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MyGen Profile GeneratorBLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB: are an American rock and roll band from San Francisco, California, now based in Los Angeles. They are influenced by Johnny Cash, The Rolling Stones, The Stooges, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Doors, Sex Pistols, Ramones and 1980s British acts like Spacemen 3 and especially The Jesus and Mary Chain. Their style also encompassed slower paced psychedelic dreamy grooves influenced by shoegazers like My Bloody Valentine and Ride. Recently, with their third record Howl, they developed a new sound somewhere between blues, folk, gospel and rock, but still with their old melancholy.Caught up in the hype of the Music-press fueled 'New Rock Revolution' which included The Strokes and Kings of Leon in 2001 to 2003, the band quickly separated themselves from the others in both sound and image. Their second album 'Take them on, on your own' has several songs such as 'Generation' and 'US Government' that are critical of the United States' foreign policy, and in particular George Bush.After conflict with the label, the band were dropped by Virgin Records in 2004, with Nick Jago leaving the band at the end of their summer tour of the same year due to 'internal conflict' (later revealed to be a drink and drug addiction problem). After Jago's departure, Hayes and Been posted at the Official Website that the doors are open for him to come back if he has solved his problems. Hayes and Been then regrouped and recorded their third album. Several of the songs on 'Howl' are said to have been written long before the idea of the BRMC was concepted.In 2005 the band signed to Echo in the UK, and RCA in the US, with Jago also returning. Their third album Howl was recently released to widespread critical acclaim. Jago returned after most of the album was recorded but plays on Track 7, "Promise".They have finished recording their 4th album, "Baby 81", which was released on May 1st, 2007. Influences of the band include the "beat" poet generation, particularly Allen Ginsberg. This is evident in the title of their third album, "Howl", which is the namesake of Ginsberg's most celebrated work. Tracks slated that appear on the album, which was released this spring, include '666 Conducer', 'Berlin', 'The Show', 'Cold Wind', 'Weapon Of Choice', 'Killin' The Light', 'Am I Only' and 'All You Do Is Talk', a track that is built using 12 different guitar parts.
