Cyclone Static

Cyclone Static
Cyclone Static at FM Jersey City in February 2019
Background information
Origin	Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
Years active	2016 (2016)–present
Labels	Mint 400 Records
Members	Jonathan LeVine John Mathais James Salerno

Cyclone Static is an American punk rock band from New Jersey.

History

Cyclone Static is a melodic punk rock band from Jersey City, New Jersey. Vocalist and guitarist James Salerno played in a band with drummer Jonathan LeVine in 1990s called Drywater. In an interview with The Jersey Journal , LeVine recalls "we never got picked up by a label [and] we never really did much. It really sounded a lot like Cyclone Static except today we're a lot more mature." ^{[1] [2]} The group disbanded, but rejoined in 2016, along with bassist John Mathais. ^[3]

Cyclone Static draws comparison to the music of Dinosaur Jr., Nirvana, and Guided by Voices, and cite inspiration from 70's punk, 80's hardcore and 90's alternative. ^[4] Post-hardcore band Thursday's lead vocalist Geoff Rickly, describes them as "an anomaly in modern music[;] not just to a time of punk rock on the radio but a whole lost New Jersey paradise: Asbury Park before the renaissance, radios cranking out surf guitars and sandy, beach-blown harmonies, through empty lots full of downed power lines and bombed-out buildings." ^[4]

Mint 400 Records

LeVine met Mint 400 Records' Neil Sabatino in the 1990s through playing shows, and they reconnected before performing at the North Jersey Indie Rock Festival, on September 23, 2017. ^[5] Their first release was "Company Man," on the Mint 400 Records promotional compilation, NJ / NY Mixtape . In 2018, they released the single "Walk This Line," which Jedd Beaudoin of PopMatters describes as a "salvo of relentless punk attitude that bridges the gap between punk's rawest, early days and its culmination as a mainstream force in the 1990s," and the single, "From Scratch." ^[6] Their debut album, entitled From Scratch , was released with Mint 400 Records on February 8, 2019. The ten-track album is described as garage rock and "angst-filled pop." ^[7] Florian Meissner of Soundblab compares From Scratch to the Unseen, Roger Miret and the Disasters, and the Buzzcocks, and calls it "38 minutes of punk rock song after punk rock song." ^[8]

Members

• Jonathan LeVine – drums
• Jack Gibson – bass and backing vocals
• James Salerno – vocals and guitar

Past Members

• John Mathais - Bass
• Danny Patierno - Bass
• Moose Kahrs - Bass

Discography

Albums & EP's

• From Scratch (2019)
• Cave Pop (2023)

Singles

• "Walk This Line" (2018)
• "From Scratch" (2018)

Appearing on

• NJ / NY Mixtape (2018)

References

1. Testa, Jim (January 30, 2019). "NJ's Cyclone Static celebrates '90s punk on new album". NJ.com. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
2. "Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market bewitches for October festival". The Trentonian. August 19, 2021. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
3. Shrum, Tony (November 16, 2018). "Song Premiere: Cyclone Static – "From Scratch"". New Noise. Archived from the original on February 12, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
4. "Cyclone Static". Pirate!. February 6, 2019. Archived from the original on February 12, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
5. "North Jersey Indie Rock Festival: Lineup Set Times". NJ Racket. September 18, 2017. Archived from the original on March 1, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
6. "Cyclone Static Meditates on Commitment with Powerful Track "Walk This Line" (premiere)". PopMatters. December 13, 2018. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
7. Makin, Bob (February 6, 2019). "Makin Waves Record of the Week: "From Scratch" by Cyclone Static". New Jersey Stage. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
8. Meissner, Florian (February 5, 2019). "Cyclone Static - From Scratch". Soundblab. Retrieved December 17, 2022.

External links

• Media related to Cyclone Static at Wikimedia Commons