Artist description We're a four-piece from (where else?) Seattle, WA, experimenting with roots and other traditional styles and messing around with different sounds and sonic ideas of all types. We like sound effects. We like roots music - in the double entendre of music based on good ideas. But enough of the BS, we'd rather let the music do the talking, for better or worse.

Music Style Roots-Rock/Americana/Country/Ambient/Swamp Music

Musical Influences everything from Captain Beefheart to Bill Monroe

Similar Artists Beck, Tom Waits, Son Volt, Wilco, Morphine

Artist History Junk Train brings its rock and roll to life in and around Seattle, WA, blending roots riffs with a tinge of country twang and strains of Southern moodiness. Recent performance highlights include an appearance at NXNW in Portland (including an on-air appearance on KBOO), and shows at the Tractor Tavern and the Crocodile Cafe in Seattle. The band has also recently been accepted into the 2000 Philadelphia Music Conference and the MusicBlitz.com Song Contest at SXSW. In the radio realm, Junk Train has garnered airplay on Seattle's KCMU and Portland's KBOO.Junk Train arrived at its current lineup in the spring of 1999. John has played bass and cartooned for a few different bands. Glen provides his studio experience and 100-proof songwriting. Ron runs Seattle's own Zobrist Music and collects German automobiles in his spare time. Larry keeps busy with a variety of side projects, including a recent stint touring with the Kill Rock Stars group Two Ton Boa. The band came into being in 1996 with live shows in Seattle and Bellingham, and the recording of "Save Buck" in1997 with Junk Train bandmates at the time, Robin Moore and Tom Livingston.

Group Members Glen Gaidos - guitars, mandolin, banjo, keys, voxLarry Joireman - drums, percussion, guitar, voxJohn Geisler - bassRon Stoehr - drums

Instruments anything we can pluck, strum, beat, hammer, pulverize

Albums Save Buck, Junk Train (self-titled), The Most Important

Press Reviews go to http://wwww.flyingrhinosound.com/junktrain.htm

Location Seattle, WA - USA

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