I Have Never Heard These Bands That Start With The Letter J

Who's this bloke I asked her
Gordon, she replied
Not that poof, I said dismayed
yes but he's no poof she cried
he's more a man than you'll ever be

I'm so upset, I'm so upset, yeah yeah.

The quickest and easiest way to describe The Jolt is that they were Scotland's slightly inferior equivalent to The Jam.

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Though it does list three bands called the Jets one each from UK, Belgium and US.

Maybe because they all really kind of stank. Just Water did "What We Need is Some Rock" on a Max's thing, as said, and it's as terrible as the title makes it sound. Give it a New Wave lilt and you're there. Right in with bands from the CBGB's "live" vinyl like Manster and The Shirts (whose first album was almost good but the second, "Street Line Shine," really smelled up the place.) For some reason I also put Just Water in with the Phil Rambeaux's of the world. Or other great acts like Willy Nile.

Good god no, Chuck. John/Graham was from Manchester/Sheffield. The single was on Rabid recds home of such stars as Slaughter and The Dogs etc.

Stiff was too *London* for such japes. (Still a cool label though).

Yeah, I was just going to bed after a Friday night of cringing horror movie rental. Saw "Saw" among other things.

I was totally going to start a "paging George Smith" thread tonight because I found a copy of the Rough Diamond record for $2 at the local record store. Do you want it? No cost to you -- I'd be more than happy to send it, I just wanted to confirm if you'd even be interested.

Why, yeah! It'll go in my pile of vinyl that's slotted for recovery to CD. I'm still looking to find another copy of Natural Gas, too, which I stupidly threw away. I'll send you something from my CD reclamation projects, maybe you will even like it. E-mail me and I'll send my address or I'll send it to you anyway, or something.

I have never heard these "I" bands from Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums 1955-1996 book:

(At least I don't think I have. At least not much):

Jade
Jade Warrior
Jimmy James & The Vagabonds
Horst Jankowski
The Jazzmasters
The Jingle Cats
Damita Jo
Johnny & the Distractions
Johnny Hates Jazz
Juluka

I think Jade Warrior are supposed to sound like King Crimson, but I'm pretty sure I just read that somewhere.

Aaargh! Those are J not I bands, obviously.

The Jingle Cats -- sure sounds like a novelty record, like The Jingle Dogs, instead with cats "singing" "Jingle Bells."

Whitburn:

The sounds of real cats digitally mastered into song by Mike Spalla. The cats are Cheese Puff, Max, Sprocket, Binky, Clara, Cueball, Graymer, Twizzler and Petunia.

Meowy Christmas went #85 in 1993; Here Come The Santa Claws went #182 in 1994.

And man, judging from both Scott's list at the top of this thread and the list I just added, little-known bands who start with "J" totally suck eggs.

i love jade warrior though! so they don't suck at least.

and i did like juluka's the scatterlings of africa single when they used to play it on college radio way back when. that was them right? johnny clegg?

Jade Warrior - the one album I heard was pretty meh synth-prog, but lots of people seem to like them, so...anyone have any recommendations?

Horst Jankowski - isn't he like a German version of James Last?

Johnny Hates Jazz - yet more Scottish horrible wine-bar funk, 1980's era.

Juluka - Scatterlings Of Africa was nice, the album I had sounded like The Police though. No-one admits it these days but the Police have been at least as influential as the Velvet Underground, in the sheer number of bands who ripped off their sound.

Johnny Hates Jazz weren't Scottish, though the rest of that statement is true enough.

I think I was confusing them with Love And Money.

"so...anyone have any recommendations?"

the first three albums on vertigo are a lot different than the later stuff. heavier. flutes. cool percussion. more dawn of the 70's art-rocking with cool guitar solos. though i like the later stuff too. which tends to be more ambient and drifting with side-long suites and such.

i always mix up johnny hates jazz and curiosity killed the cat

I just realized that up until this very moment I have been hearing the name "Jackie-O Motherfucker" in my head as "Jackie O'Motherfucker," when it is almost certainly meant to be "Jackie-O, Motherfucker!" Either way, I have never heard this band that starts with the letter J.

Your version is better

in june, be sure to buy fudgie the motherfucker, the "whale of a motherfucker" cake!