The Jim Jones Revue

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The Jim Jones Revue is a UK garage rock and roll band composed of Jim Jones, Rupert Orton, Henri Herbert, Gavin Jay and Nick Jones. The band was formed after Jim Jones met Rupert Orton (the brother of folk singer Beth Orton) at his Not The Same Old Blues Crap club night in London. In 2008, the band recorded their self-titled debut album in just 48 hours, in a rehearsal space in Camden Town, London. The album was released on 8 September 2008 via Punk Rock Blues Records. A collection of singles and B-sides entitled Here To Save Your Soul was released on 5 October 2009. The band have since recorded their second album, Burning Your House Down, which was produced by Jim Sclavunos of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Grinderman. In interview Jim Jones has explained that they also chose Sclavunos for his work with bands like Sonic Youth and The Cramps. This second album was released on 16 August 2011 through Punk Rock Blues Records / PIAS Recordings. On September 2, 2010, the band previewed Burning Your House Down at London nightclub Madame Jojo's in front of a sold-out audience, which included Oasis singer Liam Gallagher as well as members of Grinderman and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. They appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman (CBS-TV) on 7 September 2011. The band released their third album The Savage Heart on 12 October 2012 through Punk Rock Blues Records / PIAS Recordings. Musical style edit: Their style has been compared to early rock and roll artists Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard as well as to punk rock bands such as The Stooges, MC5 and Motörhead. The BBC's Johnny Sharp wrote that the band's "string-shredding guitar, furiously chattering piano and blistering, blustery rhythm" meant that "you're bombarded with sonic viscera". In reference to the band's second album, The Guardian's Michael Hann said that, "Burning Your House Down sounds like a gangfight set to 12-bar blues" and that "The Jim Jones Revue imagine that rock'n'roll didn't really need to evolve after 1956; it just needed to get much, much louder, and wildly more distorted".

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Tour Dates

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  • May 23 Thursday
    Ljubljana, Slovenia Kino Šiška, Centre for Urban Culture
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  • May 24 Friday
    Zagreb, Croatia Culture Factory
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  • Jun 5 Wednesday
    Tours, France Unknown venue
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  • Jun 6 Thursday
    Lyon, France Transbordeur
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  • Jun 6 Thursday
    Villeurbanne, France Transbordeur
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  • Jun 7 Friday
    Reims, France La Cartonnerie
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  • Jun 8 Saturday
    Geneva, Switzerland Unknown venue
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  • Jun 28 Friday
    Lugano, Switzerland Unknown venue
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  • Jul 19 Friday
    Sheffield, UK Unknown venue
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  • Aug 9 Friday
    Landerneau, France Esplanade De La Petite Palud
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  • Aug 23 Friday
    Leeds, UK Leeds Festival, Bramham Park
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  • Aug 23 Friday
    Reading, UK Richfield Avenue
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  • Oct 9 Wednesday
    Manchester, UK The Ruby Lounge
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  • Oct 10 Thursday
    Edinburgh, UK The Caves
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  • Oct 11 Friday
    Digbeth, UK HMV Institute - The Temple
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  • Oct 12 Saturday
    Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK Hoults Yard
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  • Oct 13 Sunday
    Liverpool, UK East Village Arts Club
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  • Oct 14 Monday
    Leeds, UK The Cockpit
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  • Oct 15 Tuesday
    Nottingham, UK Rescue Rooms
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  • Oct 16 Wednesday
    Glasgow, UK King Tut's Wah Wah Hut
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  • Oct 18 Friday
    Newbury, UK Arlington Arts Centre
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  • Oct 19 Saturday
    Bristol, UK Thekla
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  • Oct 20 Sunday
    Brighton, UK The Haunt
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  • Oct 21 Monday
    Cardiff, UK The Globe Cardiff
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  • Oct 22 Tuesday
    Plymouth, UK White Rabbit, Plymouth
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  • Oct 23 Wednesday
    London, UK Electric Brixton
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Discography

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  • Burning Your House Down (2011)
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    Burning Your House Down (2011)
    Punk Rock Blues Records
  • Here to Save Your Soul (2009)
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    Here to Save Your Soul (2009)
    Punk Rock Blues Records
  • The Jim Jones Revue (2008)
    The Jim Jones Revue
    The Jim Jones Revue (2008)
    Punk Rock Blues Records
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