Big John Bates
Mystiki
© 2003 Devil Sauce Recordings (620953061424)
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"Theatrical, dirty and stripped-down rockin'. Welcome to the dark velvet lounge of Big John Bates. We're dealing with bad juju here; '59 hot rods, bad girls and debauchery." - Uptown Magazine
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"Guitarist Big John and bassist sCare-oline took out the witches cauldron, threw an old Gretsch guitar with a dash of Devil sauce in it and conjured a record that takes you on a rock and roll graveyard tour of thunderous stand up bass slappin' rockers, demonic tiki-torch instrumentals, and reverbed carnival zombified merry-go-round two steppers."
"With one foot in Memphis and the other on 42nd Street, like a badass pumped on moonshine liquor and knockoff Viagra," BIG JOHN BATES is a "first-rate guitarist who melds jump blues, rock & punk."
BJB's sound began with the greasy old-school punkabilly-surf of their debut disc "Flamethrower" (El Toro 2001) and grew into the rock'n'roll-exotica that defined "Mystiki" (DSR 2003). Both "Flamethrower" and "Mystiki" made their mark on national college charts. Their latest release is 2007's "Take Your Medicine" which is getting great attention from the kustom kulture and blues rock radio.
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