Artist description Damn it’s good to hear a band like TheWobblies after an interminable spate offaceless janglepop...The Wobblies stir upa maelstrom of punk rock amplitude. Isn’tit great when raw-throated vocal hostilities,rolling waves of bass-heavy sonic sludge,seething curtains of feedback and lashings ofdetuned guitar are mixed, shaken and thrownback in your face? Trust me, you’ll think so.In a world full of bland and passive music, IHave Some Language is just the sort of short,sharp rock you need...and probably the sooneryou get it, the better.© May 1999 Splendid E-zine

Music Style Indie Rock/Punk

Musical Influences cauliflower

Similar Artists broccoli

Artist History Based in NYC, The Wobblies formed in 1997 andreleased an 8-song debut CD "I Have Some Language"in late 1998. The Wobblies perform in and aroundNew York City and up and down the East Coast. Theyrecently finished recording another group of songs andare ready to release their second full-length recording.Check out http://www.thewobblies.com for morecurrent information.

Group Members Mike Griffin - Guitar/VoiceMichael Hoffman - Drum KitRuss Alderson - Bass/Voice

Instruments Guitars, Drums, Bass, Voices

Albums "I Have Some Language" (MRR, 1998) & "Boston and Beyond" (Comp. 1999)

Press Reviews I Have Some Language reminds me of a noisier Jawbox. It’s very hard to describe this band, but I can tell you I like this album. The tunes drive and pound into the brain relentlessly.copyright April 1999 Jersey Beat The Wobblies have a power crunch similar to that of other louder than loud trios like Husker Du and The Minutemen. They also have a related ‘80s indie aesthetic vibe running through their debut album, I Have Some Language – but don’t peg these guys as mere copycats of their obvious heroes. For every searing, post-punk burst of guitar glory on Language, there’s a catalytic spurt of melody...It’s aggressive music with traces of a heart; it’s also mucho huge, covering a lot of ground with its three instruments. A sanctified band...blessed with an acute sense of post-punk history...on Language, they speak something close to the truth.copyright March 1999 GoldmineWith all the speed of an industrial devolution, working-model “punk with pastoral melodies” hot-shower power trio The Wobblies have packaged their work in CD form, and it burns a hole in your pocket like an uncashed payroll check. The future looks Wobblie! copyright February 1999 New Haven AdvocateNew York City’s The Wobblies not only have some language, as in sharp rhyming and plain speaking that hits a nerve every time, they also have some chops – flanging like the gnashing of teeth, detuned fibrillations, reams of feedback and trembling walls of sludge that threaten to collapse but never do. The band’s sure sense of melody keeps the unruly guitars in place, allowing vocalist Mike Griffin to vent his spleen unscathed. The Wobblies have nary an art-rock pretension, and their lo-fi, high-energy deconstructions are all the more striking for it. Call it garage-rock with intellect. Raw but pleasingly precise, these eight songs of exhilarating clamor make noisy guitars new again.copyright February 1999 MetrolandThe Wobblies sport a name that should have been taken a long time ago, an aggressive, Minutemen-like sound, and a respectable new CD called I Have Some Language. copyright December 1998 Option A big sound...reminiscent of punk. There is something seductive lying right beneath the surface of the raw, dark noise. copyright 1998 Musicians' Exchange

Location New York City, NY - USA

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