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john wayne shot me

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About Me

John Wayne Shot Me was an indie band from a deserted corner of the dutch countryside. The band consisted of Thijs van den Broek, Marieke van den Broek, Geert van Beers and Merijn van Pelt. Sometimes they were assisted by Austin Lace's Fred Stiens on keyboards and Emilio the friendly robot on xylophone. JWSM aka Uncle John retired in 2006, but in their time they were one of the 2 best bands in their hometown Ammerzoden (together with fanfare st. caecilia).

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Member Since: 2/14/2006
Band Website: johnwayneshotme.nl
Band Members: Thijs van den Broek, Marieke van den Broek, Merijn van Pelt, Geert van Beers, Emilio the friendly robot.
Influences: our parents, tv, heavy metal and true icons like johnny cash, captain america and elvis.
Sounds Like: "playing space invaders whilst listening to a lo-fi They Might Be Giants." (according to Organ Art magazine)
Record Label: 62tv records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

new projects

hey there! Uncle John has been enjoying his well earned retirement for nearly a year, but the individual JWSM-members have all picked up their instruments again. Marieke, Thijs and Emilio started a ba...
Posted by john wayne shot me on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:23:00 PST

Goodbye, Thomas!

10 days ago we heard the news that our friend Thomas Hansen is no more among us. 31 years is way to young to die. He was a one of a kind person with a one of a kind voice and one of the most colorful ...
Posted by john wayne shot me on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 03:14:00 PST

Thanks!

Friday uncle John did his last trick. The final show was exactly how john wayne shot me always was: some things didn't go like they should have, but it was a lot of fun anyway. So many people came to ...
Posted by john wayne shot me on Wed, 27 Dec 2006 01:08:00 PST

JWSM 1998-2006: Uncle John calls it quits!

All good things must come to an end. Good old Uncle John has made us have 8 great years, but the time has come to retire. We hope to see you at one of our last shows.love straight from AmmerzodenJWSMs...
Posted by john wayne shot me on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 12:01:00 PST

horses are vermin does john wayne shot me

how cool is this....  horses are vermin from the uk has recorded a very nice version of our song washing machine.  check www.myspace.com/horsesarevermin...
Posted by john wayne shot me on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 11:35:00 PST

john wayne shot me does belle & sebastian

A small, italian netlabel called Kirsten's Postcard has just released a free downloadable belle & sebastian tribute album. We are on it, just like our friends Prague, Austin Lace and many other ni...
Posted by john wayne shot me on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 01:54:00 PST

La bella Italia has been good to us

What a beautiful country, what a great weather, what an excellent food, what a nice seas and lakes and what an amazing reception by the the homesleep people. We could talk about our latest trip for h...
Posted by john wayne shot me on Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:07:00 PST

Band dog Jacques RIP

Today our band dog Jacques passed away. It was hardly a surprise, because he was pretty ill, but its sad anyway. We found him on the streets of Montpellier some 4 years ago in pretty bad shape but he ...
Posted by john wayne shot me on Fri, 14 Jul 2006 03:03:00 PST

Italian tour diary on VPRO 3voor12

Tomorrow well be touring in Italy with our Belgian friends Austin Lace. Unfortunately Marieke can not make it, so our friend André will come with us and play some keyboard parts. Its quite a challenge...
Posted by john wayne shot me on Fri, 14 Jul 2006 03:02:00 PST

We love Germany

We are tired but yet so happy. Last week was the second part of the Chase the summer, catch the spring Tour with The Green Apple Sea. We already liked Germany a lot, but now we can say we really love ...
Posted by john wayne shot me on Tue, 30 May 2006 12:22:00 PST