Artist description This quartet owns a unique sound. Stiv Bators once said of Just Hit Pause "they're f****in' great, now where's the crackpipe?" Their musical influences run the gamut from The North Sea Bubble to early Tex Avery. What adds a unique touch is their French drummer known for his jazz work on the early Jacque Chirac albums. Lester Bangs once said about this band "disability, my ass. These guys know how to rock and any portion of rockin' they inadvertently forget, they'll bone up on so that next time their rockin' will be complete."

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Artist History Originally part of the famous Los Angeles hard core scene (known then as The Bulbous Nose) , this band sucessfully made the transition to new wave with their popular indie single "Synthesizer Mayhem Orchestra." Briefly, founder Joe Pino left the band to work for the Food & Drug Administration as a pork inspector. He returned to the band in 1991 and immediately recorded the song "pork inspector." Since the early nineties, the band members have pursued other interests outside rock and roll but reunite on occasion to record. Also, Chip has a sinus condition that we have been begging him to get checked by a doctor..

Group Members Chip Salerno Joe Pino Ian Gallanar Henri "The Lip" DuBois

Press Reviews The Minneapolis Star- Tribune calls Just Hit Pause's Endurance Test "just the latest indie self-indulgence." The Chicago Tribune said about Just Hit Pause's live performances: "sort of like watching children hit each other over the head with mallets, except with a faint scent of irony." The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette failed to answer our phone calls.

Location Baltimore, MD - USA

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