John Wayne Shot Me
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John Wayne Shot Me was an indie band from Ammerzoden, The Netherlands.
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[edit] History
John Wayne Shot Me was formed by Thijs van den Broek in 1998, originally as a one-man recording only project. When his songs received positive reviews in several small underground music magazines, John Wayne Shot Me was asked to perform live. Thijs then decided to form a band with his friends Merijn van Pelt, Geert van Beers and his sister Marieke van den Broek. Soon the band signed to Ines Boukov/62TV Records and many releases and shows all over Europe followed.
Due to an alleged legal issue about their bandname with the inherators of the late actor Marion Robert Morrison, also known as John Wayne, the band decided to split up in december 2006 . They played their last concert in 's Hertogenbosch, the city where Thijs van den Broek, Geert van Beers and Merijn van Pelt met in highschool.
John Wayne Shot Me was known for their short melodic twisted popsongs about love, technology and monsters. Most songs featured (samples of) toy instruments and outdated gameconsoles. The band released 3 albums and some singles, including a split 7" with on of thijs's heroes: the californian band Grandaddy. The band also worked with Kimya Dawson, Julia P, Austin Lace and many others.
[edit] Live performances
John Wayne Shot Me's live performances were known for their punk attitude. The band used unconventional musical instruments such as a dust buster and they always tried to involve the audience in the show by extensive conversations with the audience or the invitation of random people in the crowd to join the band on stage to play along.
Chronological list of live performances:
05 December 1998: De Kikker, Utrecht, The Netherlands
29 January 1999: Pictura, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
25 February 1999: Winston Kingdom, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
30 April 1999: Mokum, Arnhem, The Netherlands
22 May 1999: Villa Musica, Vlaardingen, The Netherlands
28 May 1999: Winston Kingdom, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
14 October 1999: De Vlerk, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
20 October 1999: Chez Zelle, Louvain la Neuve, Belgium
21 October 1999: Winston Kingdom, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
06 November 1999: ACU, Utrecht, The Netherlands
10 December 1999: Halles de Schaerbeek, Brussels, Belgium
14 January 2000: Le Salon, Silly, Belgium
22 January 2000: De Piek, Vlissingen, The Netherlands
19 February 2000: Villa Musica, Vlaardingen, The Netherlands
17 March 2000: Jonosh, Asten-Heusden, The Netherlands
12 April 2000: Merleyn, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
28 April 2000: Soundstation, Liege, Belgium
30 May 2000: Melkweg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
31 May 2000: Effenaar, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
06 June 2000: Forum, Bielefeld, Germany
06 September 2000: Winston Kingdom, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
04 November 2000: Crossing Border Festival, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
30 November 2000: Cul de Sac, Tilburg, The Netherlands
01 December 2000: Azijnfabriek, Roermond, The Netherlands
13 December 2000: Burgerweeshuis, Deventer, The Netherlands
[edit] Line-up
Thijs van den Broek - vocals, guitars, electronics
Marieke van den Broek - vocals, keyboards, guitars, electronics
Geert van Beers - vocals, drums
Merijn van Pelt - bass guitar
Occasionally the following people are mentioned as band members as well:
Fred Stiens keyboards
Emilio the friendly robot a plastic robot that accompanied the band on stage
[edit] Selective discograpy
John Wayne Shot Me - (self released, 1998) (cassette)
Swinging with ines - (Ines Boukov Records, 1999) (split CD album with Poney and Super Prestige)
The artificial octopus cassette - (self released, 1999) (cassette)
John Wayne Shot Me / Grandaddy split 7" (Ines Boukov Records/62TV Records, 2000)(split 7" with Grandaddy)
Flying Time - (Octane Foil, 2000) (compilation 7" featuring Charlottefield, A Series Of Wheels, Johnny Domino and John Wayne Shot vs Blimey)
Fortran catapult - (62TV Records, 2001) (CD album)
Fortran catapult - (Octane Foil, 2001) (vinyl album, alternate tracklist)
Let sleeping monsters sleep - (62TV Records, 2004) (CD EP)
The purple hearted youth club - (62TV Records, 2005) (CD Album)
Exclusive tracks on compilations:
r2d2 won't you come on Les enfants children - (Purderous Magina, 1999)
a sale all in (track with blimey!) on But you don't really care about music, do you? - (LVR, 2003)
i love perth on everything's ending here (tribute to Pavement - (Homesleep, 2003)
waiting for the moon to rise on a century of covers (tribute to Belle and Sebastian) - (Kirsten's Postcard, 2006)
