Jack the Tripper

Risen from the basements of Manitowoc, WI, Jack the Tripper plays tons of originals and covers, adds humor and wild stage antics to make one hell of a rock show. Once you've seen and heard em, you wont be able to get em outta your head!! It all began back in 1998 with Geno on guitar, Byro on bass and Boner on drums. JtT had other names being kicked around such as The Syndrome, Greased up Hog and few other interesting ones. There was a little arguing going on about what the name should be so the names were put in a hat and JACK the TRIPPER was randomly picked. Geno came up with JtT by combining 2 things, jack the ripper and jack tripper from 3's company. So the guys started writing songs and practicing in Genos basement. Some of the song titles were "Voices", "Heartless" and "Messed up". A few that were written back then are still played today such as "Selling dope to kids" and "I dont care what you say". At 1st JtT couldnt get a show to save there lives so they decided to set up and play in the middle of the day at a park in manitowoc. The only thing they acomplished with that was scaring the crap out of a bunch of little kids!!! With no luck getting shows JtT just kinda fell apart. After an ugly break-up with a gf, Geno wrote a song called "Slimy little worm" and played it to Byro who said, "we gotta play more stuff like this"! Byro found a new drummer named "Niemo" and the guys wrote a whole new killer batch of tunes and began to play shows. A tattoo artist named "Ozzy" would continue to be at their shows, and eventually said, " I want in"! So Ozzy came to there next practice armed with a guitar, Geno grabbed a bass and they just exploded into an irresistable sound and look. JtT was now ready to kick your ass! And thats exactly what they did playing show after show JtT gained ALOT of fans. They recorded a set of 3 EPs (recorded by Mike Who) and they sold very well. All was going good untill one night Niemo pulled out of a show at the last minute and rather than canceling the show, Ozzy said, "hey why dont I play drums"? So they packed up his drums and away they went. They all were a bit nervous about how it would go but Ozzy did a great job and they played a kick-ass show!!! Niemo was fired and JtT kept going as a 3 piece with Ozzy on drums and once again played show after show. Ozzy was great on drums when sober but being sober was very hard for him and 1 too many times he got way too drunk and fell apart halfway through the show. JtT once again sort of drifted apart untill Ozzy convinced Mike Who to play drums. Mike was a kick-ass drummer and JtT was playing better than ever. Altough JtT worked hard and rocked hard Mike would get dissapointed with low paying shows and certain members antics and eventually quit. So one more time they drifted apart for a bit. After awhile Byro got Niemo back and JtT played one show; bad idea. They had a Halloween show booked soon after and once again Niemo was unavailable. Byro talked to Ozzy and he agreed to help out on drums and JtT rocked the halloween show hard! Not much later Mike Who was back in the picture. JtT practiced hard as a 3 piece, played lots of shows and recorded the CD "HANZONOW" which everyone fell in love with. Soon after they recorded the EP "Rock and Roll SuperJack Sex Machine". Because of everyone constantly praising the way JtT covered classic songs, 2009 is offering a a setlist of primarily covers of your favorite hits from the 50s 60s 70s 80s and 90s. ALSO...a spankin new stage show for your hungry eyes. Better book them NOW!!!"Pure Entertainment" says Tim VanRouge (Super-Duper-Ultra-Mega-Kinda-Rock Mag)."Kicked my ASS" says Kristen Meldner of "This Cant Be Real"