Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club are a rock and roll band from San Francisco, California.
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Biography
BRMC, as they are known for short, formed in 1998 took their name from the 1953 film The Wild One and play hard driving punkish rock influenced by Iggy Pop and the Stooges, The Doors, Sex Pistols, and 1980s British acts like Spacemen 3 and The Jesus & Mary Chain. Their style also encompasses slower paced psychedelic dreamy grooves influenced by shoegazers like My Bloody Valentine and Ride. The lead singer's father is none other than Michael Been of The Call. The band were dropped by Virgin Records in 2004, with Nick Jago leaving the band at the end of their summer tour of the same year. In 2005 the band signed to Echo in the UK, and RCA in the US, with Nick Jago also returning.
Line-Up
Peter Hayes: guitar, bass, vocals Robert Turner: guitar, bass, vocals Nick Jago: drums/percussion
Discography
Albums
Singles
- Red Eyes And Tears (February 2001)
- Rifles (March 2001)
- Screaming Gun EP (October 2001)
- Whatever Happened To My Rock'N'Roll (Punk Song) (October 2001)
- Love Burns (January 2002)
- Spread Your Love (May 2002)
- Stop (August 2003)
- We're All In Love (November 2003)
- Ain't No Easy Way (August 2005))
External link
- official website (http://www.blackrebelmotorcycleclub.com)
- Interview with 3:AM Magazine (http://www.3ammagazine.com/musicarchives/2004/feb/interview_robert_turner.html)