Artist description Rock & roll from Vancouver BC with the attitude that made punk rock famous. The Status kick and punch their way through their rock & roll anthems...let's go!

Music Style Punk & Roll

Musical Influences Social Distortion, The Murder City Devils, The Black Halos, Dead Boys

Similar Artists The Murder City Devils, Dead Boys, Black Halos, Social Distortion

Group Members Jordan, Jared, Monkey, Ryan & Phil

Instruments guitars bass drums vocal chords

Albums "It's Really Quite Manic"

Press Reviews ALBUM REVIEWS: "It's Really Quite Manic"Maximum Rock N Roll (#205)". . . it is really a good CD. Pretty straight forward punk rock with a dark feel. Raspy vocals that are really being pushed, even in the slow parts give the songs a little more energy. The guitar is pretty basic three or four chord type stuff. Rarely are the songs fast but always driving."HM Magazine (#84) " What can I say? Punk Rock! 10 songs of mostly mid-tempo bar chord rock and roll by five young heart throbs from Canada who like to wear black."Bullsheet Zine (#3)"Self described as guitar driven rock. Its Punk rock, with raspy vocals that have an attitude that really sounds great in the slow parts. The whole cd has a dark feel, it makes you want to go out and break something, but in a good way. You really have to see them live to get the full effect, you can clap along on ŒHot Summer Nights' and sing along with ŒIt's Really Quite Manic'. They are touring with The Deadlines this summer, and I can see big things for these guys. Get ready to rock n' roll.Punk Planet (#38) - "Punk rock in the vein of early 80's American punk. Sounds like Social Distortion just enough that you have to wonder if it was intentional."Bandoppler Radio (Aug./Sept 2000)"A precocious and thoroughly believable ode to rock 'n' roll, It's Really Quite Manic by Vancouver BC's The Status hit a lot musical gaps left stripped and covered with Bubble Yum over recent years. While they have a lot of room to grow in their songwriting, mainly in the redundancy department, this band recaptures elements of raw punk, pure rock, and not-so-innocent roll in a manner not as sentimental as it is indignant. Sonically the comparisons are easy: Murder City Devils, The Explosion, Sex Pistols, Misfits, Deadlines, etc, but the quantification is a little harder to reach. It's not that anything has been reinvented here, it's just that the demeanor is so fresh, so realistic, that The Status actually seem like something new, or at least something forgotten by their contemporaries. Standout songs like the title track and "This is an Emergency," "A Rock & Roll Night," and "I Like the Way You Look Tonight" feature hooky, raspy choruses and treats like hand clapping bridges that don't seem cheezy, perfectly timed tempo stops filled by Jordan's tortured and essential vocal imperatives, and verse progressions that climb and scrape the spine. And bottom line, The Status suspend my disbelief, and make me forget that punk is dead for twenty-nine minutes and fifty seconds. Quite an accomplishment if you ask me.If these guys stay together and work hard for another year they will be well groomed for taking over the Pacific underground; a feat they are already knee-deep in realizing with support from bands like the Black Halos and an underrated Vancouver scene. As it stands now, It's Really Quite Manic is definitely worth checking out if your aim is to be rocked raw and proper, and the band's charismatic, raucous live performances should not be snubbed. Welcome back whatever it is that The Status are reviving." Reviewed by Earl Campbell

Location Richmond, BC - Canada

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