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The Aimcriers have existed for about five years in some incarnation or another. They started in Arizona with a few different musicians, the main one being Johnny Aimcrier.
Johnny was in a few different bands when he lived in Scottsdale: Postvale Road, The Jet Set Joules, The Calamities, Red Skirt Fleshman, and The Oh Be Joyfuls. After deciding that he had one too many 120 degree summers under his belt, he packed up his bags and moved to Michigan.
Johnny was able to keep the name, and has recruited some talented players to further the message in the Great Lake State. His brother-in-law, Billy P., moved to Michigan from New Jersey and has added something special in the area of piano and Hammond organ. Billy used to play with The Wannibees and backed tons of jazz musicians in Manhattan.
Back in December of 2007, The Aimcriers added Andy Luce on bass and backing vocals, and are currently looking for someone to play drums.
The Aimcriers can play in any situation: they've set up Marshall half stacks and played loud and electric, and they've set up trap kits and played acoustically. They play mainly original music with some obscure covers peppered in.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 08/02/2006
Band Members: The Aimcrier family:

Full-time:

Johnny Aimcrier - vox, guitars, drums, keys, steel, banjo, mandolin...
Andy Luce - vox, guitars...
Maybe YOU? - drums...

Part-time or past:

Jeff Dietrich - drums...
Billy Policastro - vox, keys...
Inger Arline - vox, guitars...
Kirk Dennis - vox, guitars...
Art Mesa - vox, drums...
David Lane - drums...
Tim Layman - vox...
Perry Ryan - congas & bongos...
Mark Luba - guitars...
Craig Byler - congas & brushes...
JB - drums...
Kevin Schmitt - drums...
Lang V. Michaels - drums...
Influences: AC/DC, B-52's, Beach Boys, Beatles, The Black Crowes, The Blues Brothers, Junior Brown, The Cars, Johnny Cash, The Clash, Jimmy Cliff, Elvis Costello, The Cure, Dead Hot Workshop, Depeche Mode, Devo, Electric Light Orchestra, English Beat, The Fifth Dimension, Fleetwood Mac, Flying Burrito Brothers, General Public, Gin Blossoms, Pat Green, Jimi Hendrix, INXS, Jackson 5, Elmore James, Joan Jett, Elton John, Albert King, Led Zepplin, Lemonheads, Madness, Bob Marley, Johnny Mathis, The Monkees, Bill Monroe, New Christy Minstrels, Willie Nelson, New Order, Oingo Boingo, Old 97's, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, The Police, The Ramones, R.E.M., Kenny Rogers, Rolling Stones, Scud Mountain Boys, The Sidewinders (Sand Rubies), The Silos, The Smiths, Social Distortion, The Specials, Spinning Jenny (AZ), Stray Cats, Three Dog Night, Toots and The Maytals, U2, UB40, The Untouchables, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jerry Jeff Walker, Muddy Waters, Slim Whitman, Hank Williams, Johnny Winter, Yaz, Dwight Yoakam, Frank Zappa, Zen Lunatics, ZZ Top...
Sounds Like: All said by other people:

Johnny Cash & Elvis Costello...

Cross Canadian Ragweed & Social Distortion...

Camper Van Beethoven & Jerry Jeff Walker...

Talking Heads & Slim Whitman...

a folkier Meat Puppets...

Fingernails on a chalkboard...

You need to buy a new electrical harness for your '61 Corvair...
Record Label: Bijilak Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Where weve been, where we are, and where we think were going

It's been over four months since we/I put a blog up, so let's play catch up with the word up on the post up. This summer has been great. On the personnel front, Andy Luce has been filling up the...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:54:00 GMT

Ode to a (edited)...

About 10 years ago, there was a band I was in when living in Arizona called The Jet Set Joules. We used to be called The Joules until that van-dwellin' yodeler from Alaska broke out of Californi...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:13:00 GMT

What I could say if my brain was hooked to the internet...

Some fundamentalist at the bar the other night said, "If you believe in evolution, you don't believe in God. The bible says so." I said, "You're drunk, partner, and you're ignorant." At le...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:05:00 GMT

News and reasons why we have no posted dates to play...

Holidays = over = finally get a chance to breathe. Things in The Aimcriers' camp are calming down since the beginning of January rolled around. No more gifts, no more Christmas cards, no more dr...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:05:00 GMT

Does your local bar have live music?

When I was playing the Mill Ave. circuit in Tempe, AZ during the days of the Gin Blossoms, Dead Hot Workshop, and the Refreshments, there were tons of bars, nightclubs, and coffee houses that had live...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 04:10:00 GMT

Is Lansing ******?

What can we do to make Mid-Michigan better? One of our extremely close friends is going to a dinner where she will have the ear of Lansing mayor Virg Bernero for almost two hours. They will sure...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:21:00 GMT

Managing Expectations&

OK, I've changed old blogs before, and I'm doing it again. I should have just said what was in my heart and on my mind: Blah, blah, blah (completely censored stuff deleted). Properly vented, ahh...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 10:55:00 GMT

Ever smoke an Onyx cigar (coat story)?

Okay, there hasn't been a band blog in a while, and there are many reasons some of which include: we're working in a new drummer (shout out to Kevin from Marshall), we're still looking for the right...
Posted by on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:37:00 GMT

Summer Reading

Johnny's Book Blog OK, I lost my largest contract two months back, and I've had a bunch time to do things I've put off, and instead of writing new songs or finishing up the latest album, I'v...
Posted by on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 08:42:00 GMT

10 Good, 10 Bad, now on to the next fad...

10 Things I Like This Week: 1. Western Swing music, especially Bob Wills2. The feel and smell of leather sorry, PETA3. Firm pillows4. 70 degree F weather5. Bluetooths6. ...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 13:26:00 GMT