Bruce himself at the Stone Pony in the 80's.
-Having inside info on when Bruce was going to show up to play at the
Pony and getting permission to stay out late when he was there... Once wishing he would get off stage because he was wasted and terrible...
Sounds Like: We record, you decide.
Record Label: Yarner Records - Washington, DC
Type of Label: Indie