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Artist
Jolly Mortals
8+ albums
post-hardcoreemoUSA
about
Jolly Mortals was a band from Richmond, VA active from around 1992. The first incarnation of the band consisted of David Didonato sharing guitar and vocal duties, Sean Sutphin on drums, John 'Blade' Swart - the other half of the band's rhythm section. Their first 'official' release was a four-way split 7" on Whirled Records, followed by an EP named 'Paintscraper'. After the band went to Glass Hand Studios to record their part of a 12" compilation Jolly Mortals embarked on a short tour with their fellows Whirlybird. Jolly Mortals broke up shortly afterwards marking their end with a session recorded at the 'Jolly Home' on a 4-track. Here's a sample of their genius, Chris of hose.got.cable talking: "as important and kick-ass their musicianship was, the guilty pleasure of JM was Davids vocals and, likewise, his weird-ass lyrics. fordiah mickeys, fordiah beast fordiah crazy and cofordifie lobster pot lined with a sheesh stir with a spoon, let the gumes begume -from Gladiator the best part of that is an angrily delivered "LLLET the gumes begume...LLLET the gumes begume" with that little hint of Hetfield, y'know?" And here's one of the JM boys with his side of the story: "I once read a survey on Friendster that Nathan Webb (of Ipecac and Fresh-o-matics fame) took where he considered Gladiator the worst song he had ever heard. Gladiator was named after a drink that our good friend Brian Campas invented, the recipe is as follows: 1 40 oz Crazy Horse 1 40 oz Beast (Milwaukee's B
