Artist description Two agressive females spewing sexuality and attitude over a hard driving foundation of loud drums and metal guitar riffs.

Music Style alternative/rap/metal

Musical Influences Anything that lives, breathes, bleeds, and has soul.

Similar Artists If the following were fronted by two adrenalized females: Papa Roach, Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit (w/balls), Disturbed, RATM

Artist History Born in the southside of San Antonio, Texas, Jackie On Acid expresses the perspective of feminist aggression in a predominantly patriachial Hispanic culture. Intertwining their vocal abilities, Tracy Carrasco and Jenny Jimenez, sing and rap about sexism in society and the frustrations of being female in a male dominated rap/metal industry. Their political and feminist critiques float above and through the musical foundation formed by Tony Jimenez on drums and percussion, John Cortez on bass, and Eddie Hernandez on guitars.

Group Members Tracy Carrasco - Vox, Jenny Jimenez - Vox, Anthony Jimenez - Drums/Percussion, John Cortez - Bass Eddie Hernandez - Guitar

Instruments Drums, Guitar, Bass, Lots of Adrenalin

Albums Demo CD: Songs of Love and Devotion

Press Reviews PRESS REVIEW 1 "...there's a powerful force in local rap-metal that proves San Antonio's claim to a progressive streak over the national market: Jackie On Acid, a band that proves that not everyone is acquiescing to these gendered and racial divisions. When the dual female vocalists of the all-Latin band took the stage during a recent set, shouts of "Jackie On Acid has big balls" seemed fitting. The band started as a weekend project that only recently celebrated its one-year anniversary, but they drew a larger crowd than the evening's headliners. It's only a slight exaggeration to compare the vocal abilities of Jackie On Acid's Jenny Jimenez and Tracy Carrasco to the instrumental abilities of Miles Davis and John Coltrane, artists who used their mastery of the trumpet and tenor saxophone to create an entirely unique sound. Jimenez and Carrasco continually intertwine their individual skills of screams, moans, and whispers to create a frighteningly unified vocal-the duo seems to have discovered the art of the vocal scat-riff in rap-metal. Yet vocals comprise only part of the musical formula. Jackie On Acid's stage presence is equally mesmerizing. Drummer Anthony Jimenez sets the chaotic mood, and guitarist Trey Ordaz and bassist John Cortez don white face masks, as Carrasco-head bowed in shadowy sensuality-slithers back and forth. Jimenez' dilated pupils and protruding tongue, meanwhile, assaults the crowd, as the rest of her body contorts with motions reminiscent of Missy Elliot and Busta Rhymes, and all this amid continual strobe lighting. Though Jackie On Acid's lyrics are not overtly centered on the the struggles of Hispanic-descent females, the fact that Jimenez and Carrasco author of the songs provides an opportunity to glimpse a seldom chronicled viewpoint. Carrasco commented that her songwriting is a form of therapy, an understatement in light of titles such as "Prison of Silence," "Suicidal Fate," and "Stitched Lips," each suggesting the complexity and necessity of conveying this unique reality. At the show where they out-drew the headliners, they segued into "Kiss of Death" and then a final 10-minute jam of free-form beats and lyrics. When the mike was eventually passed into the crowd and an audience member swung from the overhead lighting, it became apparent that this band is a potential reckoning force. If or when Jackie On Acid negotiates a major label contract, they will indeed be the kiss of death for a slew of rap-metal clone bands. If everything goes right, maybe even pop can be reburied for a few more years." by Jeff Jaeckle in the Jan. 2000 issue of The San Antonio Current PRESS REVIEW 2 from issue #2 of FIRECRACKER (explosive entertainment) "Jackie On Acid totally had the whole place hoppin' up and down. They put on a flawless performance, but then again, I don't think I have ever seen them put on a bad show. They always pack it in, they always rock hard, and the vocals are always balls-to-the-wall tough. J.O.A. is all they represent, and I will always respect them for that. They are not some agro-rock band that belts out what they think they are supposed to belt out. They belt it out from the heart of what is going on within them." by Melissa Flores writer for the monthly San Antonio,TX zine FIRECRACKER (explosive entertainment)

Location San Antonio, TX - USA

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