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Summerjack

Summerjack

About Me

Summerjack (Orange County, CA) Summerjack has emerged from the underground of their hometown of Boise, ID and established themselves as one of the most credible and durable punk/pop bands in independent music. Summerjack has since relocated to Orange County, California. The band is comprised of frontman & guitarist Gene Piccotti, bassist Eric Johnson, and drummer Mike Spasbo. Gene works in the Action Sports industry, Eric is a certified member of Mensa, and Mike is a tattoo artist. The band’s adrenaline based anthems have earned them a solid base with both fans and press alike. Summerjack has toured many times & played hundreds of shows across the country.NBC, ESPN and Fox networks have featured Summerjack’s music in numerous television programs that showcase surfing, skateboarding, snowboarding, motocross and bmx, such as “54321” and “Vans Triple Crown”.Summerjack’s music can be found on various team videos, such as: Quiksilver surf team videos, Fox Motor Sports motocross videos, & various surfing videos that you can buy at your local shop. The Pro Surfing Tour of America currently airs the music of Summerjack as the theme music for their televised series of surf contests.Summerjack takes pride in being a touring band. Doing countless tours across the United States over the years has built a core audience for the band in many different locations.This punk trio played the Vans Warped Tour.Additionally, Summerjack has shared the stage with bands such as: AFI, Yellowcard, The Vandals, Good Riddance, Guttermouth, Lagwagon, etc. etc. etc.Summerjack just finished taking the stage on the Zippo Hot Tour.You can read interviews & Reviews for Summerjack in: MaximumRockNRoll, AMP, Flipside, Skratch, The Rocket, O.C. Weekly, The New Times, Punk Planet, and every other punk zine out there.

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Member Since: 2/18/2005
Band Website: summerjack.com
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

NEW SONGS!!!

Here are two new tracks from our latest recording session!!!  "No Sympathy" and "Ellen Sims".   ...
Posted by Summerjack on Sat, 03 Dec 2005 01:12:00 PST

Summerjack on Discovery Channel...no kidding

Hey, you can hear Summerjack's music on the Discovery Channel this Monday Sept 26th at 7:00pm PST.  We have music featured on the series "Kustomizer", which is a total motorhead show.  Shoul...
Posted by Summerjack on Mon, 26 Sep 2005 06:31:00 PST

Summerjack, Recording this weekend - Westbeach, Hollywood

This weekend we are headed into the legendary studio, Westbeach Recorders in Hollywood, to work with producers Mike Masters and Matt Hyde.  This is going to be awesome.  We'll let you know w...
Posted by Summerjack on Thu, 08 Sep 2005 09:00:00 PST

Westbeach, Mike Masters, New Recording

Summerjack is scheduled to begin recording new material in Hollywood in Sept.  We are super stoked to work with Mike Masters!!   
Posted by Summerjack on Fri, 19 Aug 2005 09:34:00 PST

Matt Hyde

Summerjack is set to go into the studio with producer Matt Hyde (Slayer, Pulley, Strung Out, Hatebreed, etc). The new recording will get underway sometime this summer!!
Posted by Summerjack on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Hollywood, Jay Mohr, Thrasher Magazine

Last friday we played Hollwyood. To start the night off, Summerjack shared an elevator with Jay Mohr, who cracked jokes the whole way up. We played our show at the Cat Club on Sunset. We were stoked t...
Posted by Summerjack on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Rain in Costa Mesa

Well we played a show at Rain in Costa Mesa. The club is cool, the management is nice and the sound is good. I have to thank the Wolfpack for showing up. It was nice to see the old Hurley crew in a...
Posted by Summerjack on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST