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THE JAI-ALAI SAVANT (pronounced hi-a-lie- sa-vant)

ACTIONS AS LOUD AS BOMBS

About Me

photo by Martin Horsche
Chicago-by-way-of-Philly trio THE JAI-ALAI SAVANT (pronounced hi-a-lie- sa-vant) have been active since 2002. Their list of influences are vast and their sound eclectic, but it's their reggae-slanted post-punk roots that take the foreground in the most recent music of the band. Their genre-bending pop compositions coupled with an obvious love of bass culture have drawn comparisons to everyone from The Clash to The Police, Trenchmouth and Fugazi. Groove-oriented and accessible yet still engaging and challenging to the idea of what punk-derivative music should sound like is what makes THE JAI-ALAI SAVANT a breath of fresh air in an otherwise stale and hype-driven world of independent rock music.

Check Out The Video For WHITE ON WHITE CRIME

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Member Since: 11/4/2005
Band Website: WWW.THEJAIALAISAVANT.COM
Band Members: Ralph Darden - guitar & vocals
Dan Nash Snyder - bass
Michael Bravine - drums
Major Taylor - beats, backing vocals, dubs & treatments

additional players:
Mike Ali
Ikey Owens (The Mars Volta )
Damien Thompson (The Watchers)
Fred Erkstien (Just a Fire / June of 44 / Hoover)
Damon Locks (The Eternals / Trenchmouth)
Ted Leo (Ted Leo and the Pharmacists)
Chris Wilson (Ted Leo and the Pharmacists)

former members:
Brian Sokel - guitar (2004-2005)
Brian Lynch - guitar (2002-2004)
Jeremy Gewertz - drums (2003-2006)
Ryan McLaughlin - drums (2002-2003)
Chris Wilson - drums (2002)

Influences: The Philadelphia Mastodons Professional Jai Alai Team The Eternals,Watchers ,Trenchmouth ,Fugazi,The Police,King Tubby Augustus Pablo,The Mars Volta,Studio 1, Cosmo Baker ,The Clash ,Flostradamus, Lee Perry,Dj Low Budget ,Spankrock,Batman, Miles Davis ,Frank Miller ,Kil Bill , The Dark Knight Returns series ,DC Comics , The Year Future ,Rahim ,War of The Worlds,The City of Chicago Marvel comics,Cowboy Bee Bop,Shogun Assasin ,Rockers ,Soul On Ice ,Charles Bukowski ,Joe Rstrummer ,The Gracie Familiy,Mazinger Z ,Voltron ,Diplo ,hereditary insanity,Giant Robots ,Sex,The Flesh, Bladerunner,Philadelphia,Lungfish,The Hells ,Gregory Issacs ,The Mighy Orbots,The Art of Gettng Over, The Gladiators ,The Congos ,Dr Who, Max Roach, The Who THE R KELLY TRAPPEED IN THE CLOSET SERIES !!!!!!
Record Label: Gold Standard Labs http://goldstandardlabs.com
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Back From The Dead

AWWW MAN shit is crazy as usual in the world of the Jai Alai Savant and Major Taylor. I f youve writen us and i have been slow on getting back my sincerest appologies.Im affraid im a bit of a procras...
Posted by THE JAI-ALAI SAVANT (pronounced hi-a-lie- sa-vant) on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 04:04:00 PST

TOUR DATES FOR REAL THIS TIME

* supporting Gossip 03.07.06 - NL - Groningen, Vera* 04.07.06 - DE - Gottingen, T-Keller* 06.07.06 - SE - Stockholm, Accelerator festival 07.07.06 - DE - Hannover, Cafe Glocksee* 08.07.06 - DE - Weinh...
Posted by THE JAI-ALAI SAVANT (pronounced hi-a-lie- sa-vant) on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 11:43:00 PST

Rahim Tour Recap

My appologies to all it has been far to long since ive updated our website or our myspace page & there is so much to tell We just got home from a 3 week tour with our homies Rahim (french kiss records...
Posted by THE JAI-ALAI SAVANT (pronounced hi-a-lie- sa-vant) on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 02:42:00 PST

Records vs Serato give me your feed back

ok so heres the deal one of my dream concepts was to do a party enitled AGGRAVATED ASSAULT the punk & reggae soundclash BRUNCH !!!!it would constitute various crews of punk rockers & reggae he...
Posted by THE JAI-ALAI SAVANT (pronounced hi-a-lie- sa-vant) on Sun, 29 Jan 2006 04:39:00 PST

Year Of The Mastodon

  The new year has been good to us thusfar so much is happening in the world of the Jai alai Savant we are gearing up to tour down to Texas for the yearly mayhem that is the South By South...
Posted by THE JAI-ALAI SAVANT (pronounced hi-a-lie- sa-vant) on Sun, 29 Jan 2006 04:30:00 PST

COMPLETE EUROPEAN TOUR DIARY

OK  so here was the agenda   20.11 GER - Kaiserslautern, Underground21.11 GER - Esslingen, Komma22.11 GER - Regensburg, Alte Mälzerei23.11 CZ - Prag, Club 00724.11 GER - Leipzig, FrühAuf25....
Posted by THE JAI-ALAI SAVANT (pronounced hi-a-lie- sa-vant) on Mon, 09 Jan 2006 12:00:00 PST

HOLY SHIT WHERE IN EUROPE

.. type=text/javascript> .. src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js " type=text/javascript> Tour diary entry We made it ! The J.S. is now in Europe. We were plesantly sur...
Posted by THE JAI-ALAI SAVANT (pronounced hi-a-lie- sa-vant) on Tue, 22 Nov 2005 06:10:00 PST