Artist description REAL GUT WRENCH STORIES. HONEST. PURE. HARD. SOFT. FAST. SLOW.... PUNK AGGRESSION WITH POETIC SENSIBILITY. MUSIC FOR EVERYBODY. MUSIC FOR OPEN MINDED PEOPLE. NO BOX TOPS.

Music Style Indie/Alternative Real- Gut- Tunes

Musical Influences X, Velvet Underground, Billie Holiday, Iggy Pop, Concrete Blonde, PJ Harvey

Similar Artists Pixies, Pretenders, Elastica, Patti Smith

Artist History KEVIN JACOBS - GUITAR. SKIE BENDER - BASS/VOICE. STARTED THE PAPER MACHE SLUGS IN 1993. THEY BECAME THE OVENMITTS IN 1994. AND JOINED WITH A DRUMMER IN 1995. CHANGING AND REGISTERING THEIR NAME - THE FIREANTS. THE FIREANTS HAVE CONSISTENTLY PLAYED CLUBS FROM SAN DIEGO TO SAN FRANSISCO EVER SINCE. SOME OF THE GIGS HAVE BEEN OPENING UP FOR JOAN JETT @ THE GALAXY CONCERT THEATRE IN SANTA ANA IN 1998. PLAYING AT THE MEOW MIX IN NEW YORK WITH PATTI ROTHBERG. OTHER CLUBS THE FIREANTS PLAY IN AND AROUND LOS ANGELES INCLUDE, BAR DELUXE, COCONUT TEASER, THE TROUBADOR, ALS BAR, CLUB MESA, CHAIN REACTION, QUE SERA SERA....AND MANY MORE....

Group Members KEVIN JACOBS - GUITAR. SKIE BENDER - BASS/ LYRICS / VOICE. KELLY BUSBY - DRUMS.

Instruments PEARL DRUM KIT. GIBSON SG. FENDER BLUES DEVILLE TUBE AMP. MESA BOOGIE. HOENER BASS. FENDER COMBO 200 WATT AMP.

Albums SELF TAUGHT - 1996 (10 SONG CD). COPING MECHANISM - 1998 (11 SONG CD)

Press Reviews LA TIMES - MIKE BOEHM OC REGISTER - CLAUDIA FIGUEROA OC REGISTER - ROBERT KINSLER OC WEEKLY - RICH KANE LA TIMES -JOHN ROOS PLUS... SKRATCH. BAM, LA WEEKLY, LIVE, GALAXY CONCERT GUIDE, MUSIC CONNECTION AND MANY MORE....

Additional Info BOOKS BY SKIE BENDER - 1. RIDING MY BIG WHEEL TOO FAST 2. A NICE STORM FOR A NEW BIRTH 3. COLLISION WITH FATE (ROCK'N'ROLL DIARY) MISC- PAINTINGS BY SKIE BENDER. PRINTS AND DRAWING BY KEVIN JACOBS.

Location FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CALIFORNIA - USA

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