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The Janks

Better than bunions on your feet.

Rock / Alternative / Indie
Los Angeles,California
United States
http://www.myspace.com/thejanks

Zack Zmed, Dylan Zmed, Garth Herberg, Wade Ryff, Lucas Ventura

Kombucha

A sizzling pork-chop being served up by a phenomenally obese waitress whose heels are clacking on the cheap tile. She slips on a wet spot on the tile and drops the pork-chop on your crotch, your arm flagellates and knocks your hot coffee on to your crotch as well. The waitress is now flailing around on the ground hollering for help up, you are standing up out of your seat, fanning yourself and screaming in burning pain. That's what our band sounds like.

8 months ago

The Janks and dugoutTX are now friends.

11 months ago

The Janks and Strange Habits are now friends.

11 months ago

The Janks and Jupiter Blue are now friends.

11 months ago

The Janks and LA4real are now friends.

1 years ago

The Janks and Heide Victoria Brillantes are now friends.

1 years ago

The Janks created a new event: The Janks at The Echo

THE JANKS are a multi-talented musical force from Southern California with a modern innovative and highly original sound. The band has organic and infectiously catchy songs that are quickly gaining national attention. Their unique and modern sound is inspired by a wide variety of musical influences including folk, jazz, classical, blues rock and pop. The Janks have a penchant for telling tall tales in varying proportions of folk sincerity and unbridled guitargasm. They are dynamic melody makers experimenting with some heartfelt words, a loose canon and a few ideas that slipped out of Tom Waits' hat after attending a Radiohead concert. The band's frontman Zack Zmed, born and bred on the music of Led Zeppelin and Jeff Buckley, has developed a signature voice. He crafts lyrics and songs with respect to heroes like McCartney, Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen, yet sings with the power and range of Robert Plant and Freddy Mercury. Garth Herberg doubles on guitar and trades off at the keyboard with Zack mixing up the band's instrumentation with vintage classics like the Fender Rhodes & Wurlitzer stage pianos. A songwriter and composer of his own accord, Garth has melded classical tinkerings, without neglecting his roots in the fiery realm of guitar. Wade Ryff, the bassist and newest member of the band rounds out the line up with his groovy style quirky stage presence. Wade is a brilliant musician and adds yet another element to the bands depth. Lucas Ventura is an extremely dynamic drummer who brings the live show to another level of aural sex. Finally, Dylan Zmed (aka Dr. Diggleboosh) shares a voice with his brother Zack which adds unbelievable vocal presence to the group, reminiscent of Ray and Dave Davies or the Every Brothers clarity. The band is has it's instrumental focal point yet can be seen switching instruments numerous times during their sets. The Janks are an inimitable find on the contemporary music scene. Can you dig it?