Member Since: 8/2/2004
Band Website: theRuns.com
Band Members: charmin' ultra / drums
scott free / bass
skid marx / guitar, vox
kama putra / aphorisms on guitar, shoutin'
paul is dead
Influences: ramones, social distortion, the clash, black flag, dead kennedys, the cramps, minutemen, husker du, toy dolls, the saints, the dickies, FEAR, x-ray spex, circle jerks, minor threat, X, TSOL, dag nasty, new york dolls, dead boys, the muffs, fastbacks, the who, the dictators, the adverts, the sonics, misfits, the avengers, mr. t experience, the damned, weirdos, armitage shanks, descendents, angry samoans, the queers, minutemen, NOmeansno, murphy's law, thee headcoats, the jam, the beach boys, iggy, iggy pop, iggy and the stooges
Sounds Like:
"I'm in a band." -Harry Dean Stanton
"Screeching Weasel and The Queers' love child" -Jonny Manak
"...a fart in a jam jar" -Dick Scum
"Not my sort of thing..." -Noam Chomsky
REVIEWS IN!
:::INK 19:::"From there on out this ear-catching debut screams like an old Lookout! Album."
:::METROactive::: "The Runs are straight punk as it's meant to be played: in a bar, drunk, fast, witty and loud as hell."
:::ROCK'N'ROLL PURGATORY:::"...the bland rag of banality."
:::IN MUSIC WE TRUST::: "...the punk-inspired party-rock record you want to just blast."
:::SPACE CITY ROCK::: "...there's really something in this album for everyone who has ever liked any punk over the years."
:::HUSSIESKUNK::: "There's The Queers. Then there was Screeching Weasel. Now we have The Runs."
:::F.U.T. Magazine:::"...a familiar Ramonesesque sound with a blast of originality"
:::AMP online:::"...certainly worth listening to"
:::SCORE! MUSIC MAGAZINE:::"If you are looking for 14 short, sharp shots of old-school punk, give the debut album by The Runs a shot."
:::NWxSW Connections::: "Catch 'em if ya can!"
:::POCKETFUL OF CHANGE::: "sloppy three chord punk akin to the era when Wimpy still fronted the Queers"
:::CULTURE BUNKER::: "good, old-fashioned barre chord punk rock" "full-on downstroke Johnny Ramone guitar"
:::NEO-ZINE::: "These guys are just full on entertaining."
:::SKA, PUNK AND OTHER JUNK::: "Impressive debut album..."
:::MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL::: "a crisp, clean and concise listening experience"
:::RAZORCAKE::: "Accept no substitutes!" "...pretty fast, pretty poorly recorded Ramonesy punk band"
:::ROCKINDAYS.it::: "from a trio brought up on bread, water and Ramones"
:::HYBRID MAGAZINE.com::: "Primitive garage punk... reminiscent of very early Bad Brains..."
:::TERMINAL-BOREDOM::: "Well written and well played... and the songs themselves are a bit smarter (and funnier) than the title concept will lead you to believe."
:::NEUFUTUR::: "...the tracks are crafted with the perfect blend of catchiness and maturity... eminently singable... a challenge to not absolutely love."
:::BUZZGRINDER.com::: "This is raw stuff... this is the way it should be."
:::AGOUTI MUSIC.com::: "Musically, The Runs arent doing anything new. They are doing it fairly well. They arent just writing a bunch of songs about going to the bathroom either."
:::ASKEW REVIEWS.com::: "...there are also a bunch of songs that are catchy and have great energy and are really impossible not to bop along with."
:::READ MAGAZINE.com::: "It's hard to fuck up pop-punk, but these guys do a great job at it."
:::SKRATCH MAGAZINE::: "all kinds of rough around the edges"
debut record out on INTERPUNK and CDBABY , also at TOWER RECORDS and STREETLIGHT RECORDS
also featured in the local artist spotlight in Zero
also on iTunes
Record Label: www.urbancheese.com
Type of Label: Indie