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AKIMBO

Seattle's last hair band

About Me

eat beer. shit riffs.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/18/2005
Band Website: livetocrush.com
Band Members:
Jon Weisnewski - Bass, Vocals, GameBoy
Nat Damm - Drums, PBR
Aaron Walters - Guitar, Vocabulary

ALUMNI:
Jared Burke Eglington, 2000 - 2006
-Harshing Your Mellow, Elephantine, City of the Stars, Forging Steel and Laying Stone
Stacy Schrag, USA tour 2006
Patrick Cunningham, Sept 2004 - Oct 2005
-Forging Steel and Laying Stone
Demian Johnston, USA tour 2003
Dustin Brown, 2002-2003
-City of the Stars
Chuck Rowell, USA tour 2002
Kyle Iman, 1998-2000
-Teen Cthulhu split 10", Army of Evil Robots... 7"
AKIMBO VIDEOS
AKIMBO - Dive (nirvana cover) - Montpellier, France 2005
AKIMBO - 3 SONGS - Chiribins, Bellingham 2007
AKIMBO - Circle of Hair - Paris, France 2006
AKIMBO PODCASTS

AKIMBO - interviewed by George Chen of Alternative Tentacles
AKIMBO - alternative tentacles sxsw / akimbo special
AKIMBO INTERVIEWS
AKIMBO - interviewed by Jesse Raub of bitter press / punknews.org 2007
Influences: volume, sideburns, violent videogames, pabst, websters, prehistoric sharks that eat whales, rock, huge drums, yelling, zeus, not going to school, crushing distortion, wizards, kitties, loud amps, old coins, big hair, ice giants, not being another crappy emo band from seattle.

Sounds Like: BUY AKIMBO SHIRTS!
Record Label: Neurot Recordings / Alternative Tentacles
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Akimbo added to Neurot roster - Jersey Shores officially announced

Neurot officially announces Jersy Shores....
Posted by AKIMBO on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:29:00 PST

BIAFRA 5-0 - Mini tour to SF - June 15, 16, 17

Akimbo embarks on another journey to the Golden Bay Area spanning the three worst days of the week to try and play a show. We has a stupid.Mon June 16thPortland ORAKIMBOBLACK ELK@ East End - 203 SE Gr...
Posted by AKIMBO on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:50:00 PST

Present.

A shark ripped off the right hand of a teenager swimming along the coast of northeastern Brazil! The Pernambuco state fire department said 14-year-old Wellington dos Santos was attacked on Sunday afte...
Posted by AKIMBO on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:14:00 PST

RAINFEST interview

Interview for RAINFEST is online and readable.Fifty bands hole up in The Viaduct this weekend by Matt DriscollMay 22, 2008 Timing is everything, as they say. I'm not really sure who "they" are, but ...
Posted by AKIMBO on Fri, 23 May 2008 01:11:00 PST

EU shirts and hoodies - BUY EM’ ONLINE!

Our SUPERHAMMERGEIL friends over at shirkiller.de have posted links to buy Akimbo shirts and hoodies. Click HERE to check them out. Keep posted for news about our new album Jersey Shores which is slat...
Posted by AKIMBO on Mon, 19 May 2008 10:41:00 PST

Jersey Shores art

Just posted on livetocrush, a teaser picture of some of the art that is going into the Jersey Shores packaging. Jesse Roberts, tattoo artist, bass player of The Ruby Doe, and all around 'swell guy' ha...
Posted by AKIMBO on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:59:00 PST

Dell: the great satan? Perhaps...

I realize there might be a better forum for the tirade I’m about to unleash upon you all -- but it’s for your own good.  And I’m too fuckin’ pissed to hold it in any longe...
Posted by AKIMBO on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:44:00 PST

TURBONEGRO tour cancelled.

It is with great shame and anguish that harken to thee, bearing tragic news. Turbonegro has cancelled their April west coast tour, and therefore we must do the same. We love all of you people, but fra...
Posted by AKIMBO on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:52:00 PST

AKIMBO to release "Jersey Shores" on NEUROT

In February we were lucky enough to play with Neurosis out here in Seattle. The times? They were good. Good times. Pret-tay pret-tay pret-tay good times. Neurosis blew me away. I've been a long time f...
Posted by AKIMBO on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:15:00 PST

Takin’ ’er easy...

Ladies and germs, just checking in to let you all know that life with your favorite haired drink enthusiasts will take a slight lull in 2008. We've had a very very busy few years here, as many of you ...
Posted by AKIMBO on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:30:00 PST