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• Member Type
• Band/Artist

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• Jesus Makes The Shotgun Sound
• Bio
• Hailing from the heart of Southern California's Desert Wasteland; Jesus Makes The Shotgun Sound have made it a personal goal to bring Rock and Roll into the 21st century. Starring viciously loud guitars, sub-sonic synth swells, bump and grind-ingly movable rhythms and three vocalists who run the gamut from soft-come hither whispers to arena rock wails. Driven by 4 multi-instrumentalists, it is not unusual to see these guys running all around the stage pre and mid song to move to yet another instrument they've come to master.
  
  They are the epitome of musical evolution, having reinvented themselves 3 times over in their 5 year career. First coming onto the Los Angeles music scene as an aggressive, proto-punk, post-screamo outfit (as documented on their first e.p which was released by the radically politically charged Ethospine Noise Label). Then emerging two years later with their own brand of dreamy free-form psychedelia (ala King Crimson, Camel, early-Genesis). And now in their latest incarnation incorporating Electronic Body Music, Shoegaze, Progressive Rock, early 80's Goth, and mid-90's "Alternative" (whatever that means).
  
  It comes as no surprise that they have been consistently compared to such innovators as Radiohead, Pink Floyd, the Beatles, and the poster boys of dark electronica, Depeche Mode.
  
  Live shows are most definitely a sight to behold. Racks upon racks of synths, the floor covered in a gear-geek's heaven of vintage and modern effect pedals, a guitar or bass never leaves a standing member's side, cello and accordion along side screaming guitar solos and the oddest sampling interludes you can bend your mind around. These elements composing the soundtrack of what seems to be a war cry from 5 very strange men to the evil and injustice of the world.
  
  Since 2004 they've come to encompass the ideals of D.I.Y. culture, having recorded all their own material and booked their own tours while continuing to build an increasingly cult-like fan base throughout the world. Stemming entirely from a small basement in a black hole of a city, Riverside.
  
  DO WHAT THOU WILT SHALL BE THE WHOLE OF THE LAW.

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• Music Genre
• Rock
• City / Town
• Riverside
• State
• California
• Country
• United States

• Networks
• Purevolume
• http://www.purevolume.com/JesusMakesTheShotgunSound
• Other Website
• http://www.sonicbids.com/jesusmakestheshotgunsound
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• http://www.myspace.com/jmtss