Dan Mayes interviews bands and artists that he has discovered on music hosting site bandcamp.com, discussing all things musical and beyond. These bands and artists vary in popularity, style and personality and you get to see what makes each of them tick. Let the campaign begin!
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Dan's Bandcampaign Ep 8 - John WIlkes Booth
John Wilkes Booth won't kill you, despite being a band that shares it's name with the infamous assassin of Abraham Lincoln, but they may come close if they don't kill each other first. This Long Island band have riffs-a-plenty and with a wailing vocal reminiscent of Soundgarden's Chris Cornell (he's seriously good!) you'll only have to wait a short time into the opening track "From the North" from their latest full length release "Useless Lucy" to see what they are capable of.
I got a chance to spend some time with Harry, John Wilkes Booth's bass player, discussing a wide variety of things such as:
- the effects of having an historic and often hated (with every reason to be) figure as a band name
- pondered the demise of each band member
- in-fighting and personality clashes
- band name wars
- accidentally blowing the real Batman's cover (we are so, so sorry!)
These guys are a passionate bunch of dudes who make awesome music for the sheer love of it. And they're damned good too! Bonus!
Their music is available (often for free) at bandcamp - https://johnwilkesbooth.bandcamp.com/