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j.t. iv
12+ albums
Lo-Fipunkoutsider punkpunk rockrock
about
Well, it’s harder to be more obscure and unheralded than JT IV. He barely even tried to sell his own music, almost always giving copies away of his impossibly rare loner-punk 45’s. Interest arose recently in his short career due to his inclusion on the “Staring Down The Barrel” rare punk compilation, but information was sorely lacking. He can in fact be revealed to be one John Henry Timmis IV, who attended New Trier high school and moved around Evanston, Winettka, Northbrook, and spending his late teens in east Rogers Park idolizing Bowie, Zappa and Lou Reed. Those influences couldn’t really prepare one for JT’s 1st impossibly rare 45 that was released in 1980— the basement-blasting assault of “Death Trip” (not the stooges’ number) or the aptly titled ‘Waiting For The CTA” (a bit of a Velvet Underground take-off though). His second single was actually recorded in Odyssey studios on Michigan ave., but still shares a similar home-recorded feel and scuzz, but beyond the squall of “Destructo Rock”, sensitive downer acoustic odes surface—on “In The Can” and “Out Of The Can”, Timmis’s quavering voice tells tales of prison, junkies, trick-turning, madness, and an all-encompassing yearn for escape. Intense indeed, as session-percussionist John Sudler tells tales of JT hanging from the rafters screaming during the sessions! Yes, Timmis was quite an interesting character, performing live in a hockey mask (it was rumored he’d been disfigured in a motorcycle accident), and also being qui
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