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“One of the lost
pioneers of Proto-Metal.”
Classic Rock
Magazine
Banded together
during the tumultuous years of the early 70s, JPT Scare Band fused a sound
equally heavy in hard rocking blues as it was tripped out in psychedelia,
creating a sound so imposing that it perfectly reflected the emotions of the
era. Formed by guitarist/vocalist Terry Swope, drummer Jeff Littrell, and bassist
Paul Grigsby, JPT Scare Band began recording songs in their Kansas City basement and soon compiled a
vault full of reel-to-reel tapes that would make up much of the band’s
catalogue.
Though the band
formed in 1973, JPT Scare Band’s first album, Acid Acetate Excursion, wasn’t
released until 1994, over twenty years after the band’s formation. Along with
Acid Acetate Excursion, the band, in conjunction with Monster Records, released
two more albums, 1998’s Rape Of Titan’s Sirens and 2000’s Sleeping Sickness.
Both releases highlighted the bands heavy psych/proto-metal blues sound through
the otherworldly and unheralded guitar work of Terry Swope, and each has become
an underground cult classic.
The new millennium
has seen JPT Scare Band delve deeper into their archive of recorded material,
accumulated through massive jam sessions throughout the 70s, as well as the
90s, and a flood of product was soon released. Through the band’s self-realised
label Kung Bomar, seven albums hit the streets including 2002’s brilliant Past
Is Prologue, 2007’s stunning release of all new material with Jamm Vapour and
most recently, 2009’s Rumdum Daddy.
In the waning months
of 2009, JPT Scare Band merged their energies with rock label Ripple Music to
release Acid Blues Is The White Man’s Burden, a collection of unreleased
tracks, extended jams, and outstanding cover tunes that helped bridge the gaps
in the JPT chronology and turn on a whole new generation on to their classic
version of acid rock.
Despite being
scattered across the US,
JPT Scare Band has never stopped working and creating relevant music. JPT have
the uncanny ability, an almost shared consciousness, to pick up right where
they left off after being apart for fifteen years and hammer out a set of hard
edged guitar driven rock that would have made Cream sound soft. JPT Scare Band
will appeal to fans of Jimi Hendrix, Cream, and Black Sabbath.
This April, Ripple
Music will release a very special LP set consisting of their first two, seminal
releases – Acid Acetate Excursion and Rape Of The Titan's Sirens – re-presented
in full, with new gatefold album art that incorporates the images of the
original two albums. Originally recorded in the 1970s, these albums have been
out of print since the original Monster Records release in the early 90s and
represent the full early history of the band that Classic Rock Magazine once
hailed as one of the, “Lost pioneers of Proto-Metal.”
Acid Acetate
Excursion and Rape Of The Titan's Sirens will be released together via Ripple Music
on 28th April 2015.
Twitter –
@jptscareband
Website –
www.jptscareband.com
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