New Logo For The Damned Angels

Logo design for the Damned Angels

A few years back there was a band from the western hills of North Carolina that was a full blown charge of dynamite waiting to blow at any minute. Unfortunately the fuse on that stick of mayhem was burned out too quickly and things had to shift gears. Now in 2014 head honcho Scotty P and founding member of Crank County Daredevils is back in the southern sleaze saddle with his new project the Damned Angels, to bring back the nasty...

Rory Kelly Feature Review In Subterraneo Heavy From Spain

Rory Kelly - Kings Never Sleep

Link to the review on Subterrano Heavy

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"From North Carolina comes the new album RORY KELLY . We are talking about a self-taught musician who previously formed part of the formations and CRANK COUNTY DAREDEVILS, INTETHOD thrashers, sleaze rock group that came quickly to international success . With such a history behind him and after the dissolution of his previous band , in 2010 Kelly decides to form his own musical project , signing nothing more and nothing less than his father, Mike Kelly, with whom he has been playing since childhood . With his father on drums and a seasoned ear by previous experiences, his first band TRIPLE THREAT edited RORY KELLY Get Me Back To You. The swamp rock roll of this album put him in the crosshairs of the good American reviews and artist turned for two years throughout the Southeast U.S.

After Billy Miller recruited bassist veteran after passing through bands like Voodou or SUPER SPORT and became fixed component of the band. Consolidated a more stable and professional bassist input rate, the trio launches Do not Shake my family tree along a line that combines the best of country, roots rock and the blues. With this hodgepodge RORY KELLY is devoted to a group of strong influences with an easy and effective operation live .

After a period of rest and several tours, as well as in Latin Europe (including an extensive tour in 2012 for our country) finally at hand your new job : Kings never sleep .

What this album offers us ?. Well obviously , southern rock . But one southern rock with many nuances, as the album has been influenced by a very pleasant base in blues guitar riffs , some dirty distortion and of course leave the country that makes listening through the cd is a breeze . Nor should we forget some nuances which folk stand at times.

Overall the work could be another example of the innumerable Southern Southern roots rock groups but the truth is that Kings never sleep has a lot to offer the listener. No job is a simple piggy rock nor superfluous reaches typical yankee soundtrack movie set in Texas.

The album kicks out with " Lay to Waste " , a spectacular theme that introduces us to the 10 tracks that come after, with powerful riffs, dirty distortion. "Kings never sleep " is the song that gives name to the album and the fact is that no wonder that the issue surpasses its predecessor by offering a touch more country . Thereupon traveled to a western movie with "Black Widow" , a medium very enveloping while automatically conveys the image of a badass cowboy looking at over the wide-brimmed hat . "Walking Wounded " surprised by its power , and is an issue with certain influences trashers not leave behind the line so far has followed the disc. The vocals on this track are becoming more distorted and torn .



We continue with "Menace to society" , the blues is imposed with some catchy tunes and very powerful bridges . In "Would Listen" hear acoustic guitars that emulate the melodies of a banjo, a distorted voice and a more country air if possible. A catchy tune to the core. With " Stood your ground" seems the pace is relaxed with a quiet intro worthy of NICKELBACK Canadians , however Southerners meter cane again after the intro , making a really heartbreaking effect. He continues " Hittin the botton " closer to progressive rock to southern rock theme treble choirs with very successful afterlife and a powerful chorus. Perfect riffs , in my opinion, the best song on the album. " Look Away" gives us more of the same , only this time the bass is imposed with an exceptional rate. In " 16 Tons " we find more and more choirs eighties look with an air of classic heavy metal , plus a few more quick tap .

The climax of the album is "To Life " (yes, dead , no death, why that title is unknown to me ) , a degree in Castilian that brings an instrumental track with a funky bass and a more psychedelic battery that give the track a tarantinesco air. It has not seemed the most successful drive to end the issue , the above issue was proper , but the truth is that the instrumental sounds not bad despite being different from the rest of the album.

11 tracks lasting between two and four very agile and easy to listen minutes. The disk failure is that all subjects are similar to each other and something that can get a bit tiresome , but if the subjects of separate tracks you realize that the quality is undeniable. The mixtures are brilliant , is not surprising since we talk about an artist of international renown.

In short, precise work with a good sound that the listener will appreciate. The feeling never leaves Kings sleep is undoubtedly the " now going to repeat the themes that I have liked more to satiety ." A band that will continue where it is if it continues its line and will surely attract many lovers of the country to its direct . Hope to see you soon for our Iberian lands ."

The Damned Angels Featured On Sleazze Roxx

The Damned Agels are ready to conquer new territory

Check out the feature write up on Sleaze Roxx

"Crank County Daredevils singer Scotty P has returned with a new band called The Damned Angels, and has teamed up with Sleaze Roxx to preview the track "We Like It Loud".

The Tennessee based band plan on releasing a series of EPs through Rusty Knuckles Records throughout 2014, with the first six song EP slated for June -- details on the upcoming releases will be available at www.facebook.com/thedamnedangels.

"The Damned Angels came together through me and long time friend Adam Matthews," Scotty P tells Sleaze Roxx. "He is a bass player that has played in many bands through the years (Luxury Pushers and Pick Up The Snake to name a few) and we always talked about putting together something -- but until now never could find the time. During my time with Crank County Daredevils me and Adam had a punk cover band called the Beggin' Fiends that was strictly for shits 'n' giggles and free booze 'n' toot while I was home between tours. When, recently, the final 'touring' blow was handed to me via the Crank County camp I decided the time had come to try and start something new with songs that I had been working on. That's when I saw that my bud Adam had just quit Pick Up The Snake and had a band, but was auditioning singers. I went to Knoxville, TN, met up with them and laid down demos to six songs that weekend -- things went pretty fast from that. Actually, they never said I got the gig, so hopefully I'm still in!"

"We are releasing a series of EP's on Rusty Knuckles Records this year," continues the singer. "With CD sales down we wanted to offer a little more candy. So the first 6 song EP will be out in June, the second EP is gonna be an acoustic taste, and then a heavier EP to cap off the year. We currently have 26 songs we are weeding through. We are just wanting to set the stage for a full-length with the different vibes we would like to achieve. All the recordings are being done by Rory Kelly, guitarist on Crank County Daredevils' last album. I truly feel The Damned Angels are closer to the 'southern sleaze' sounds/look than Crank County -- borrowing from bands such as Hanoi Rocks, Rock City Angels, Mother Love Bone, etc. I love the Crank County Daredevils, but like I said, that monster is more cage fighter!"



Scotty P explains how The Damned Angels differ from the Crank County Daredevils, "The sounds differ by the heaviness. I feel Crank County is more of a 'metal' feel, even though I'm more influenced by punk styles. The Damned Angels songs were written and demoed acoustically first and then transferred to electric. They have more blues swagger and are 90% more personal ones I put together but never gave to Crank County because it was more of a party band. I tried to bring the intensity through my voice -- very raw, but not as screaming as Crank County."

As for the Crank County Daredevils, whose last album came out in 2009, Scotty P says the band isn't exactly dead yet. "We recorded five songs last summer and plan to just release them as singles for now. There are still talks about another album with original guitarist Adam Stevens and Rory Kelly working together, but as of now its just talk. Everyone is on good terms (finally) but time has seemed to be hard to make for each other. I truly believe that seven plus years of constant touring with no real success killed us. We lived like drug rattled gypsies out of a van for far too long -- not the first band that has, and hopefully not the last! But when we started talking about recording the conservation of touring came up and no one except me and Rory were willing to tour -- that was a deal breaker for me. And after three years of trying to beat a dead horse I decided it was time to start over. I feel at home again, I feel hungry again, I smell the diesel burning, and my ears are ringing."

This Is What Happens When A Band Attacks Your Drawing Pad On Tour

This is what happens when bands attack a drawing pad on tour

"Hey Ralph, new shirt?" Just happened to pull out a stack of drawings and this gem fell out. Turns out ol @rorykelly83 decided to attack one of my sketch pads sometime in the past and added a hilarious personal touch. Damn I miss the good times on the road with my hombres in Crank County Daredevils. Their last album was the launch of Rusty Knuckles Music five years ago and from that album we have been able to start an empire. Love ya Scotty, Rory, Velvet and Mikey!!!

Southern Sleaze Is Alive And Well In The Damned Angels

The Damned Angels have been deep in the studio and ready to unleash

A few years back there was a band from the western hills of North Carolina that was a full blown charge of dynamite waiting to blow at any minute. Unfortunately the fuse on that stick of mayhem was burned out too quickly and things had to shift gears. Now in 2014 head honcho Scotty P and founding member of Crank County Daredevils is back in the southern sleaze saddle with his new project the Damned Angels, to bring back the nasty...

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The Damned Angels are ready to conquer

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Rusty Knuckles 2014 Album Releases

Rusty Knuckles Music 2014 lineup

If you are going to kick the door in, be prepared with backup. Folks, we have that in absolute spades with the amount of talent and dedicated rabble rousers within the ranks dropping new albums this year. Not only are there new projects being finished up by Rory Kelly, Flat Tires, Hellbound Glory, Husky Burnette, Jay Berndt and the Green Lady Killers, but have a read below on the killer bands that are putting out albums with us.

Its a damn honor to work with such a hard working and talented group of misfits.

Rusty Knuckles Music 2014 Releases
(not in any particular order for release date)

• Crank County Daredevils / Buzzoven - Split 7" Record
• Husky Burnette - Acoustic EP
• Flat Tires - new full length being recorded with Joe Queer
• Rory Kelly - new full length
• Hellbound Glory - new EP 
• Jay Berndt & The Orpans - new full length featuring horn section from E-Street Band
• The Green Lady Killers - new full length
• Peewee Moore - new full length
• Buzzoven - catalog re-releases
• Bloodwitch - new full length
• The Go Devils - new full length
• Dripping Slits - Catalog Re-Release, new full length
• K. Lloyd - Buzzoven frontman's new solo full length featuring Jimmy Bower of Down and Brian Patton of Eyehategod and Soilent Green

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Buzzoven

The fire and the fury that is Buzzoven has found a new home at Rusty Knuckles Music

Buzzov*en was a sludge metal band from North Carolina, formed in 1989 by the remaining members of Sewer Puppet by guitarist/vocalist Kirk Fisher (often credited on releases as "Reverend Dirtkicker"). The band was known for being one of the founders of the sludge genre (after Eyehategod), and also for their out-of-control and violent live shows. The band in its early days toured heavily around the United States and built up a cult following leading up to the release of their first full-length, To a Frown, in 1993, which caught the attention of Roadrunner Records, who released the band's second album Sore in 1994. The band was dropped by Roadrunner, and from then on have gone through several periods of being split-up and reformed, with the only constant member having been Kirk Fisher. Dave Collins who now heads sludge legends Weedeater and Ramsey has gone on to join fellow sludgers Sourvein.




Bloodwitch

Bloodwitch is set to release the album "Tell Your God To Ready For Blood"

BLOODWITCH, the Boston/Providence-based band featuring current members of SEEMLESS and former members of KILGORE. According to the band's official bio, "BLOODWITCH was formed in 2007 by SEEMLESS guitarists Pete Cortese and Jeff Fultz. Pete had begun writing songs for their anticipated third album and found that many of the tunes just didn't fit right for SEEMLESS. What had emerged was a combination of influences from the golden age of British heavy metal, the early style of Bay Area thrash metal, the boogie of AC/DC and ZZ TOP, with the dual guitar harmonies of THIN LIZZY. With the quality of songwriting, Cortese was able to enlist ex-KILGORE vocalist Jay Berndt and ex-KILGORE drummer Bill Southerland into the fold. Rounding out the five-piece is producer and keyboard player for Worcester metal band FROZEN, Pete Rutcho on bass guitar."

BLOODWITCH music focuses on Berndt's lyrical interpretation of a war-hungry society and the band's modern delivery of classic metal. Stay tuned for the new album entitled "Tell Your God To Ready for Blood".




The Go Devils

The Go Devils will be releasing a stellar album in mid 2014 with Rusty Knuckles Music

The Go Devils create a unique and original infusion of roots, rockabilly, punk, country, swing, and psychobilly." Heartfelt and profound lyrics and top notch song writing are showcased along side music that is melodic and driving, high energy and catchy as hell." Running strong for 4 years and blazing a trail throughout the southeast, This power trio are fast becoming a force to be reckoned with in the developing underground roots music scene, and offer a spectacle of a live show that you would be sorry you missed. Coming to a town near you... If not, ask and ye shall receive!



Peewee Moore

Country music troubadour Peewee Moore joins Rusty Knuckles for 2014

Since July 2007 Peewee Moore has honed a rigid reputation, and following playing over 200 shows a year in more than 100 U.S. Cities carrying the torch of 100% Independent Austin Texas Outlaw Country!

Peewee Moore is a self proclaimed Honkytonk / Outlaw Country Singer / Songwriter in the same vein as Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Johnny Paycheck, and Hank Williams. He has been barnstorming around the country with his trio dubbed "Peewee Moore & The Awful Dreadful Snakes" doing an endless string of one night stands from Austin TX to you name it. If you havent caught a show it's your own fault!

Born and raised in the foothills of the Appalachian rainforest just across the TN border in Fort Oglethorpe, GA, Peewee spent most of his time haunting the streets of Chattanooga TN playing many of his first shows in, and around the "Choo Choo" city. Peewee spent the consecutive years making a name for himself as an accomplished picker, and songwriter throughout the Southeast.

With the gift of raw talent, and showmanship Peewee has been fortunate enough to be able to share the stage with several of his hero's, as well as some of outlaw country, Americana, and rockabilly's most well known, and recieved acts such as Billy Joe Shaver, David Allen Coe, Dwight Yoakam, Steve Earle, Charlie Daniels, Junior Brown, Dale Watson, Wayne Hancock, Cowboy Jack Clement, Shooter Jennings, James McMurtry, Chris Knight, Dicky Betts, Pat Green, Cory Morrow, Todd Snyder, Wanda Jackson, Southern Culture On The Skids, Scott H. Biram, Bobby Bare Jr, and countless others.



Dripping Slits

Illinois's bastard sons, the Dripping Slits will bring their dirty rock n' roll to Rusty Knuckles Music in 2014

Formed somewhere between yesterday's hangover and today's buzz, Dripping Slits is a raucous blend of rock 'n' roll method and madness hailing from Middle-of-Nowhere, Illinois that is sure to arouse your senses with an overdose of venomous guitar riffs, thundering percussion, and plenty of gutteral groove and grit.

2013 Releases from Rusty Knuckles Music and Then Some...

Screen shot from brand new Green Lady Killers video that is in the works

Damn do we have some great projects coming up for this year. We can't let all of them out of the bag just yet, as the final touches are being maneuvered on quite a few. Here is quick list of what is on the horizon for spring and summer from Rusty Knuckles Music:

1. Brand new album from the Carolina Still with video series filmed by Shane DeRuise
2. New video and album from the Green Lady Killers
3. Split 7" with the Flat Tires and History Repeated, featuring John Stabb of Government Issue
4. New mixed, remastered and repackaged album from Kara Clark
5. New song and video from Rory Kelly, filmed by Shane DeRuise
6. New video about to be released from Reno Divorce, shot in California
7. Re-release of Crank County Daredevils "Livin' In The Red"
8. Jay Berndt & The Orphans split 7" with J.B. Beverley and Buck Thrailkill
9. Antiseen & Grim Pickins and the Bastard Congregation Split 7"
10. Billy Don Burns documentary film project 
11. Hellbound Glory on tour with Kid Rock and Buckcherry
12. Four more awesomely great new projects we cannot spill the beans on just yet, but will definitely be wetting panties world wide.
  
This is just a taste of the music projects on the horizon. There is far more in the works with a lot of special guests popping in this year along with our new event series that we are partnering up with quite a few folks on.

Wrench N' Roll is our new event series put on with the Veterans MC, Friction, Shooting Star Tattoo and The Drunk Horse Saloon in Fayetteville, NC on March 1st 2013

Need To Help Out Your Tour, Enlist Copperheads

Truth is stranger than fiction. We recently drew a copperhead for a new graphic based on a voodoo altar and now they want to go on tour, by showing up at our back door. Rory Kelly, needs to lay down some leads and sooth the beasts! The Voodoo Magic is working way too good!

Copperheads, Voodoo and Rory Kelly - Good times coming up for his tour in Spain

SXSW Sale, 15% Off All Items

In celebration of one of the greatest music festivals, we are offering a killer sale on all items within our store. Until 12:00 am of Monday March 19th, there will be a 15% off sale of all items. Need an album? Need a new shirt? We have just what you are looking for and then some.

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SXSW Sale with 15% off all store sales

Rory Kelly, Your New Guitar Hero

It is now 2012 and the end of the world as we know it, is coming to an end in December. Ok, don't fret maybe the Mayan calendar was wrong and it is potentially just a shift in mind set, but in all reality do you have the power to appease the gods? Nah, why worry on it, so get your groove on with some of the finest guitar shredders out there today. Rory Kelly has been clawing his way up through the ranks for some time now while being in metal thrashers Intethod and after that with the southern sleazers in Crank County Daredevils. Rory's new self titled band is defining its own sound in the Southern Rock genre and many big guns have been taking note. It is just a matter of time before these compadres are seen far and wide as their live show seals the deal. 

Here is also another interesting fact for you die hard metal heads. Ever heard of the Old Bridge Metal Militia? Well, Mike Kelly the drummer aka Pops, was part of that crew and a go to drummer back in the early 80's thrash metal scene. 

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Rory Kelly, guitar hero and shredder

Rory Kelly - (Don't Shake My) Family Tree by RustyKnuckles

Rory Kelly, Mike Kelly and Billy Miller are one heavy hitting power trio

Rory Kelly's new album out in May 2012, (Don't Shake My) Family Tree

"Blame it on the heady highs in the air that permeate the Black Mountains of North Carolina, but the state has produced an artist in Rory Kelly that will surely bring new dimension to the tour de force that is America’s beloved Southern Rock. Possessing a playing ability in league with prodigies, Kelly is a self-taught musician that picked up the guitar as a boy and cut his chops in the rural town of Marion. While his mother slung drinks behind the bar, Rory strummed alongside his father, drummer Mike Kelly, in a family dominated house band in a local music dive. Mike Kelly has quite the backstory in thrash metal as well, being part of the infamous Old Bridge Militia of thrash metal fame.

Tapped a few years later, first by heavy metal outfit Intethod and later by Asheville based sleaze masters, the Crank County Daredevils, who found success both in the US and abroad; Kelly developed a keen ear, and playing ability to match, for what would develop into an ever widening spectrum of rock n roll sensibilities. After the unforeseen dissolution of Crank County, in 2010 Rory Kelly began to hone his own dirty rock n' roll based signature sound and recruited his former musical partner and father Mike to form two-thirds of what would ultimately become their current band. Together they recorded, and Rory Kelly produced, what critics deemed a “swamp rock” sound in their first release, Better Than The Blues.

When demand for that record began to outweigh supply, Rory Kelly began to branch out regionally, playing live with a hired gun on bass and gaining footholds with venues and audiences throughout both the Carolinas. In March of 2011 they scored a coveted series of showcases with Texas Rockfest, which takes place in the heart of downtown Austin, Texas each year during the world famous South By Southwest music conference. Those showcases brought Kelly interest from endorsement companies and rekindled a connection between him and Rusty Knuckles, his former label from the Crank County days, that was in the midst of successfully developing its’ own niche signing renegade artists from within the ranks of southern sleaze. Summer ’11 brought more recognition to Rory Kelly as they were thrust into and embraced by the Southern biker circuit and a permanent bass player joined their ranks. Billy Miller, also a seasoned musician from touring gigs with Voodou and Super Sport, brought the final element needed to round out this dirty rock n' roll trio, forming a mercurial rhythm section with the elder Kelly to compliment the smoldering swagger of Kelly’s rock riffs.

The addition of Miller has brought a new dynamic into the band and, with that, an ever evolving definition of what Southern Rock means to Rory Kelly and how they intend to translate that to their followers. The new album is done and scheduled for release in late Spring of 2012, and has captured the interest of well-known NC radio personality Steve Blanton who will assist Kelly in the production of their second effort. Revealing a band edging toward a harder sound, (Don't Shake My) Family Tree, will be released to world-wide distribution through Rusty Knuckles with both US and European tours planned for early 2012 in support of the record."

- Tammy Moore

Crank County Daredevils Featured In Metal Hammer

All we can say is THANK YOU to Metal Hammer Magazine for doing a write up on the Crank County Daredevils third album. The album may be two years old but that just goes to show that great music has a long shelf life and is continually listened to.

"CCD's self-titled third album blasts with razor sharp screams fused with Southern rock twangs for an original take on a classic genre. It's Calling Me slows things down several notches, but the rest of the the album drips with rowdy riffs and sludgy sleaze. The definition of raw, dirty rock n' roll"

  -  Hannah May Kilroy

Southbound Turnaround Coming To Your Local Honky Tonk

Ya may not have heard yet about the fellas in Southbound Turnaround but great things will be happening. With numerous shows coming up this fall around the Carolinas and opening for quite a few larger acts, we can guarantee you will know of them soon. The sound is definitely country but has a plethora of other influences along with three singers. Add in a dash of honky tonk country, a smidgeon of Elvis infused Mellencamp and the energy of a new band looking to make its mark and that might be just a hint of what's to come outta these Asheville, NC rabble rousers. They will be with us at Muddy Roots cookin' bbq, slingin' back beers and jammin' with a shitload of friends at our booth. Stop on by and say hello to one of your new favorite bands in Southbound Turnaround.

She Rides - "Drunk Tornado of Junkyard Rock and Biker Metal"

We honestly could not pay for such a great description of She Rides latest ep to be doled out by the folks over at BrokenBeard.com. When they came up with the line "drunk tornado of junkyard rock and biker metal" we instantly cut a crooked grin and felt proud as a peacock. Read on for the review below...

She Rides
Buy the Ticket
Rusty Knuckles Records

Buy the Ticket is a four song EP from She Rides, Providence, Rhode Island’s drunk tornado of junkyard rock and biker metal, whose label, Rusty Knuckles Records, is home to such hideous outlaws as ANTiSEEN and Crank County Daredevils, so you know the kind of cocaine and gasoline fun you’re gonna get here. It’s been about three years since their self-titled debut, so the fact that there’s only four songs means they had to stuff an awful lot of sleaze into each one of ‘em for maximum effect, and I’ll be damned if the whole thing isn’t as bloated as a dead possum who overdosed on a lethal mix of Ironboss, The Misfits, Peter Pan Speedrock, and Damn 13. Take one Hunter S. Thompson reference, a bunch of nasty riffs, and the words party, piss, and dude, and you’ve got an EP aimed to tickle saggy-titted trailer trash in that special spot usually reserved for their cousin’s greasy shotgun.

Buy The She Rides ep

She Rides - Buy The Ticket by RustyKnuckles

Rumble In Baraona - Lineup Confirmed

Need we say any more about the music showcase? All the vert action, chops, bikes and music ya need. We are damn stoked to be bringin' the bands to you Southern California. Tickets will go on sale June 6th and trust us, just wait til' you hear the Rumble in Raleigh lineup. Let the southern sleaze invasion begin...

Crank County Daredevils Return To The Stage

It takes more than abusive touring, massive strokes and a world not yet fully realizing what they have been missing out on, to affect the miscreant gypsies known as Crank County Daredevils. This Friday in scenic Asheville, NC they will return to the stage and make a triumphant return. Also on the bill will be the southern boogie of Honky and the wildmen of West Virginia in Karma To Burn. Get out to the Get Down in West Asheville and be baptized by Southern Sleaze.

Crank County Daredevils - That's How We Roll by RustyKnuckles

photos by Janick at La Chimere, first night European tour, January 2010

Biker Metric - Rusty Knuckles Writeup

Thanks to Trent over at Biker Metric for thinking of us and doing a solid writeup on all we do, here is the post in it entirety.

Link to article over on BikerMetric.com

do you like music? do you like rock-n-roll music? how about hillbilly agro? or simple one-man-and-his-guitar tunes? do you understand that johnny cash was the first punk rocker? 

then you will dig rusty knuckles.

and i haven't gotten to the motorcycle part yet.

rusty knuckles is a custom merchandise company and a record label which reflects the bands and lifestyle which exemplify the mindset of, um, fuck you, you god damned yuppie prick.

or something like that. i made the last part up. rusty will let me know if it isn't true.

their mindset is punk rock, fuck you if you hate, and be aware that dichotomy is violence vs. poems paraphrased from jesus. it is the world we live in and rusty knuckles produces the green lady killers. they are two of my favorite bands from rusty's long list of kickass motherfucking music:

rusty knuckles promotes bands and musicians that kick ass. not over-produced crap for mass consumption that parents of teenagers approve of because they are too busy calling psychiatrists seeking medication for the kids they'd rather drug than become involved with.

have you ever contemplated, "should i spend my last five bucks on food or on getting more fucked up?" i have. and as i write this the last inch of my 40 ouncer is being guzzled through a throat dionysus would envy.

rusty knuckles bands has contemplated that great dilemma, and this is what happened.

all bands should own their music and rusty works directly with each band to bring forth the vision they feel within them. they don't tell them what to do. rusty finds what the band wants to be.

rusty knuckles is currently working with crank county daredevils:

leroy virgil:

hellbound glory:

antiseen:

jay berndt:

she rides:

and the green lady killers. yeah. you wanna fuck them. i bet they don't care.

you gotta band? rusty knuckles designs, markets from print to social media, album packaging, custom garments and brand outreach blah blah blah. you have something real and true, go to rusty knuckles and prove it.

rusty digs clients from the custom motorcycle, hotrod and entertainment industry and brags of past clients from tom waits, the boston celtics, ufc, the chicago bulls, hurley clothing, mtv, and others too numerous to brag about since the bragging was just done.

them's braggin' rights. i'm diggin. even though the celtics and bulls suck.

trent = PHX suns fan.

if rusty knuckles isn't busy working on new ideas, drawing band shirt designs, or creating album packaging, they are downstairs wrenching on their ever-increasing array of custom motorcycles and plotting the next road trip.

here is a pic from tim bradham 's shop, dresch frame:

and if you're hiting sxsw this march, hit the dirty dog to see these bands:

also, while in austin, drunk and hungry, get your food anywhere but casino el caminio. go to franks, or the jackalope. eat more and pay less without the attitude from people who are all from l.a. and the northwest who pretend they're locals and act like you're lucky to be in their bar.

plus, rats won't have run over your burger the night before when the meat was left out. how do i know? i opened that place for 20 months. eat rat meat like it's chicken, pay eight bucks for it, or go somewhere else.

if you do go just to get the vibe of "how to get ripped off" ask bartender joe lifto when was the last time he got a boner. tell the owner, casino, he's a crook and i'm coming for him.

goodness. revenge makes me want to put a sweater on 'cause i'm chilly.

but hey, everybody who works there can tell you who is there to buy a twenty bag of half-assed coke from. so they've got that going for them.

not that you want to do that. if you mention my name they will tell you i'm a liar and a drunk. only half of that is true. so, from the dirty dog, walk up 1/2 block on neches from this concert to visit lovejoy's. it's nice there. the real bikers are there. you can tell by the machines parked in front.

as for the dirty dog, the bar with the stage that will be playing all of rusty's bands? they are cool with me. you might even see a large bikerMetric banner hanging from the rafters from the party we had there last summer.

now for something about revolution:

"some writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction between them; whereas they are not only different, but have different origins. society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices. the one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. the first is a patron, the last a punisher."

 - thomas paine, "common sense"

rusty knuckles produces artists who understand this principle.

now for more motorcycles. ralph, the man behind rusty knuckles, built a wicked troublemaker out of a rare honda cb650. yes cb650. according to ralph, he "had a bitch of a time finding parts and had to make quite a bit of shit to get it right."

that's what it's all about. fighting and getting it right.

Crank County Daredevils - Review From Czech Republic

Some elements may be a bit lost in translation but no biggie, its still fans world wide getting into true Southern Sleaze rock n' roll. 

Link to article from Radio Gothic

"The band from the U.S. on behalf of the Crank County Daredevils has a new album, which bears the same name as the band itself. The material was recorded in 2009 and all were released by the company Pataca records. This is the third album in order. The band plays classic southern southern rock as it should be. Consequently, this album and this band is mainly determined by the fans southerners. But I, though I favor mostly death metal and other styles really hard, so I approached the band. I doposlechl whole album twice. It really is a precise work great musicians.  

So as I said, this is a southern rock. The band plays a Southerner, I have already met, but I never did not take this music too. Of course, found a few bands that play this style, and approached me, but not to much, so I had to go several times. This album got home just two days, and I abandoned him twice already and am on the third listen, so from my experience to all people who like southern rock, but even tougher pařezům this band and this album bee YOU!"