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Rock 'N' Roll Soldiers
Biography
Proudly representing for the roughneck end of garage rock, the Rock N Roll Soldiers make an aggressively nasty noise that owes much more to the Pretty Things and early Rolling Stones than it does the White Stripes. Impressively, the band also managed to bounce back from a bad major-label experience that would have destroyed most bands. Formed in Eugene, OR, in 1997 while its members were still in high school, the nascent group took its name from an old tour slogan by rough-edged 1970s Australian punk pioneers Radio Birdman, their favorite band at the time. Continuing their fascination with garage rockers past, lead guitarist Kevin Sciou joined the original core of singer and guitarist Marty Larson Xu, bassist Evan Sernoffsky, and drummer Oliver Brown because as a somewhat older and more experienced musician (he had previously worked with second-generation rocker Shooter Jennings), he was impressed that these kids knew all about the Flamin' Groovies. While touring the Pacific Northwest as opening act for various punk and garage bands, the Rock N Roll Soldiers recorded two 7" vinyl EPs for the garage-oriented indie Gearhead Records, 2003's The High School Sessions and 2004's The Weak Blame the Strong.
Selected Discography