Artist description hard rock,great lyrics,strong melodies. Lyrics written by Abandoned Wagon Press poet, Johnny Roulette.Thompson Roulette featured two vocalists.Johnny Roulette supplied the gravelly low end, while Rob Thompson delivered a clear and disciplined style.The two voices complimented each other well.Musically, Thompson brings a harder, crisp sound that blended seamlessly with Roulette's story-driven, Americana melodies.Thompson Roulette was hard to categorize.With punk, rock, metal & country roots, the individual songs had as many differences as they did linking qualities.

Music Style Hard Rock, Americana

Musical Influences Black Sabbath, Bob Dylan, Slobberbone, Beasts Of Bourbon,Lynyrd Skynyrd,Rolling Stones,Green On Red,Tom Waits,Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,Bob Mould,Elvis Costello,The Pogues/Shane MacGowan,Johnny Thunders,The Stooges, Ramones

Similar Artists We didn't sound like anybody else! Beasts Of Bourbon, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Lynyrd Skynyrd

Artist History Started after the death of our friend Ingrid Skanchy, it ended on November 29, 2001 with the death of bassist/friend Will Platt.Johnny and Rob got together on St. Patrick's Day, 2000 and began writing and recording what is now "...maybe New Orleans".The other members were drawn by the early recordings and raw potential. It really had a momentum of its own.Rob Thompson(guitar,vocals) & Will Platt(bass) were long-time veterans of the Atlanta music scene(Ghost Story, BLSTRD, Tombstones, Threshold Of Pain).Johnny Roulette is a published poet(Holy Bull:hymns from an Ambien summer/Abandoned Wagon Press 1999) whose early forays into music(Family Smack Off, Heldorado) never made it past the garage.He is also the lead singer for The Transgressors(also on MP3.com) & Death Valley Strays.Though they started with no expectations, it didn't take long to discover that Rob's music and Johnny's words were a natural fit, forming a very special union. Rick Richards became interested after hearing "descenso", of which he said, "It sounds like the desert...". Drummer Idi Amin was replaced by Gary Stanton(Too Far Gone) in November of 2000.Guitarist/songwriter Mark Bishop(also of Death Valley Strays) joined at the beginning of 2001.The band called it a day following the death of Will Platt, who had been friends with Roulette and Bishop for more than a decade. Neither Roulette nor Bishop could playing these songs in this band without Platt.

Group Members Johnny Roulette- Vocals/words...Rob Thompson- guitar, vocals...Will Platt(1959-2001)- bass, vocals...Idi Amin(3/00-11/00)- drums, concussion...Gary Stanton- drums...Mark Bishop- guitar/vocals. Guests on their only cd: Rick Richards(Georgia Satellites/Izzy Stradlin & The JuJu Hounds, The Hellhounds)- lead guitar on "blowout", slide & vocals on "boy in the bubble"...Stevie T.(Tombstones/Texacala Jones/Arkansas Stranglers)- slide guitar on "just the way it was". The CD was mastered by Jeff Johnson(Jason & The Scorchers' ex-bassist and co-founder) at Surreal Studios in Atlanta.

Instruments vocals, guitar, slide guitar, bass, drums

Albums ...maybe new orleans

Location Atlanta, GA - USA

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