Junkyard (band)

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Junkyard
Junkyard - Live Madrid 2008.jpg
Junkyard performing in Spain in 2008
Background information
OriginLos Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres Hard rock, [1] sleaze rock, [2] glam metal [3]
Years active1987–1992, 2000–present
LabelsAcetate, Geffen
MembersDavid Roach
Jimmy James
Patrick Muzingo
Todd Muscat
Tim Mosher
Past membersClay Anthony
Max Gottlieb
Johnny Hell
Brian Baker
Chris Gates
Website junkyardblooze.com

Junkyard is an American hard rock band formed in 1987 in Los Angeles, with members previously in Minor Threat, Big Boys, Decry and Dag Nasty. [1] The band drew comparisons with Guns N' Roses (which, like Junkyard, signed with Geffen Records). [4]

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In 2017, the band released its latest album, High Water.

History

Origins

The original lineup of the band included several members who were not a part of the group by the time they began recording. Max Gottlieb was the original guitarist and songwriter, and the original drummer was Johnny Hell and skateboarder Tony Alva was also briefly in the band. [5] After these two left the group, the lineup stabilized around lead singer David Roach, guitarist Chris Gates, bassist Clay Anthony and drummer Patrick Muzingo. Brian Baker (guitar; ex-Dag Nasty/Minor Threat), [6] joined the band just prior to the recording of the first album. [7] Although the band was heavily influenced by Southern rock, Baker had told Sounds , "I hate the concept. I like that music, but I'm not into the rebel flag or the throwing up in your pickup truck." [8]

The band was signed by Geffen Records in January 1988, [9] with a self-titled Tom Werman-produced debut album issued in 1989, described by AllMusic as incorporating "elements of Southern rock, boogie-woogie, and AC/DCism into one compact sound." [6] The album featured the singles "Hollywood" and "Simple Man". This album was followed two years later by Sixes, Sevens & Nines, produced by Ed Stasium and featuring contributions from Steve Earle. [7] [10] Anthony left the band shortly before the release of the second album amid drug problems, [11] to be replaced by Todd Muscat (brother of Faster Pussycat guitarist Brent Muscat). [7] The band was dropped by Geffen in 1992, with a third album recorded but not released, and disbanded shortly afterwards. [7] The unreleased third album was subsequently issued as XXX and The Joker.

Post-breakup/reformation

Junkyard in 2009 Junkyard - Live Madrid 2009.jpg
Junkyard in 2009

Roach founded Borracho with members of Promise and Dogs D'Amour, while Gates formed 99 lbs. [9] Muzingo formed Catfish and later Battery Club. [9] Baker, who had already become a veteran of the punk rock scene prior to joining Junkyard, went on to join Bad Religion.

A live Junkyard album, Shut Up – We're Trying to Practice!, was issued in 2000, and Baker, Roach, Muzingo and Muscat reformed the band, with Tim Mosher (guitar/vocals) added to the lineup. A tour of Japan followed, with Dogs D'Amour guitarist Jo Dog added to the lineup for these dates. [9] The new lineup recorded the 2003 mini-album Tried and True, comprising a mixture of old and new songs. [7]

Since 2000, the band has toured Europe [12] twice, co-headlined the Serie Z festival (in the south of Spain) with acts that were very complimentary of the way the band should have been marketed (other bands on the festival were The Hellacopters, The Quireboys, The Wildhearts, Radio Birdman, Georgia Satellites, Michelle Gun Elephant, Nine Pound Hammer and Reverend Horton Heat), [13] and have played a handful of shows domestically in Austin, Tulsa, and Los Angeles to name a few.

In 2008, the band released an album of previously unreleased material, originally recorded for a 1987 demo that helped get them signed to Geffen. The album is titled Put It on Ten and Pull the Knobs Off! [14]

On July 10, 2015, Junkyard released two new songs, [15] "Faded" b/w The River", on Unison Music Group, with a CD single and 7" vinyl following in late August.

On April 21, 2017, [16] the band released its first studio album in almost 20 years, High Water, on Acetate Records.

On November 22, 2019, Junkyard released a studio album recorded in 1992, Old Habits Die Hard. [16]

On September 10, 2021, Junkyard released another new single, "Lifer" b/w "Last of a Dying Breed".

Side projects

Outside of Junkyard, members of the band remain actively involved in individual projects: Gates with his [17] solo outfit "Chris Gates and Gatesville", based out of Austin (Gates on Gatesville: "Once it got to be time to put a band together, fate and a bunch of mutual friends sent guitar wiz Tony Redman my way. Our first meeting was where Gatesville really began. The more we play together, the more we push each other and the music to see just what we can wring out of'er. The band went through a couple of line-up changes until we found Scott Womack on bass and Paul Soliz on drums. Once this line-up came together the band and the music took on a life of its own."); Baker with Bad Religion and Mosher with his outfit, [18] The Light Brigade.

Members

Current

Former

Discography

Albums

YearAlbum US Billboard 200 Label
1989Junkyard105 Geffen
1991Sixes, Sevens & Nines-Geffen
1998Joker-Self-released
1998XXX-Self-released
2017High Water24 (Billboard Hard Rock Album Sales thru May 13, 2017)Acetate Records

Other releases

Singles

YearSingleChart positions
US Hot 100 US Main Rock UK
1989"Blooze"---
1989"Hollywood"---
1989"Simple Man"-47-
1991"All the Time in the World"-24-
1991"Misery Loves Company"---
1991"Slippin' Away"---
1991"Nowhere to Go But Down"---
2015"Faded"---

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