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About Me

Subliminal Criminal plays originals and covers popular alternative, rock, and punk tunes from the early 90s to now. While the band plays many of their songs identically to the original recordings, they specialize in original arrangements, like their rocked-out version of Mariah Carey's We Belong Together, and creative mash-ups like their combination of Depeche Mode's Enjoy the Silence and U2's Ultraviolet. This allows the band to showcase not only their impeccable musicianship, but also their fiery creativity--all while keeping the people singing and the crowd alive.
Subliminal Criminal is the product of a collaboration between two cousins, Jamie Bondar and Tim Abbott. Before moving to Boston, Bondar was an artist in development with Columbia Records, along with his Philadelphia-based band Ruby Zoo. Ruby Zoo released one full-length album, Disenchanted Monk, and a four song EP, Soma Holiday, and played a huge number of shows all over the east coast between 1999 and 2002, including many appearances at legendary clubs like the 8x10 Club in Baltimore, Grape Street Pub in Philadelphia, and even a televised label showcase at CBGB's in Manhattan. When the band broke up in 2002, Bondar moved to the Boston area to pursue his Ph.D. in English at Tufts University, and after a couple of years he met his cousin Tim Abbott for the first time as an adult. Abbott had studied guitar and music production and engineering at Berklee College of Music in Boston, and after the two discovered their common musical interests, they started jamming together. After a month or two, they added Abbott's long time friend Jonathan Ruppert on Bass and started Subliminal Criminal. Ruppert brought even more gig experience to the band, since he had anchored the rhythm section in several bands, including the cover band Hit Squad, progressive rock band Kraven, and hip hop group Best When Chilled. After playing with two drummers who didn't quite work out, the band added another Berklee educated musician, J.D. Murphy, on Drums. Murphy formerly played drums in Boston-based Second Audio Program, Life:In:Seconds, and The Glamorous Stuntcocks, appearing at venues such as Bill's Bar on Lansdowne St., Pufferbellies on Cape Cod, and the Hard Rock CafÃ© in Boston.

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Member Since: 10/25/2005
Band Website: subliminalcriminal.net
Band Members: Tim Abbott
Guitar/Backing vocals

Jamie Bondar
Vocals/Guitar

J.D. Murphy
Drums

Jon Ruppart
Bass/Backing vocals

Influences: Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, Filter, Radiohead, Brand New, Taking Back Sunday, My Chemical Romance
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Subliminal Criminal makes the front page of the Malden Observer.

Hey Everyone,We made the front page of the Malden Observer this week! Those of you that live in or near Malden can pick it up at your local news stand, and all of you can check out the online edition ...
Posted by Subliminal Criminal on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 12:12:00 PST

18+ Show in Cambridge this Saturday

Hey Everyone, The full band will be back in action this Saturday, showcasing original material at the All Asia in Cambridge. It's an early evening show that starts at 5, and we're the th...
Posted by Subliminal Criminal on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 04:06:00 PST

Providence Show on Friday May 4 and Some News

We've been hard at work in the studio recording original materialand, of course, the Mariah Carey song that will be done very soon. Unfortunately our beloved drummer, J.D. is having knee surger...
Posted by Subliminal Criminal on Tue, 01 May 2007 04:44:00 PST

Recording Originals

I want to thank everyone who came out to one of our shows over the past couple of months. I especially want to thank the handful of you that I've seen at most or even all of them. Don...
Posted by Subliminal Criminal on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 04:05:00 PST

Loads of New Pics at SubliminalCriminal.net

Check 'em out. www.subliminalcriminal.net
Posted by Subliminal Criminal on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 02:57:00 PST

Thursday's Show

On Thursday, we'll be playing our first "all-original" show. I'm using the quotation marks because we will be throwing in a couple of our tasty mashed-up, rearranged covers, but this will be the...
Posted by Subliminal Criminal on Sun, 22 Oct 2006 06:29:00 PST

New Version of "It's Not What We Wanted..." and New Website

SubliminalCriminal.net is now up and functional!!! Go check it out and join our e-mail list to get the most accurate and up-to-date show listings, invites to special events, and love from the band. We...
Posted by Subliminal Criminal on Sun, 09 Jul 2006 01:47:00 PST

Drummer Auditions... Yes, Again.

A lot has happened since our last blog entry here. About a month ago we had to say goodbye to our friend and drummer Bryan Panzeri. If you've read our other blog entries, you know that its...
Posted by Subliminal Criminal on Sun, 16 Apr 2006 04:12:00 PST

Drummer Auditions

Posted by: Jamie If finding a drummer is heartache, then craigslist is a nice big bottle of vodka. When our former drummer Jamie decided that he was moving to L.A., we had to find a new drummer...
Posted by Subliminal Criminal on Wed, 18 Jan 2006 11:02:00 PST

A Short History of Subliminal Criminal As Recorded in an Insomniacal State...

Posted By: Jamie A couple of years ago, my cousin Rachel got married. I'd lived in Boston for a couple of years at the time, Somerville actually, but I'd never really spoken much to Rachel or he...
Posted by Subliminal Criminal on Mon, 09 Jan 2006 11:19:00 PST