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Jive Ass Bastard: “On Sale” – breaking the mold of mainstream rock

As a former member of Rainbowtruth and Uncle Charlie, Jive Ass Bastard has shared bills with Dave Matthews Band, Marcy Playground, Everything, Col. Bruce Hampton among many others and recorded several albums released on independent labels NETFilmMusic and Underdogma Records.

There is familiar territory covered in the latest track by Jive Ass Bastard, entitled “On Sale”: the psychedelic guitar drones, the electrified swampy blues-rock stomp, and the experimental harmonic experimentation. But Jive Ass Bastard takes a deeper dive into a variety of source material. With many musicians, it’s too often an overly generous bit of grasping to discuss the manner in which they infuse a variety of disparate elements into their work–particularly when those elements serve more as superficial window dressing to signify unearned street cred, or actual facility.

Jive-Ass-Bastard-on-saleListening to “On Sale”, it is impossible to ignore the myriad touches JAB employs to embellish his songs, as much as it is impossible to ignore the authenticity of his sound. He never seems to be straining himself or merely appropriating other, signature sounds just for the sake of doing so. The music he has so obviously, and voraciously, absorbed makes him who he is, pure and simple.

His voice, which at times is able to convey a pained vulnerability, offset by a gruff, even defiant resolve, worms its way relentlessly through “On Sale”, while all of his skills are on display. As the song gathers steam, it is astounding that Jive Ass Bastard’s very unique and even sacrosanct sounds are being incorporated in a fashion that manages to feel unforced and even organic. He is not aping classic riffs so much as they seem to sweat out of his pores.

It’s all up there, in his head, and he is channeling it into his own vision in a manner that is consistent and convincing. Through his music, Jive Ass Bastard delivers themes and messages in a way that few people would want to tackle, even in the privacy of their own homes. Jive Ass Bastard’s method is doubtless, based in blues-rooted psychedelic rock, he is setting out to break the mold of mainstream rock.

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