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John Wilkes Booth

Dirt Rock

5 songs
1.1K plays
Picture for song 'Dense' by artist 'John Wilkes Booth'

Dense Dense

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Picture for song 'LIP' by artist 'John Wilkes Booth'

LIP LIP

Lonliness Is Pure

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Picture for song 'Haze' by artist 'John Wilkes Booth'

Haze Haze

In a mescaline haze

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Picture for song 'Unknown Waiting' by artist 'John Wilkes Booth'

Unknown Waiting Unknown Waiting

Judge and not be judged

Avant Rock

Picture for song ''I Can Feel Your Heartbeat'' by artist 'John Wilkes Booth'

'I Can Feel Your Heartbeat' 'I Can Feel Your Heartbeat'

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John Wilkes Booth, a "Dirt Rock" band from Long Island, New York. When Long Island is mentioned Billy Joel, emo, tribute bands or bad metal comes to mind, John Wilkes Booth is the antithesis to all these things. JWB is the melting pot for separate personalities to come together to make one kick ass stew of dirty rock power. In the short time that JWB has been together they have managed to build a loyal following and land gigs at some of the areas bigger venues such as Northsix in Williamsburg Brooklyn. Hoping to bring their sound out of the local area and to the people of this great country. Keep your eyes and ears on John Wilkes Booth their power in infecting.
Band/artist history
The history of the band is the following, Christian (drums) and Jay (guitar) formally played together in Madder, which eventually fell apart. Jay went on to join Under Red Sky who had a short stint of gigs and recording. When left without a band, Jay reunited with Christian who brought his brother-in-law Harry (bass) into the fold. The three went on to place an add on craigslist , had a bunch of crap vocalist come down and picked the worst one. Now stepped in Merkle former vocalist of Big Baby Satan, Fiftfyour, Redshift and various other local bands to complete the line-up. Together they all draw influences from all over the musical spectrum. The final result is raw and visceral dirt rock. Played with brutal intensity and direct honesty..
Have you performed in front of an audience?
Yes we play live wherever we can and we fucking love it!!! Yes it was special when Merkle sprained his ankle.
Your musical influences
The four walls of our rehearsal studio, drinking beer, making fun of people & listening to other bands that rock
Anything else?
We will rock your bowels loose. We conjure up such rock greatness that your boxer shorts will be stained for all eternity.
W Babylon, NY  USA
ID 517670
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Comments (2)
Other bands may have more volume,more distortion,more plastic energy,but you guys are the gutsiest sounding of them all. Great lyrics too. Im looking forward to hearing more.
Hola, Great stuff here guys but I think it is more like HEAVY METAL than rock.
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