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 Thompson Roulette's Profile |
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dead before we hit the ground |
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| Location: | ATLANTA, Georgia |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Jun 28, 2008 (72 days back) |
About Me |
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Thompson Roulette formed March 17, 2000. Stevie Tombstone (the Wake; the Tombstones ; Bad Karma Prophets; the Arkansas Stranglers; Texacala Jones & Her T.J. Hookers) suggested that Johnny Roulette (Family Smack Off; Heldorado; Death Valley Strays ; Transgressors ) give Rob Thompson ( Ghost Story ; BLSTRD; Fismits; Greevace & the Little Five Points Rockstar Orchestra) a call about writing some songs together. Neither had played in a band since the early 90's. Johnny & Rob had been friends years earlier and had reconnected to organize a memorial (held at the Red Vinyl Lounge in Little Five Points, Atlanta) for their friend, Ingrid Skanchy. Calls were made a short time later and the two agreed to give songwriting a try. Expectations were not high and there was no intention of actually forming a band. Johnny brought a book of lyrics/poems to Rob's home and the two set right in on what would become "descenso" by the end of the day. They began recording the album that first day. Their second song was a disaster, but everything after that ended up on the CD or in the live set. Johnny played the early mix of descenso for Will Platt(Ether Dogs; Threshold of Pain; Blood Poets; Tombstone Alley; Tombstones) & Rick Richards (Georgia Satellites; Keith & the Satellites; the Hellhounds; Izzy Stradlin & the Ju Ju Hounds). Rick remarked that it 'sounds like the desert'. Will responded by agreeing to play bass for the as yet untitled band. Rob brought in fellow tattoo artist & guitarist Frank Anzalone (chromosome; Stevie Tombstone), as well as drummer Gary Stanton (Too Far Gone), in November/December of 2000. The album was nearly complete when Thompson Roulette had their first actual practice on December 4, 2000. Frank left the band by the end of the month to move back to New Jersey. He was a hell of guy and an excellent guitarist, but the fit just wasn't right. The dawn of a new year saw the final piece of the puzzle fall into place. Johnny & Will recruited Mark Bishop (Methusala; Joe South; Bad Karma Prophets; Death Valley Strays), a long-time mutual friend, to fill the vacancy left behind by Anzalone. Bishop brought the proper twang to blend with Rob's sharp crunch on guitar. He & Johnny brought a couple of new songs from their side project [now called Death Valley Strays] into the mix (Mercy & Out of Reach. Their first & only CD was released ..thought in early 2001. It was called maybe New Orleans... and featured the songs descenso, blowout, pickin' the bones, maybe New Orleans, just the way it was, no answer & boy in the bubble. The CD was mastered by Jeff Johnson (Jason & the Scorchers; Guilt; Tombstones). Will & Johnny intoduced a song called Simple Kiss for inclusion at live shows. Rob wrote music to a few of Johnny's stray lyrics (Whiskey Ruin, Chula, & Dissatisfaction Guaranteed. No Answer became No Question due to the complete insignificance of the original lyrics. Covers of Fang's An Invitation & Fear's I Don't Care About You were routinely part of the set at practice, though neither made it to the stage. The band played their first live show at 9 Lives Saloon in Atlanta on August 11, 2001. That show went better than they expected. Fortunately, the set was captured on video and will hopefully show up here - that is if Johnny ever gets a copy of it and can then figure out how to upload it. The second show- September 21, 2001 (same venue)- was an absolute disaster. The band couldn't hear anything on stage. Factions were openly hostile to each other when they communicated at all. Musical direction had become a point of contention. Rob had reformed his first band, Ghost Story. Johnny had started a side band, Transgressors, back in May of '01. Johnny's side interests caused serious problems. Rob's caused none. No good answer was ever given for the anger towards the forming of the Transgressors. By October the band was so far down the path to an acrimonious divorce that it would have taken entirely too much energy to reverse the course of what was becoming a new Spinal Tap. Egos, a job at a Budweiser bottling plant, substance abuse, alcohol, an ill-advised Halloween concert w/o Roulette, side projects, backstabbing, cowardice, a marital separation & a new union should have killed the band. These things would have done the job if tragedy hadn't intervened. Will Platt was found dead on November 29, 2001. That was the end. It would have been the end even if things had been going well. He was a mess, but he was also absolutely irreplaceable. A memorial was held at the Red Vinyl Lounge in Little Five Points. Roulette wrote the poem for the handbill at the memorial, just as he had done for Ingrid's memorial a year & a half earlier. The remaining band members were together in the same room for the last time at Will's memorial. Thompson Roulette started and ended with a friend's death & a memorial at the Red Vinyl Lounge. |
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My Interests |
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Music:Member Since: 8/23/2006Band Website: myspace.com/thompsonroulette Band Members: the regulars JOHNNY ROULETTE (beginning-end): lead vocals, all lyrics Roulette's myspace & poetry Death Valley Strays II , JR & Mark's new band Transgressors ~ Roulette side band w/ Dylan Kight ROB THOMPSON (beginning-end): lead guitar, vocals Rob's myspace page http://www.myspace.com/rockstarorchestra Holy Mother Tattoo, owned by Rob & Colette {Little 5 Points, Atlanta} Java Lords ~ Rob's organic coffeehouse WILL PLATT (late '00-end): bass GARY STANTON (late '00-end): drums, percussion Gary's myspace page MARK BISHOP (1/01-end): guitar, backing vocals Death Valley Strays , Mark & JR's new band FRANK ANZALONE (12/00): guitar Frank's myspace page IDI AMIN (beginning-late '00): hypothetical drums & concussion the guests STEVIE TOMBSTONE: slide guitar on "just the way it was", co-producer on "out of reach" Stevie's solo page the Tombstones RICK RICHARDS: lead guitar on "blowout", slide guitar on "boy in the bubble" the Georgia Satellites JEFF JOHNSON: mastered debut CD, Maybe New Orleans (2001) TEMPER THOMPSON: child at end of "just the way it was" the ASININE TABERNACLE CHOIR on 'boy in the bubble": Rick Richards, Dennis Baldwin, Rob Thompson, Will Platt, Mark Bishop. Dirk Hays & Johnny Roulette Influences: FANG ; the Tombstones ; Slobberbone ; FEAR ; Larry Brown , the author; Tex Perkins ; D.O.A. ; Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds ; the Misfits ; Dan Baird ; Bob Dylan ; Black Sabbath, Lynyrd Skynrd, Charles Bukowski, Concrete Blonde, Ramones, Dead Boys, X, Tom Waits, Sisters of Mercy, Shane MacGowan, Butthole Surfers, Bon Scott-era AC/DC, the Cruel Sea, Tex Don & Charlie, the Meatmen, Son Volt, Steve Earle, Bap Kennedy, the Clash, the Damned, the Cramps, Dave Alvin, Bob Mould, Jim Thompson (the author), Van Morrison, Irish rebellion, Ingrid Skanchy, Johnny Cash, Who's Afraiid of Virginia Woolf? (the movie), Elvis Costello, the Replacements, Dinosaur Jr, Neil Young, Christian Death's "Only Theatre of Pain", Roky Erickson, Lucinda Williams, Arthur Alexander, the Dead Milkmen, New York Dolls, personal demons & addictive behavior, Michael Collins, Townes Van Zandt, Warren Zevon, early David Bowie, early '70's Alice Cooper, Cracker, CCR, Lords of the New Church, Flipper, Georgia Satellites, Hayden's "everything i long for", Waylon Jennings, Billie Holiday, Doc Holliday, Gary Gilmore (the Executioner's Song), Idi Amin, true crime, Husker Du, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, MDC, Atlanta's 1980's punk scene, Walker Evans photography, Oscar Wilde, Greyhound, I-10, Albert Camus, beer, red wine, Jameson Irish Whiskey, marriage, divorce, Border Radio soundtrack the Raunch Hands, Hickoids, Eddie Cochran, Johnny Burnette, film noir, Gary Oldman (until he became PG), Monty Python, many a friend's death, Deep Purple, Guy Clark, John Prine, Robert Earl Keen, David Allan Coe, dogs, Wagner, the Knitters, Ketty Lester's "Love Letter's", coffee, the ebb & flow of a baseball season, Peter Straub's KOKO, Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak), the occult (Rob's area), the most important El Camino in the history of man, George of the Jungle cartoons...y'know, same as anybody else I s'pose. Sounds Like: You know that feeling you get when you stick your tongue on the tip of a 9-volt battery? Well, it sounds a lot like that feels...or maybe not like that at all. Hell, I don't know. Record Label: was Afterthought...now more like Distant Memory Type of Label: None |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Rock / Alternative / Southern Rock) |
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My Blog |
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out of reach ~ lyrics, credits, story of |
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| out of reachlyrics: Johnny Roulettemusic: Mark Bishop/Johnny Roulettearrangement: Will Platt/Thompson Rouletteproducer: Stevie TombstoneChrist on His cross cannot reach me from hereLord, how I have fa... Posted by Thompson Roulette on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 03:56:00 PST |
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whiskey ruin info |
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| Whiskey Ruinlyrics: JRoulette July 4, 2000 & 4/01music: Rob Thompson (TR - 2001)unreleased - unfinished mixman, I can remembera time incompletenights so longmorning seemed never to comenothing much ha... Posted by Thompson Roulette on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 03:44:00 PST |
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video of first show? |
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| It's been, what, heading towards six years since our first show. And I still haven't received a CD Rom copy of my own show. The irritation stems from the fact that it should have been a simple matte... Posted by Thompson Roulette on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:47:00 PST |
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descenso - lyrics/credits/story |
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| descensolyrics: Johnny Roulette...1994 or '95music: Rob Thompson/J. Roulette...March, 2000CD: maybe New Orleans... (2001)I know I claimed we'd hit rock bottomand that we're standing on it nowbut I've ... Posted by Thompson Roulette on Sat, 23 Dec 2006 06:04:00 PST |
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pickin' the bones ... lyrics/credits/background |
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| pickin' the boneslyrics: Johnny Roulettemusic: Rob Thompson/Johnny Roulette CD: maybe New Orleans... {released March, 2001}well, I'm nowhere close to goneyet they're pickin' at my bonesthey circle me ... Posted by Thompson Roulette on Sat, 09 Dec 2006 12:33:00 PST |
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1st show; set list for; memories of... |
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| date: August 11, 2001venue: 9 Lives Saloon, Atlantaband: Johnny, Rob, WIll, Gary & Marksetdescenso (lyrics:Roulette music: Thompson/Roulette)blowout (lyrics: Roulette music: Thompson)pickin' the bones... Posted by Thompson Roulette on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 10:54:00 PST |
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PRICK Magazine review (2001) |
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| Maybe New Orleans... review by Jack Smack (December 2001; Volume 2, Issue 3)"With vocal crossings between Nick Cave and Tom Waits, Thompson Roulette wear their influences on their shoulders. Elements... Posted by Thompson Roulette on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 02:28:00 PST |
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Johnny Roulette, Rob, Gary, Alison, Death Valley Strays, Death Valley Strays II, STEVIE TOMBSTONE, LoriLee & Rick Richards, Frank Anzalone, Dylan Kight & The Nightbirds, FANG, The Georgia Satellites, Slobberbone, Holy Mother Tattoo, THE TOMBSTONES, The Transgressors, Eric, Spider Lady, spor, Chris Baker, Brian, Beasts of Bourbon, RESISTOLEROS, Java Lords, The Drams, the marble tea, BLACK EYED VERMILLION, The Most Beautiful Losers, TEEMING WITH MAGGOTS, lisa, Tim, Carbonas, TRAK, Maya, HONKY, Annabella Lwin Official Solo, Reagan Youth, The Despised, Matthew Hamlet, DOA, HoTTENToTS, Bettie In Black/Sick Girl, billie jean barstool, Health Care For All – NOW – Take Action, Jimmy Crucifix, Link Wray’s Raymen® Official MySpace Site, SOUTHERN MISCHIEF, CHRIST ON PARADE official page, Diesel Finger, the girls of summer, The Dalai Dahmers, The Blue Eclipse, Ellie, Drive like Maria, James Davis, MotorHead, Hickoids
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