THE DOWN TRUNKS: Rock Unincorporated

The Down Trunks

Rock Unincorporated

© 2003 The Down Trunks (619981100021)

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Honest, original, roots rock from the midwest. Unpretentious timeless music to really sink your teeth into.

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The Down Trunks are a Kansas City based rock band. We formed in early 2000. We are currently playing all over the Midwest.

Our influences (in no particular order) include but are not limited to:
Wilco, The Rolling Stones, Tom Petty, Uncle Tupelo, Clem Snide, Johnny Cash, The Grateful Dead, Son Volt, Pete Droge, Whiskeytown, The Old 97's, The Band, The Who, Neil Young, Slobberbone, The Promise Ring, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Kings of Leon, Hank Williams Sr., Ian Moore, Golden Smog, Bob Dylan, Ryan Adams, The Traveling Wilburys, Willie Nelson, Split Lip Rayfield, Widespread Panic, Govt. Mule, The Samples, The Allman Brothers Band, Pink Floyd, The Honeydogs, and The Freddy Jones Band.

If you enjoy one or two of the artists listed above, then there is a good chance you will like us too.

People have compared us to:
Ryan Adams, The Band, Curt Cobain, Bob Dylan, Edie Brickell and The New Bohemians, The Eels, Jay Farrar, The Grateful Dead, Jack Johnson, Lester "The Road Hog" Moran & the Cadillac Cowboys , Lovin Spoonful, Nada Surf, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Randy Newman, Social Distortion, Sonvolt, Phish, REM, The Silos, Talking Heads, Tom Snider, Tanita Tikaram, Uncle Tupelo, Velvet Undergroud, Wilco, and Brian Wilson. Some of those names we are really excited about...others we are pretty sure the people were smoking crack. Why don't you tell us what you think?

The Down Trunks consist of:
David Noyce (Guitar, Vocals) is from Minneapolis, MN. Ryan Lickteig (Bass, Vocals) is from Overland Park, KS. Darren Matheson (Guitar, Vocal) is from Ponca City, OK. Chad Matheson (Drums) is also from Ponca City, OK.

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  • Review of "Falling Up" on Garageband.com
    author: Atonome

    Good Feel The guitar lick is cool. It actually takes me back to the late 80s where there was an alternative movement in pop that never truly took off so I like this direction as it was never exploited. Even the solo reminds me of Edie Brickell and the new Bohemians. Great use of a thick wah. The singer carried a good melody throughout this song and there is a good hook in the chorus that is memorable. Production and band are tight.

  • Review of "Cowpunk" from "Rock Unincorporated"
    author: familypeople

    Loose Gasoline Alley Feel Gritty vocal cuts through a jangly guitar mix and paints a smoky, musky portrait of a crowded honky tonk somewhere out west in the pre WWII era. This is the kind of sound that inspired Dylan to hire the Band! Very live feel.

  • Review of "Retirement Shuffle" from "Rock Unincorporated"
    author: crashmodem

    Nice song! A great toe-tapper, and something I would expect to hear on KNON or KHYI in Dallas. This band definitely has the potential to make a splash in the Texas music scene. I couldn't pin down the similarities of the vocalist to any one artist in particular, but more of a mixture of an on-key Todd Snider, Ryan Adams, and... see this is where I got lost, I was reminded of some old 70s artist or band that I couldn't place. A wonderful sound where the vocals were the emphasis. Extra Credit: Male Vocals, Melody, Beat, Mood.

  • author: The Pitch

    Yeah, the name's a spoonerism of town drunks. But we can forgive that. The music hits a pleasant, boozy stumble now and then, but these KC boys aren't nearly as sloppy or as stupid as such a handle implies. In fact, Rock Incorporated is damn near tasteful, with jittery jangle-pop, mild alt-country seasoning and melodic lead lines that, thank God, owe more to VU or Television than to the Byrds or the Burrito Brothers. The guitar work -- crisp and wide-ranging without showiness -- is the star here. Not that the songs don't kick -- I'll stack the killer choruses of "A Lay Down" and "Falling Up" against any recent indie offering, and the chirps in "Punchcard" will buzz in your head all day -- but the sequencing is a little off. A few too many 5-minute midtempo shuffles gum up the levers, and even though the songs capture the warm lurching feel of knocking back a couple of brews, a little more variety would help. Minor quibbles for an album that manages to be spare and rich at once.

  • Tip back some brews and rock with these boys.
    author: Jeff Seidmon

    The cd has a great variety of music from all sorts of genres that interest me. I found a good dose of alt-country, roots rock, indie, and rock 'n roll. The songs are very catchy. The more I listen to the cd the more I like it. You can hear a wide variety of musical influences in the music. A flat out good cd.

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