Band Links

If you play for Co. Jack Productions and your band has a web page (or even if you don't have a web page and just want your band and description listed) and you'd like a link, send email to: Jacko. You must include a brief description (one or two lines) of your musical style. (note: this is required).

Also check out the Poets link.

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555 - The mighty triple nickel: stay single, drink double, sleep triple; a DC band playing balls to the wall rock 'n roll; a hint of Soundgarten doing Pavement covers; with David Bowie and Keith Richards in the mix.
8 Ohm Driver - We are a Power Trio out of New Brunswick, NJ. Indie punk alternative-hardcore.

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Alexander the Poet - Live poetry @ the brighton.
Akata - Est. 2001 - A brewed mixture of Rock, Thrash, Punk, and Classic Rock from Central New Jersey (New Brunswick area). Very powerful, aggressive, and raw.
All Rights Reserved - Is a pop/punk band out of Marlboro, New Jersey.
All The Dead Pilots - Indie rock band from the city of charm, Baltimore.
Amber Brown Vision - Wholesome melodic indie/emo rock.
Andalucia - Big Space/Atmospheric guitars, with soothing vocals-erupting drums with the bass filtering the room.
Aviso'Hara - "Four guys doing slightly discordant pop music lamenting about something" -roctober. Their "sound is very much the hybrid between The Flaming Lips, Sonic Youth, and Superdrag." -Under the Volcano #51.
All City Creepers - Wild surf punk party in your face style buzzcocks meets ventures.
Aytobach Kreisor - 60/70's (Sabbath, BOC, Floyd) influenced hardrock trio from NYC that adds songs to the volume and hooks to the riffs.

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Bamm Hollow
- A mix of AlternoFunk Rock w/ Dark lyrics and Improvisational Tendancies!
Banana Fish Zero - "Love at first note" - Boston University Radio. "Too damn rockin' for words!" - Fresh Cow Pie zine. "Pure rock" - The Washington Times.
Bastards of Melody - Power Pop band often compared to The Replacements, Soul Asylum and Cheap Trick.
Beyond the Flesh - A Melodic, Thrash, Death Metal Band From South Jersey.
Body - Style- Ambient Experimental Rock 'ala Radiohead, Massive Attack, Portishead, The Cure.
Brethren - A cool mixture of funk, rock, 70s disco with hip-hop grooves that come together with the influences of Prince, Parliment, Led Zeppelin, Guns & Roses and James Brown.
Bruce Tunkel - New Jersey singer, songwriter and musician former front man for the New Jersey based band The Red House. Bruce performs solo and also with his latest band The 16oz Kings.
Black Beetle - Serene rock educated heavily in the craft of jazz by an amalgam of city veterans.
BloodyRatBalls - Is four Toms River disgruntled youths with a lot to say and a unique way of saying it. Phsyco-core at it's finest. Hardcore-punk for the masses.
Blue Flavored Bliss - Bipolar indie rock from West Chester, PA. Doing a balancing act between melodic rock and insanity.
Brooklyn Run - Is a three piece rock band from San Diego ca.
Burnt by the Sun - A sonic cerebral reaction.
Bubblegum - New Jersey DIY duo. most often compared to sonic youth, nirvana, dinosaur jr, and even hardcore icons, black flag.

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Casino Evil - We are an eclectic rock band thats bringing hell back into the New Jersey music scene.
Celesphere - Dancing on the hedges separating experimentation from pop expectations.
Chance of Rain - Melodic pop/rock.
Cheap Sedated Hams - Eclectic and eccentric rock with blazing guitar and a sick rhythm. Truly unique blend of style.
Chemical Imbalance - Pop and hard rock meet. They fall in love. They fight. They make up. It's a match made in a place slightly lower than heaven but everyone has a good time anyway!
Cinema Star - Unsigned original three piece. Featuring a variety of Rock and Pop influences.
Clever Hans - A modern rock band which blends four decades of pop/rock influence, original song writing, and an electric live show to get audiences "partying like rockstars.".
Clydesdale - Infinite Improbability Drive, 1st release on Ambiguous City Records. Nominated for Top Indie Band at the Asbury Music Awards 2002.
Cold Memory - Indie-pop-punkrock-oldschool-rocknroll on Rev Up Records.
Cope - A mix of alternative, rock, and metal with more energy than Ron Jeremy on viagra,with influences like Led Zeppelin, Metallica, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Black Sabbath.
Crowned by Lady Luck - Straight forward Rock N' Roll with country and punk seasoning thrown in to give it that desired taste.
Cryptkeeper Five - Sometimes referred to as 'The E Street Band for Generation X', The Cryptkeeper Five blend the melodies of 50's rock and roll, the raw intensity of 70's punk rock, the twang of early country and the grassroots of O.G. rockabilly with a force born in the concrete jungle of Trenton, NJ.

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Dangaru - Plays high-energy punk-influenced pop/rock songs to rhythms derived from garage rock and 60's R & B. It's all about fun, passion and escape.
Delirium Theory - A hard rock trio out of Delaware that sounds like Creed meets modern Ozzy.
Destination Grey - Aggressive hard rock combining multiple influences and experiences into original music.
Dim Mak - We're from Red Bank & play our own breed of metal with high velocity aggression
Dimitri Gurevitch Quintette - Schizophrenic-satirical-audio-theatrics from NYC...avant-garde acid funk jazz-core, to be more specific...
Dirty Johnny - Sped Up Bad Rock.
Divinity Destroyed - We play this crappy music so you don't have to.
Dodgeball - Southern California styled melodic punk rock with an East Coast edge...They're the Desecendents meet Bad Religion meet Strung Out meet NOFX, etc.
Dsul - Original, intense, hard-rocking grooves, which some have classified as "polished punk", combined with a powerful non-stop, high-energy stage show.
Duncan Circle - Acoustic rock with an Indian influence. "Tribal, turned-out."
Dyssonance - Hard, edgy alternative rock band from Ocean County, NJ."

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eve to adam - An alternatve hard rock band, with the influences of Stone Temple Pilots, Alice in Chains, Tool, RHCP, Metallica, and Led Zepplin to name a few.
Elephant Men - Dark, psychedelic lo-fi/indie pop that the mainstream wants, but can't have. You, however, can have it free of charge. Just don't bring any jackasses to the shows.
Ethan Ruby - Original and classic/modern rock covers. Just like the who and zeppelin, ethan ruby always brings down the house.
Exit 117 - Original Jersey Rock.

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Flathead Four - (Now called "Crowned by Lady Luck" <see above>).
Flatus - Straight forward, melodic, NJ punk rock since 1988.
Floodgate - Central based NJ Hard Rock Band  with a whiff of  melodic tones".
FP Toz - We are the coolest dose of 70's Flavored garage punk around,. We put the stone in stone aged.
Freakshow - Loud ass high energy rock and roll !!!!!!!
From the Desk of Sally - Female Fronted pop / alternative band.
Futureman - Almost indescribable, in your face rock and roll pop.

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Girl in a Box! - A new female fronted band from the Jersey Shore with a heavier alternative sound.
Glen Closer -  An eclectic pop trio.
Goldenseal -  High energy, original, melodic rock with uplifting lyrics and memorable hooks. Cross between Pearl Jam, Train and Black Crowes.
Grand Fabric -  Our music contains everything from Latin beats to jazzier compositions and chord arrangements to alternative country to heavier sounding rifts.
Graveyard School - Female-fronted Balls to the wall Punk Rock"n"Roll!!!

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Haize - Straight-up rock with a blues influence.
Hashbrown - Punk-funk trio.
Heavy Liquid - Underground Revolutionary Power Fuzz.
Heckler - Catchy punk rock with a smart pop sensability.
Here Tomorrow - Energetic rock from Trenton New Jersey.
holeshot - Hard edge metal with a low end groove out of Kissimmee, Florida. Front man Marc Figueras is originally from Toms River and guitar player Doug Pounds is from Lavalette.

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IHD - Metal meets melody in a melting pot of angst.
Illustrious Day - Edgy-pop trio from Providence, RI Catchy beats, solid guitar grooves and dynamic female vocals.
Imprint - We are a hard working four Piece band from RI.
Izler - This band sounds like a combination of Crosby Stills Nash and Rage Against the Machine. They also have one distinct advantage over their NYC contemporaries. SONGS! Songs galore, songs you'll still be singing from memory...many years from now.

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Jaywalkers - Obnoxiously loud and fast, grungy punk band from central jersey, we like our audience to have a good time by beating the living hell out of one another.
Jigmakers - Indie Hard Rock trio from Monmouth County, NJ area.

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Krypto-Jet - With a dominant sense of early 80's melodies, and a Y2K feel for rhythm, this Red Bank NJ trio is bridging the gap between pop and rock with their own brand of white hot noise.
Kyle Addison - A lyric based acoustic rock band with influences of roots and Americana.

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Latch - Modern absorbing rock to dark, driving, progressive rock. STP meets Pink Floyd.
Let It Burn - New Jersey-based pyromaniacs playing a molotov cocktail of catchy, honest, and aggressive punk rock and roll. think ac/dc meets 7 seconds!!
Lifted - Modern psychedelic, electronic rock, from Central Jersey.
Local Fuzz - New Jersey based original 4 piece ROCK Band.
Locket - A strong mix of diverse influences and unyielding determination, Locket combines driving bass, keys, drums with melodic guitars and bittersweet vocals in a plan to deliver something different to the overplayed crossover-rock-radio fad.
Logs in the Mainstream - Acoustic world punk with bagpipes, drum machines, and all the assorted consequences. CDs currently available on corporategreed.com. Fronted by Brighton poet MOLE.
Lord Sterling - East Coast Heavy Action.Lysergic development meets Sonic research & findings. Lord Sterling's cult of Amplification and recklessness will help the listener to achieve complete destruction over their personal mental Babylon.Bare witness and testify!
Lousy Break - A loud,raw,and aggressive Jersey Shore based punk band singing songs for the working class - The type of garage band that the neighbors always called the cops on.
Love Among Freaks - The Trip-Hop Funk sound of LAF churns out a thick heavy groove and thought provoking lyrics. Combining modern technology with good ol' fashioned vibes, it's guaranteed to make your head bob or your money back.
LSDT - An all-original, driving, pop, post-alternative to modern music group from New Brunswick, NJ.
Lunar City - Is a Moon Jazz Trio, specializing in jazz, trance, and all things funky. Andrew Light - Guitar, Lew Rosengrant - Drums, Carmine Pernini - Upright Bass.
LUXX - An incredibly tight hard rocking band fronted by the most talented female singer in music today.

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Mad Lee - A solo act of improvised bluesy punk rock also fronts the band Mad Lee & The Rough Mix.
Mindframe - A mix of hard hitting metal with melodic undertones.
MindFlip - Our music is descibed as Emo Core, Punk metal.
Mind The Gap - Were a Metal band from ocean county and play shows at the Brighton
frequently.
Missing Pilots - Philadelphia area indie rock consisting of members of Blue Flavored Bliss, and noc26.
Mondo Topless - Loud fast and stupid garage trash from Philthydelphia, PA. Fuzz-drenched, organ-infused mayhem, with a sweet, chewy center.
Monkey Dancer - This East Coast rock/pop/funk foursome pulls from many musical styles & features a horn playing frontman, thick, melodic, rich rhythms & intricate percussion along with unusual lyrical topics.
My Cousin Ray - 5-piece aggressive, energetic, melodic, punk rock band from northern New Jersey

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Nomadic Design - Improvisational rock and roll with a touch of funk and a dash of jazz.

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Oh My God - Is a rock trio who do serious damage with overdriven organ, drums, vocals and bass guitar--think the Doors, if they had been on the SST label.
One Handed Molly - Is a four piece female fronted rock band from new york city.
Othersidenine - In this digital age, it's becoming harder to find strong guitar oriented musicians who write music because it's what they want to hear. Othersidenine is just that: a band that focuses on the sound and the message and not on sounding like last week's trend.

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Planet Janet - Rocking pop/rock that will rock your face, just like Bon Jovi did.
Planned Collapse - Thrashy/grindy political crust who are set to plan a collapse.
PonyBoy - Hails from Asbury Park, NJ. Our music is a mix of rock and roll, rockabilly and punk.
Pteradactyl - A bouillabaisse of theatrical Heavy Metal shenanagans, Fusion, Dirt, Junk, World Beats, Gorillas and Mummies bent on world domination. A Big Bird. 40 ft. wingspan set for swoopdown to bring the poop down.

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R.E.A.L. - A pop-punk band with hardcore and emo influences, based out of Canton, OH.
Random Road Mother - A Straight out, old school, punk rock band from Boston, MA, with influences like the Misfits, Social Distortion, The Rolling Stones, and Jerry Reed.
Rubber Johnny - Original Hard rock party band From Northern NJ.

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Sangwich - We are a very aggressive hardcore punk band from Staten Island.
Seifer - Risk-taking three piece melodic pop band from NJ.
Senatobia - All original mountain - brewed garage pop.
Send 72 - One word describes our sound...HEAVY.
Shamra - Sassy alternative / pop.
Sharkys Machine - Blending the best elements of Rock And Roll, with an upbeat Punk-Type of feel. It's all about booze, parties, hot rods, and broads! Rock And Roll should be fun, and Sharkys Machine delivers!.
Sharyn Seidel - A mix of Pop/Rock/Alternative with mood and melody.
Sidewalk Heros - "pop, power, and old school punk rock smashed into a cheap beer can"...very suburban...very working class...grease in the hair tattoo on the arm three chord rock and roll.
Simple Mischief - A poppunk band that blends hardcore with postpunk.
Six Sigma - Stoned grooves as fat as your corduroys.
Skeeter - On the surface, Skeeter is a straight-ahead pop band that'll have you humming in your sleep. Look a little deeper, though, and you'll find elements of big arena rock, country, surf, and even jazz -- hopelessly entangled within a tragic formula that makes all too much sense.
Sketch - Instrumental and experimental rock music that can also be described as "heavy-mellow".
Skybolt Engine - A mix of today and yesterday, roots rock orientated, guitar driven music, with very melodic vocals.
Solace - We are heavy (metalish)...doom/riff rock...loud...and drunk....
Sonic Whore - A chaotic twist of Nirvana, MBV, and a stoner rock sound that leaves you begging for more.
Sparks Fly From a Kiss - Generates a cosmic sound filled with great melody and depth. The songs produced by these six dashing individuals are not complicated, rather just a combination of original lyrics intertwined with multiple layers of sound.
Squirrels From Hell - Underground, punk-pop, garage-rock. "The Band NYC Couldn't Kill".
Stimulus Funksion - Progressive Funk: Elements of Contemporary hip-hop, nostalgic 80's metal, 70's groove, meshed together with a touch of jazz. This is the sound of Monmouth County-based Stimulus Funksion.
S.T.M.C. - Seven Thousand Man Contortion is a one man music machine, combining recorded music tracks with live performance.
Stress Fracture - Hard rock with something for everyone. The way Rock & Roll
should be.

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Tag You're It - "Hardy yet heartfelt pop punk" Jane Jubilee Aquarian Weekly. Influenced by NOFX, Millencolin, Bad Religion, Blink182 et al.
The Aerialist - One man band with vibraphone, drumset, and digital + analog electronics.
The Apathy Code - Indie/emo/post-hardcore noise.
The Churchills - Powerful smart-pop from NYC signed to Universal Music. Their debut record "You Are Here" was produced by Crowded Houses' Mark Hart.
The Clamdiggers -We play commercial rock from NJ/NY.
The Cosmic Kiwis - Style ranges from hard hitting rock, to reggae, to jazz, as our influences include varied styles.
The Do-Dads -Beach blues/pop rock + roll. Singer/songwriter Nick Gere fronts this Jersey Shore 6 peice rhythm and horns combo.
The Downbeat 5 -Drawing on it's roots of 60's Girl Group and British Beat sounds and 70's NYC Punk, the quartet called The Downbeat 5 maintain a timeless sound of tough, gritty rock 'n' roll.
The Green Goblin Project - Swamp-punk rock-n-roll.
The Last Vegas - The Last Vegas are a high energy Rock N' Roll band with a shot of organ, drums louder than a train wreck, and amps cranked up to ELEVEN!! -"More Rock than a Crackhouse".
The Mystechs - of Chicago are a fun poptronica/electroclash trio with socio-political lyrics! They are currently on tour in the eastern US performing selections from their fourth album, SHOWTIME AT THE APOCALYPSE.
The Needles - Raw Power era Igggy and the Stooges meets AC/DC in the same bar with Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers in a lonely bathroom where the real kids and the dead boys get cought smoking.
The Obscene - Rock n' Roll stylings your parents have come to know and hate, mixed with messages of murder and sex delivered at high speeds by the bitchiest vocal chords this side of the Rio Grande.
The Others - NYC based band with a sound ranging from late 70's punk to modern brit pop.
The Peasants - Power pop punk guitar rock. Fast and furious.
The*Pennyroyals - Catchy, guitar-driven rock/punk that fuses melody, harmony, and great energy with three-part vocal harmonies. Combine strong vocals, lyrics that are genuine and honest, and solid musicianship behind songs which incorporate elements of punk, pop, emo, and rock n' roll and you have The*Pennyroyals sound. Someone once said "The*Pennyroyals are what The Beatles would have sounded like if they were on Fat Wreck Chords."
The Takers - Members of The Plague, S.O.V., The Boy Lovers and Spine form to make this pre-apocalyptic band. The best thing to hit N.J. since...well anything! Beware The Takers are here, and you're next! Nothing meaner. Nothing heavier. Nothing more Goddamned fun!!!
The Secession Movement - Free-form rock that has been compared to the Police put through an emo-machine.
The Slowing - The Slowing is a four piece band that delivers an arsenal of heavy riff carnage spinning tales of life, death, and everything in between.
The SpitValves - The SpitValves play their patented sound of high-octane ska-core, hailing from Orlando, Florida.
The Wag - We are an original pop-rock band with a sound like the 60's meet the 90's.
The Wretched Ones - Rock n roll , beer , punk rock.
Tizzy - We're a pop punk trio from Northampton, MA. We offer up fast and furious rock with melodic harmonies on top.
Trace of Shadows - Trace of Shadows is a five part hard rock/metal outfit hailing from Sayreville, NJ

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Uncharted Waters - A Rock and Roll Trio from Central, NJ.

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Verrat - Technical garbage rock.
Viscosity Jones - High-powered mechanic rock.
Void Control - Blast of old school Southern Cali punk with a mix of Johnny Thunders.
Volante - A Loud Indie Rock / Post Punk band from Minneapolis, MN.

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Wilma - Rock-n-Roll with three part harmonies. Wilma Fan Site

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Yellow Snow - A high energy melodic punk rock trio risen from the ashes of Dodgeball.

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Poets Links

Alice B. Talkless - A treasure of originality! Totally unique sound of the death of the new century! Ocular Press, fetish item.
Carrie Water -- In The Arms of Venus, travelouge.
Daniel J. Weeks -- Indignities, latest poetry book.
Dw. Dunphy -- Come visit his current e-novel, "Drivers of the Plague", serialized at GateWay SF Magazine. http://www.gateway-sf-magazine.com/plague-drivers.html
Greg Glory -- The Death of Satan, a divine revolt.
Greg Schwartz -- Book coming soon(!)
Lord Dermond -- Sacred Blades, latest prose work.
Mole -- A thought Intrudes, selected poetry.
Magdalena -- The Cranky Bodhisattva.
Sharon Baller -- runs the Chapter One poetry reading in Hi8ghland Park. Her new book is Venus Has Gone Insane Again.