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The Last Nerves are a dork rock band from Durham, NC. What is dork rock, you might wonder? Listen and find out. It's basically weird pop rock with swear words. We are all thirty-something dorks who are figuring out how to age gracefully while rocking out. Our goal is to not be making beer commercial music. We have thus far succeeded.

Reese and Josh are singer-songwriter-guitarists who argue endlelssly about whose guitar is louder. Josh sings about random things and ways to f*** over the man. Reese has a sweet voice and she sings about matters of the heart and statutory rape. She (Reese) plays mean, crunchy rhythm guitar and Josh is treble-master and king of catchy hooks. Simeon and Hannah hold it together in the background in a state of co-dependence. Simeon is an over-caffeinated, minimalist ZenMaster on drums. Hannah is an insecure bass player who, like Simeon, thinks that less is more.

The Last Nerves aren't about genre or acting cool. The Last Nerves are a pop band of angry old farts who will kick your ass.

Why this name?
Josh's daughter was getting on his last nerve when the band name was conceived.
Do you play live?
We play live around Durham and Chapel Hill, NC and yes we like it.
How, do you think, does the internet (or mp3) change the music industry?
Hopefully gives people a chance to hear the Last Nerves.
Would you sign a record contract with a major label?
Yea, if they didn't mind that we were funny looking and didn't want to tour much.
Band History:
Josh & Reese met when they answered an ad for an indy rock "collective." The people there didn't believe in structure, especially the angry drugged out dude who, when asked what he played said "not a mother-f***ing THING man..." Reese and Josh eloped from the collective and asked Josh's lawfully-wedded-wife, Hannah, to play bass. We put an ad in the local weekly paper for an aging drummer, and got this phone message from Simeon saying "I'm oooold, I'm so oooold...."
Your influences?
Velvet Underground
Modern Lovers
Beatles
The Who
Janis Joplin/Big Brother & The Holding Company
X
Pixies
Stones
Nirvana
Dead Moon
Green Day
Favorite spot?
That would have to be the G-spot, Bob.
Equipment used:
Fender guitars, p-bass, minimialist drums, pedals.
Anything else...?
p.s. In case you're wondering, in our spare time, we like to make potty jokes, complain about work, raise children, and surf the net for the perfect date.
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