Dash Rip Rock
Dash Rip Rock is the legendary New Orleans trio known for high-octane roots rock. The New York Times says Dash Rip Rock combines “fluency in American roots music with a robust dose of punk-rock spirit.” SPIN praises Dash Rip Rock as “undeniably the South’s greatest rock band.” In 2012 Dash Rip Rock was honored to be inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame. Dash Rip Rock has long been celebrated for tight musicianship and high energy live shows. Bill Davis, Dash Rip Rock’s founder and frontman, is a songwriter known for his blistering guitar work. For many years, the band has amassed a loyal, diverse following. The wide tent of Dash's cross-genre fan base includes aficionados of rock, roots-rock and Americana as well as rockabilly, country, and punk fans. DRR has released 18+ records that have been hailed as underground classics. They are played regularly on Sirius XM and elsewhere. Their song “Johnny Ace” is featured in the RockBand video game. Bill Davis started the band, and DRR was first signed to 688 and then Mammoth Records. In the ’90s Dash Rip Rock scored a national radio hit with a tongue-in-cheek single, “Let’s Go Smoke Some Pot.” This tongue-in-cheek classic is still played religiously over FM airwaves on counterculture feast days and covered regularly by major rock acts. This Louisiana-based band’s latest records are on Jello Biafra’s Alternative Tentacles label in San Francisco and Drag Snake Records in New Orleans. DRR's latest recordings effortlessly meld rock, swamp, and garage influences with blistering guitar work. Dash Rip Rock tours extensively and headlines numerous clubs, festivals, and roots listening rooms. Dash Rip Rock has toured with Reverend Horton Heat and The Cramps and has shared the stage with The Ramones, Jerry Lee Lewis, Lou Reed, The Replacements, No Doubt, Drive By Truckers, Lucinda Williams, Supersuckers, the Circle Jerks, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Black Crowes, Joe Ely, Molly Hatchet, David Allen Coe, and countless others, at times playing up to 250 shows a year. Bill Davis, founder, lead guitarist and vocalist and songwriter of Dash Rip Rock is often credited as a pioneer of country punk, cowpunk, and alt-country music that combines elements of rock with country, outlaw country, and punk rock. In interviews Davis says that he considers his music to be widely roots-based. The Austin Chronicle calls Davis “the brains behind Dash's brawn, a barroom poet with a wicked sense of humor and a shameless knack for a good lick. Their latest vinyl release is 2023's “Cowpunk.” Recorded at Rancho de la Luna with Dave Catching (Queens of the Stone Age, Eagles of Death Metal) and Alain Johannes (Them Crooked Vultures) – it is a classic fast and heavy collection of country punk tunes – the be-all, end-all statement on the true definition of the genre. Release date is 1/18/2023
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