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ILLINOIS ENTERTAINER Rock ‘n’ roll hasn’t kicked the bucket yet, but according to Jonny Rumble, it’s definitely seen better damn days. “There is a man named Neil Young/He said that rock would never die/He was wrong/It’s almost there,” Rumble frontman Brian Webb says in the first line of Almost Dead’s first song, the title track. It’s hangin’ by a thread, he insists, yet solutions are hard to come by on the 12 tracks. There’s plenty of blame, though, mostly directed at those of us (you!) buying Nickelback and Dave Matthews CDs and concert tickets. Jonny Rumble aren’t any more content with the country as a whole, but Webb and his bandmates – Patrick O’Connor, Jeremy Pryor, and Seth Thomas – are a hell of a lot more more interested in venting (against rich pricks on “One Percent,” corporate pricks on “Bleed Out,” and bitchy pricks on “You’ve Got It Made”) than suggestions. They aren’t lame barstool whiners, though, thankfully – just good old-fashioned pissed-the-fuck off. “It’s a finger-pointing, blame-laying manifesto, Webb admits in Almost Dead’s press materials. “We’re blaming ourselves as well as others for the modern state of things, socially and politically. -------------------------------------------------------------
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CHICAGIST Jonny Rumble is one of those bands endlessly toiling in the background of the music scene. It feels like they're been around forever but they've never really made that much of an impact. Sure, folks would book them because they were a decent draw, but they seemed destined to be yet another undiscovered Chicago band that would be barely remembered. Hopefully that perception of the band will change with the release of Jonny Rumble's new album Almost Dead. Whereas in the past the group kicked out workmanlike riffs that won over listeners through their familiarity, the band now steps up their game and works hard to craft inventive new phrases that still evoke years past, but this time there's a distinctive stamp of the band's own personality on every riff. (O.K., except for one. Dudes, no fair ripping off Nirvana so blatantly on "New New Deal" since it really hurts our argument that you're branching out.) It seems that scrappy mid-'90s alt-rock is due for a resurgence, hell Q101 already features most of those band as "classic rockers" at this point, so Jonny Rumble's time to rise above the scene's din just might have arrived. -------------------------------------------------------------
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SUN TIMES "Hey hey, my my/Rock and roll can never die," Neil Young declared, but the Chicago quartet Jonny Rumble begs to differ on the title track of its third album, "Almost Dead." Counters guitarist-vocalist Brian Webb: "There was a man named Neil Young/He said that rock would never die/He was wrong/It's almost there/It got chopped off in a barber chair/No more hair!" (Another problem, according to the band: All the fans have gone off to see the Dave Matthews Band and Nickleback.) Thankfully, the band's protestations of the sad state of affairs musically, culturally and politically never comes off as downer whining: All of the group's sometimes obvious but not necessarily unwarranted observations are delivered over invigorating and intoxicating short, sharp shocks of pop-punk energy that are a testament to its members' roots. Webb, guitarist Patrick O'Connor, bassist Jeremy Pryor and drummer Seth Thomas are Detroit natives who moved to Chicago and became dedicated members of the local music scene several years ago, and they combine the ferocious energy and unshakeable grooves of Motown's best with Chicago's long-standing love of power-pop; think MC5 jamming with Cheap Trick, but at Ramones tempos. If that isn't a sign of life, I don't know what is. (Jim DeRogatis)
------------------------------------------------------------- MUSIC VIDEO: "OUT TO GET YOU." High-powered cat-and-mouse hijinks drive this music video from Chicago's Jonny Rumble. -------------------------------------------------------------
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CHICAGOIST "Garage kids Jonny Rumble play solid, early-'00s inspired guitar rock" -------------------------------------------------------------
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(Josh Card) SOURCE: WLUW 88.7 Almost Dead is a
wonderful successor to Jonny Rumble's debut album , Good for the Market.
This quartet of Chicago based, Detroit natives, was chosen as one of the
14 best U.S. bands in 2006, and continues to fulfill expectations. Almost
Dead ranges from all out rockers to meditative mode. Songs are well
structured, the playing is superb, the frontman has just the right amount
of swagger. What most impresses, is that there is real substance to all
of Jonny Rumble's material. Loud, direct, and angry, their music is
filled with intelligent commentary. In short, well worth playing. -------------------------------------------------------------
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SOURCE: LUMINO MAGAZINE FIVE QUESTIONS WITH JONNY
RUMBLE We are originally from Detroit. We moved here in hopes of being signed to a record label and progressing in music and that’s what happened, pretty much. We got signed to WC records and stuff’s really moving for us. Describe your sound and name? Punk rock. My brother played guitar in marching band in high school. I played snare drum. We knew this kid and his name was John Rumble. Everyone called him Jonny. And one day the band director called him Jonny Rumble and that name stuck. He played trombone and he was this little skinny dorky kid. And then one day, in the mid summer, when I was a freshman in college my brother woke me up and was like “Dude. I’ve got an awesome name for our band.” What can we expect from your live show? You can expect to have your ass kicked. It’s in your face, it’s loud, and it’s an attention getter. For sure your attention will be glued to it. What is your favorite Chicago venue? Abbey Pub or the Double Door. I really love the Abbey pub, it’s fun as hell there. Where do you hope to take the band in the future? To the top. We’re going to stick
in Chicago for awhile and we plan on doing some full-time touring. "Good For The Market” is the latest release from the Detroit born, Chicago based hard rock group collectively known as Jonny Rumble. In terms of style, there is one word that best describes the music of Jonny Rumble: Loud, thrash, angry, and straight to the point! (ADRIAN)
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