New Bomb Turks

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New Bomb Turks
Origin Columbus, Ohio, USA
Genre(s) Garage punk
Label(s) Crypt, Gearhead, Epitaph
Members
Jim Weber
Eric Davidson
Sam Brown
Matt Reber
Former members
Bill Randt

The New Bomb Turks are a garage punk band from Columbus, Ohio. The founding members are Jim Weber, Eric Davidson, Bill Randt, and Matt Reber. Sam Brown replaced Bill Randt on drums in 1999. Early on their inspiration came from the Devil Dogs, Lazy Cowgirls, Union Carbide Productions, Didjits, and the Fluid. Musically, they are akin to the The Saints, Dead Boys, The Pagans,The Sonics or the Troggs. Their lyrics are generally witty and humorous, but have serious themes beneath their sophomorish hooks.

The New Bomb Turks have released ten full-length LPs, two EPs, and over twenty singles, some of which contain songs not available elsewhere. Their early recordings appear on the Datapanik, Sympathy For The Record Industry, Get Hip and Bag of Hammers labels. Crypt Records signed the band and released !!Destroy Oh-Boy!!, Information Highway Revisited, and Pissing Out The Poison. Then Epitaph Records signed them and released LPs Scared Straight, At Rope's End and Nightmare Scenario. Gearhead Records released their next album, The Night Before the Day the Earth Stood Still. The band also released three b-side and outtakes compilations: Pissing Out the Poison, The Big Combo, and Switchblade Tongues & Butterknife Brains.

As of 2005, the New Bomb Turks have slowed down their touring and recording in order to pursue other interests. Guitarist Jim Weber, for example, is now a 10th and 11th grade English teacher at Hilliard Davidson High School. The band's name refers to the main character (Newbomb Turk) in the 1980 film "The Hollywood Knights", played by Robert Wuhl.

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[edit] Discography

[edit] LP's

  • !!Destroy-Oh-Boy!! (1993)
  • Information Highway Revisited (1994)
  • Pissing Out the Poison: Singles & Other Swill... (1995)
  • Scared Straight (1996)
  • At Rope's End (1998)
  • Nightmare Scenario (2000)
  • The Big Combo (2001)
  • The Night Before the Day the Earth Stood Still (2002)
  • Switchblade Tongues & Butterknife Brains (2003)

[edit] Singles

  • Beruhren Meiner Affe (EP)
  • Drunk On Cock (EP)

[edit] Compilations

  • The Gearhead Records Thingmaker
  • Motorcycle Mania 3 (Soundtrack)
  • Smash Up Derby
  • How We Rock
  • A Fistful Of Rock N Roll Volume 9
  • Punk Rock Jukebox
  • The Las Vegas Shakedown
  • Punk-O-Rama 5
  • Punk-O-Rama 4: Straight Outta The Pit
  • Punk-O-Rama 3
  • Cheapo Crypt Sampler 1997
  • Punk-O-Rama 2
  • Happy Birthday, Baby Jesus
  • Punk Rock Jukebox
  • 500 Miles To Glory
  • Cheapo Crypt Sampler
  • Shave The Baby: Datapanik's
  • Glory Daze (Soundtrack)
  • Attack From The Planet Of The Devil Dogs (Head Dip)

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