"One of Vancouver's most notorious musicians" - the Globe and Mail
(PHOTO: Paul Hammill 2006)
Big John Bates' latest album, "Take Your Medicine" (Wolverine - 2006), hit the streets rollin' and once again BJB got great airplay and support from kustom kulture and blues rock radio. Rock'n'Roll press also called it like it is - "Rip roaring, house rocking fun. Like a '57 Chevy on the road out of Helltown, Big John Bates is not stopping for anyone. Relish it in all its grungy, lo-fi glory." This attention led the band onto the 2007 summer festival scene in North America including being "the most surprising band" at Santa Monica's Summer Strummer Festival with Big John Bates & the Voodoo Dollz show featuring "fallen angels, ascending satyrs, and scathing guitar licks by the mason jar-full."
"More fun than a midnight drag-race on a fifth of bourbon!" - Exclaim Magazine
BJB's sound began with old-school greaser-surf of their debut disc "Flamethrower" (El Toro 2001) and grew into the rock'n'roll-exotica that defined "Mystiki" (DSR 2003). Both "Flamethrower" and "Mystiki" made their mark on national college charts, with Mystiki riding the top 50 for six consecutive weeks.
Canadian Booking (Eastern): Underground Operations - [email protected]
Canadian Booking (Wetsern): Get Live Music - [email protected]
European Booking: Truemmer Promotions - [email protected]
USA Booking: The Overbey Agency - [email protected]
You can get your own copy of "Mystiki", "Flamethrower", "Take Your Medicine" and the new DVD "Live at the Voodoo Ball" here at CD Baby! You can also find Big John Bates' music at iTunes, Rhapsody, Sony Conect and more!
The latest music video from Big John Bates and the Voodoo Dollz, Burlesque Is Dead, from Take Your Medicine.
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