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NEXT JACKET'S SHOWS:

Dec 10 2009
@ISC Subversiv Records 15 year Jubilee Bern Switzerland
Dec 12 2009
@Le Romandie w/The Satelliters Lausanne Switzerland
Dec 26 2009
@Kofmehl Solothurn Switzerland w/King Automatic & more
Jan 23 2010
@Brasserie Lorraine - Tour de Lorraine Bern, Switzerland
Jan 29 2010
@Sudhaus Basel Switzerland
Jan 30 2010
@Bar King Neuchatel, Switzerland
Feb 20 2010
@St. Gervais w/King Khan & BBQ Show Biel, Switzerland


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Where do you live?
Bern, Switzerland
Relationship Status:
It's Complicated
About Me:
Despite being formed in the Spring of 2007, The Jackets are not new to the European Garage Punk scene. Jack Torera (aka Jackie Brutsche) had been playing guitar and singing for the Bernese girl group 'The Mad Cowgirl Disease' and fronting the Zürich combo 'The Fox', who after several years were gaining some success around Switzerland and Germany along with releasing a record on Noi Recordings (Zürich). Chris Rosales, an American who moved to Switzerland in 1994 from Los Angeles, had been touring and recording for over ten years with several Voodoo Rhythm Records bands such as Lightning Beat-Man and the Never Heard of 'Ems, The Super Supers, Reverend Beat-Man and the Unbelievers and The Get Lost (with ex Miracle Workers Gerry Mohr and Robert Butler).

In 2005 Jack Torera teamed up with Chris Rosales to form 'The Trash Department', a two-piece, low-fi noise band. After a year of false starts they joined forces with Severin Erni, former bass player of the Tight Finks and The Jackets were born. Starting with their debut gig and mini tour with the French band The Magnetix in January of 2008, The Jackets have electrified concert-goers throughout Switzerland in cities like Luzern, Solothurn, Winterthur, Zürich, St. Gallen, and Geneva as well as being invited to play at the highly respected Festival Beat in Salsomaggiore, Italy.

In November of 2008 The Jackets started playing with new bass player, Samuel ‘Schmidi’ Schmidiger. Schmidi has been setting stages on fire around Switzerland for the last several years playing guitar with The Budget Boozers and picking the bass for Suehiro Commander.

Combining sixties garage, mod, '77 punk rock, Psychedelia and their devotion to bands like The MC5, The Monks, and The Music Machine, The Jackets bring a dynamic recipe to the garage rock 'menu'. What is important to note is that the Jackets play songs; their own original compositions that deal with anything from broken hearts (Get Back With You) or popping pills (Vitamin 25) to stories about lost souls (Sadie) and homages to literature (Mr. Stranger- Camus?). All this analysis aside, The Jackets are a Rock and Roll band - but it's the ROLL that makes the ROCK just that little bit better!

In December of 2008 the Jackets were at Star Track Studios recording songs for a debut album released on Subversiv Records (Switzerland) in the summer of 2009.
Website:
http://myspace.com/thejacketsbern
Favorite Music:
The Music Machine, The Electric Prunes, The Monks, Love, The Seeds, 13th Floor Elevators, The Golden Dawn, The Creation, The Who, The Small Faces, The Pretty Things, The Kinks, The Remains, The Sonics, The Easybeats, The Stooges, The MC5, X-Ray Specs, The Buzzcocks, The Undertones, The Damned, The Saints, The Ramones, Patti Smith, Suicide, The Voidoids, The Velvet Underground, The Cramps, The Miracle Workers, The Morlocks, The Gravedigger V, The Pandoras, Paula Pierce, Andy Warhol, Brecht, Camus, Rimbaud, Kerouac, Bob Dylan, Ginsberg, DaDa, Syd Barret, Susan Adkins
Favorite GaragePunk.com Podcast(s):
Sonic Nightmares!!!

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At 10:20am on November 23, 2009, Zorch Productions said…
Cheerio from Sweden.

Tobba at www.zorchproductions.com
At 11:34am on November 21, 2009, Les BOF! said…
Merci pour l'ajout!

Amusez-vous bien en France!

Great sound...
Keep on Rock'n'Rolling!

Laurent,
Les BOF!
At 11:11am on November 20, 2009, the arse'plot chris said…
salut les amis,bien passées vos dates en france?bye
chris
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At 4:13pm on November 19, 2009, Danny des Perate said…
Anything that brings to mind echoes of Julie Driscoll & Susie Sioux in the same song must be doing something right. Great stuff!
At 9:22am on November 18, 2009, Martha said…
Great sound! Thanks for the intro.
At 9:06am on November 18, 2009, Andy Seven said…
Gerry Mohr and Robert Butler, I remember them very well. I hope Matt's doing okay, I haven't seen him in years.
At 1:09pm on September 1, 2009, IDON MINE said…
For sure GRINGO! ...love those songs - already added!
Thanks a well for the guest listing!! Very cool of ya! I'll write you when I know where and when.
See you then hopefully,
IDON
At 12:05am on August 28, 2009, IDON MINE said…
HOWZA!
There I thought it would be smashin' if you had a page and here it is - cool!
I'm totally diggin the sounds on the new disc, cant wait to get it.
Best,
IDON
 
 

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