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Indonesian Junk
12+ albums
Garage PunkGarage Rockpunk
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Indonesian Junk is a punk rock band that takes their name from a Cheap Trick lyric. Hopefully that can give you at least somewhat of an idea of what the band sounds like. Picking and choosing from their favorite elements of punk, power pop, glam, heavy metal, and the such, their songs are riff heavy, hook-laden, and short. Originally started as a home recording project for Daniel James (Ramma Lamma / Chinese Telephones), Indonesian Junk quickly formed into a proper three piece with Johnny Cyanide (Nerve Twins / Pills) on bass and Mark Fraaza (Eau Claire Passaround / No Good) on drums shortly after the release of Daniel's first four song EP. The full band version of Indonesian Junk is just beginning to play their first shows and are going to start recording in June. Depending on what kind of label interest they receive these tunes will be released in the form of either a full length LP or a series of 7" EPs and singles. "I’d describe these songs as ballsy powerpop/punk with a slightly dark edge. I don’t know if the lyrics are based on personal experience or not, but there’s a pretty intense heartbreak theme looming large. And it goes without saying that the lead guitar work is absolutely smokin’! Even with fairly blatant nods to the likes of the Stooges ('Shake It With You') and Dickies ('You Messed Me Up'), Indonesian Junk come off sounding pretty darn unique. Listening to these demos, I don’t get the feeling that I’ve heard these songs a million times before. Dan sound
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