This morning I tweeted about listening to the Brian Jonestown Massacre and I wasn’t surprised when I recieved this tweet from psych-rock band Jenson Rhodes. A little annoyed about the spamminess of the tweet, I nevertheless decided to check out the band’s Myspace page. ‘Could be good’, I thought.
Once at their Myspace page I didn’t see what I expected. Instead of a band from Leeds trying to sound like Pink Floyd, or whatever, I got this:
Jenson Rhodes recorded this collection in Woodstock, NY in November 1969 @ 16 years of age. He was the precursor to 90′s alternative music. His music was never released until September 2007. (1953-1992)
Listening to the first song, I was immediately taken aback. It really sounded like Nirvana, but supposedly recorded in 1969! Very strange. For a split second, I thought that Kurt Cobain must’ve somehow heard this and been influenced by it.
The I listened a bit closer. No way this could’ve been recorded in 1969.
It’s a new band. And they’ve cleverly created a story about themselves that is perfect for social media.
A google search brings up this Youtube channel with a ‘documentary’ about Jenson Rhodes, this Flickr account, this Facebook profile, this Last.fm page and this website – along with the Twitter account.
Cleverly done.
Thanks for the blog, brotha! Sorry for the confusion with the Myspace bio. That needs to be updated! The song in question is off the Rhodes 1981 record. It’s believed to have been his major label demo. You can DL his ENTIRE catelogue free @ http://www.purevolume.com/jensonrhodes (!) WORD!
You’re sticking to your story then I see?
You have to admit it is a marvelous story, even though it isn’t mine. I’ve put THREE of his records up just in the past year! Thanks again for helping get the word out. =D
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Of course. But who cares? The music is good.
the music is good but the thing is that nobody would listen to it if not for the story