Artist description The Bottletones play Booze-Fueled Rock & Roll.

Musical Influences Psychobilly, Rockabilly, Surf, Punk, Swing, Honky Tonk, the Bakersfield Sound, Death Metal, Rock & Roll, our main focus is on original music. For kicks we also cover music from a diverse selection of artists, such as: Tom Waits, Slayer, Elvis, Anti-nowhere Leage, Nat King Cole, Demented Are Go; Clint, Glenn, & Roger Miller, Neil Young, the Meteors, etc., etc....

Similar Artists Reverend Horton Heat, Link Wray, Dick Dale, Flat Duo Jets, Southern Culture On The Skids, Meteors, etc...

Artist History Formed in 1993 in Carbondale, ILL on the porch of the Lost Cross house; First CD: "Corn Rampin'", 1996, recorded and mixed over a 30 day period in November of 1995 by Scott Munson @ Sound Core Studios in Carbondale; Relocated to Chicago, Il in 1998; Second CD: "The Sheriff of Bottletone Co.", 1999, recorded Live and mixed over a 4 day period in December of 1998 by Steve Albini @ Electrical Audio Recording in Chicago: 3rd CD: "Adult Time", 2001, recorded and mixed in two sessions, 4 days in July, 4 days in September of 2000, also recorded by Steve Albini @ Electrical Audio Recording. All 3 CD's Released on Relay Records and Distributed by Hepcat Records. Have played with the Misfits, Link Wray, the Brian Setzer Orchestra, The Ventures, Rev. Horton Heat, BR5-49, Wayne Hancock, Big Bad Vodoo Daddy, Ronnie Dawson, the Blasters, Los StraightJackets, Spies Who Surf, Cowslingers, Last Laugh, Narvell Felts, Billy Lee Riley, Legendary Shack Shakers, Last Vegas, Role Models, Bleed, etc.

Group Members ACE -- Electric Hollowbody Guitars; CRASH -- Acoustic, Electric Solidbody, & Electric Hollowbody Guitars; SCRATCH -- Vox & Mayhem; SPEED -- Skins; Beef -- Doghouse: (the late, Thunk Bottletone, appears on Doghouse & electric bass on "Corn Rampin'" & "Sheriff")

Press Reviews Teri Baldwin, Publisher, mpXreview.com: "We have Just posted a review of 'In like Sin' on mpXreview.com, the nets premier guide to E-music. Great Song, great band-could have reviewed every song-but as it is you guys beat out Tom Petty. I hope You like the review. It will remain up for one or two days on the home page, then will reside permanently in our Past Reviews Segment. If you would like to link to the review you can access it as fallows: http://www.mpxreview.com/99/03/07/21_bottletones.html , Best of luck to you. And if you are ever playing New York City, we'd love to catch you live!"____________________________________________________________________________________Phil Dirt - Reverb Central, Spies.com: "The Bottletones new release is great infectious rockabilly based music, cut with a crowbar edge and real intensity....this band is just too much fun. Big thrashing sound, snotty saddle bustin' music for the roadhouse. Each track is a unique capsule of sight and sound, with rock sustain, punk edge, and a rebel mentality."

Additional Info We endorse the bands the Last Laugh & the Cowslingers as absolute kick-ass sourses for Rock & Roll, check them out as soon as you can.

Location Chicago, IL - USA

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