Biography

Members : Lo'Spider-vox, guit ; Mars-drums ; Mighty Yo-bass, bkg vox ; Speedy-guit

History : Thee Jerry Spider Gang formed in 1998 after the splits of Chatterbox and Space Beatniks, 2 nineties' hot bands from Toulouse…. After 6 months and a first show opening for the Cramps, the Gang record his first demo, which will become hist frist record (10"/cd), Porn in the Bayou on the spanish record-label Safety Pin. One year later, The Spider release their first album (lp/cd), Dope Takin' Kamikazes. The Gang played with the Hellacopters, Hives, Sin City Six, Dirtbombs, Flaming Sideburns, Cosmic Psychos, Makers, etc...

2003 : The new album will be out by september on Lollipop rds.

 

Influences

They are various, based on 50 years of rock & roll. W. Dixon, H. Wolf, C. Berry, J. L. Lewis, R. Thomas, L. Williams, Martha and the Vandellas, the Rolling Stones, the Sonics, the Troggs, the Kinks, the Remains, Cpt. Beefheart, the Stooges, the MC5, the Flamin' Groovies, Black Sabbath, the New York Dolls, ACDC, the Dictators, the Dead Boys, the Saints, Radio Birdman, the Real Kids, the Damned, the Only Ones, the Scientists, the lyres, Bored !, the New Christs, the Nomads, Turbonegro, the Hellacopters, Rocket From the Crypt...

 

Discography

-Porn in the Bayou" 10"/CD Safety pin Rds, Madrid-Spain (.99)

-High School Babes on "That's bad (music for unrepentant people)" Do the Dog, Guérande-France (05.99)

-"Dope Takin' Kamikazes" CD Shark Attack Rds, Paris-France (10.00) ; LP Safety Pin rds (03.01)

-Yesterday's Numbers on the Flaming Groovies tribute album ("Groovin' around the World"); 2xCD Safety Pin Rds. (01.01)

-Single Kinky Pussy / We Love Rock & Roll, Bermuda on Aaargh Rds, Toulouse-France (11.00)

-Down in Hell on "Wild news from frenchy radio punk rock", a 7 songs compil. Ep. (Gasolheads, Exxon Valdez, Sugarfix, Jerky Turkey, Machine Gun Kelly, Sonic Assassin) ; Lollipop rds, Marseille-France (10.00)

-Outerspace part.1 on Abus Dangereux CD sampler ; Vicious Circle, Montauban-France (09.00)

-Toodlepip Fuck on "Alpha Motherfuckers", a tribute to Turbonegro ; CD, Bitzcore (06.01)

-Feel Like a Man on "Destination France Rock" ; 2xCD, Warner Music (06.01)

-This is my life / Into the dark of the night ; single, Pitshark rds, Paris-France (11.01)

-I Need More (revisited) on "Kongpilation #4" ; CD, Bananajuice, Rennes-France (03.02)

-What's Wrong With You ? on "Blast of Rock & Roll" ; CD, RCS, Rennes-France(03.02)

-Situation 3 / When I get off ; single, Ghost Rider rds, Paris-France (04.02)

-We Love Rock & Roll on "Riot on the Rocks #6", Safety Pin rds, Madrid-Spain

-Little Girl on "A fistful of Rock & Roll #13", Devil Doll, USA

-Come On on a tribute to Chuck Berry, Bronco Rds, Spain

-Higher the Heel on "Invasion from the Planet of the Devil Dogs", a tribute to the Devil Dogs, Head Dip rds, Germany

 

Concerts

More than one hundred gigs in France, Espagne, Allemagne, Belgique...

Future gigs : From august 12th to 17th "around the Komm" tour (allemagne & benelux) with the Neurotic Swingers.

 

Press

..This is loose and raucous stuff that reminds one of countrymates, the TV Killers [...] Hate to run into these guys half-cocked on bathtub absinthe... - MRR

The Jerry Spider Gang play 77 punk with overdoses of rock'n'roll & strong touch of garage trash with supersonic speed [...] you don't have to see MC5 T shirt on one of gang members to realize that early 70s Detroit punk is their big inspiration. But I like Jerry Spider Gang because they are not some 70s retro band - they just play music they like on their own way giving it some new dimension and making it sound like 21st century - No Brain Zine

...l'outrage des Stooges, la puissance du MC5, presque une guerre de religion qui devrait bientôt les amener à croiser leurs cousins scandinaves Hellacopters. - Rock and Folk

Toda una bomba en processo de deflagracion de ruidoso. Un genuino assalto de Rock & roll con una actitud punk-rockera a 115% - Riot on the rocks

-un des meilleur groupe de rock & roll du monde, soyez en persuadés ! - Rocksound

Die wiederauferstehung von Radio birdman, Stooges und MC5 ereignete sich in Toulouse ! [...] I can't believe it's from 1999 ! Gross artig ! - Ox Fanzine

Pour ce gang, Toulouse n'est plus la ville rose, mais une poudrière rouge [...] Ce groupe ne connaît que deux mots...Wah-wah et kill ! - Guitare et Basse

... un rock & roll puissant et endiablé venu tout droit d'un enfer où Stooges et MC5 brûlent toujours.[...] C'est sauvage, sale et la pochette de leur 25 cm vaut aussi le détour. En bref : chaudement recommandé. - Abus Dangereux

... a wild bunch of kool cats hooked-up on high octane r'n'r [...] If you guys are into heavy-duty punkrawk à la Stooges/Zeke/New York dolls, you'd better check this one 'coz it burns rubber(s) !!! - Real Kool Trash

C'est au tour du Gang de dynamiter consciencieusement les dernières barrières d'accés au pur plaisir d'une vraie et torride R'n'R night. Les guitares fouaillent les tripes, le groupe se laisse aller à quelques pitreries, les Marshall ronflent façon heavy, le public tape du pied et lève le coude, y'a des étoiles dans les yeux des filles et "High School Babes" explose l'applaudimètre. Goood Motor City Punk forever ! - Dig It !

 

Contact : the Jerry Spider Gang c/o Laurent Bruzy, 16 rue de l'Union, 31100 Toulouse, FRANCE

tel. 33 (0) 561 42 80 88 / e-mail : lo.spider@club-internet.fr / http://jerryspidergang.free.fr