
Upon first hearing The Jim Jones Revue , I immediately thought “rockabilly meets Guns ‘n Roses” subsequently followed by “How fun!” An English garage band consisting of Jim Jones (formerly of The Hypnotics ), Rupert Orton, Gavin Jay, Nick Jones, and Henri Herbert, The Jim Jones Revue will be playing tomorrow at the Black Cat . Kid Congo Powers and The Pink Monkey Birds (Brian Tristan formerly of Gun Club and Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds ) and Beach Bloods are [...]

So sometimes when deciding what to feature on b3sci, we ask ourselves a pretty simple question: "Would the legendary James Brown actually be into this? Would he like this record? Would he "feel good" listening to it?" Well, JB would prob be into this track, no doubt, but I think a more appropriate music legend litmus test to use on The Jim Jones Revue's "High Horse" is "Would Elvis be into this? Would Elvis want to give this tune a second spin, or would he rather go eat a peanut butter and bananers sandwich?" Hmmmm. So would Elvis likely be [...]

Shit-hot garage rock for fans of Jon Spencer and Little Richard.

Filed under: Exclusive , Q + A Tipped by Spinner to grab 2010 by the lapels and claim it as their own as far back as last December, the Jim Jones Revue are the band bringing back turbo-charged excitement to a scene that's been dominated for too long by pasty-faced non-talents. Harking back to rock'n'roll's primeval origins, the Jim Jones Revue sing bawdily from the Devil's own songbook as they appeal to [...]
On August 23rd, The Jim Jones Revue release High Horse,the first single off their new album Burning Your House Down. High Horse will be available as both download and 7” vinyl. A non-LP bonus track “Bag O’ Demons” comes exclusively as the b-side to the 7”. The video for the track “High Horse”, shot in London by hotly tipped director Geraldine Geraghty, was inspired by the film The Red Shoes (about a ballerina demonically possessed by a pair of red shoes) -- but with a savage rock n’ roll twist! This is Geraghty’s second [...]

The new single from The Jim Jones Revue is called High Horse and is out on the 23rd August. It is a typically frenetic slice of rock 'n' roll in the band's own inimitable style and precedes their new album Burning Your House Down on 6th September. Enjoy the video for the single...

Hide the women and send the kids to bed, British rockers the Jim Jones Revue are back! Here's their new song, "High Horse," which comes off their second album Burning Your House Down , due out September 6. These guys can rock it into the red, like the unholy spawn of Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis on speed. Gentlemen, start your guitars! The Jim Jones Revue MySpace page

photos by Ryan Muir The Jim Jones Revue @ Mercury Lounge The Jim Jones Revue started a four-show NYC run on Thursday, July 22nd, with a gig at Mercury Lounge. The pictures here are from that Hunters -opened show. They finish the NY stint when they play Terminal 5 tonight (7/26) with Smashing Pumpkins . One of the other shows took [...]