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|bgcolor=#e7dcc3| Record Labels: || [[Riverock Records]], [[Better Days Records]], 4 Walls Records, Small Stone Recordings
|bgcolor=#e7dcc3| Record Labels: || [[Riverock Records]],<br>[[Better Days Records]],<br>[[Noise Pollution]]<br>4 Walls Records<br>Small Stone Recordings,<br>Beer City Records,<br>Sleeping Village,<br>Fusion Records
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|bgcolor=#e7dcc3| Years Active: || 1999 - 2010, 2014 - Present?
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|bgcolor=#e7dcc3| Started By: || [["Dirty" Dave Johnson]]
|bgcolor=#e7dcc3| Started By: || [["Dirty" Dave Johnson]]
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|bgcolor=#e7dcc3| Based In: || [[Kentucky:Louisville|Louisville]]
|bgcolor=#e7dcc3| Based In: || [[Kentucky:Louisville|Louisville]]
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|bgcolor=#e7dcc3| Largest show: || 1000 people, November, 2001 @ The Double Door in Chicago, IL with Nebula and The Immortal Lee County Killers
|bgcolor=#e7dcc3| Largest show: || 500+ people, November, 2001 @ The Double Door in Chicago, IL with Nebula and The Immortal Lee County Killers
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|bgcolor=#e7dcc3| First show: || 02/1999
|bgcolor=#e7dcc3| First show: || 02/1999
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|bgcolor=#e7dcc3| Last show: || ?
|bgcolor=#e7dcc3| Last show: || August 21 2010 at [[Uncle Pleasant's]]
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|bgcolor=#e7dcc3| Reunion show: || N/A
|bgcolor=#e7dcc3| Reunion show: || September 7 2019 at [[Headliners]]
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|bgcolor=#e7dcc3| Number of Members:
|bgcolor=#e7dcc3| Number of Members: || varies
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|bgcolor=#e7dcc3| Booking: || [["Dirty" Dave Johnson]]
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Bio:
==Biography==
===Formation and Small Stone (1999 - 2010)===
Formed in the new millennium by singer-songwriter and front-man "Dirty" Dave Johnson, The Glasspack is the answer to the worn-out southern rock of the classic rock airwaves and the sudden staleness of modern hard rock radio. Distinctly of Louisville, this creative and unique Kentucky band has pulled its influences from the best of the 60's jam rock and 70's hard rock/punk, thus obtaining a very wide variety of listeners and fans. The band can usually be found lugging its equipment around the U.S. and Canada listening to anything from CCR and MC5 to Bad Brains and Fu-Manchu. They have been seen busting guitars on each other, playing guitar behind their backs, with their teeth, and anyway humanly possible. Johnson has even been known to set his crotch on fire, as well as his guitar, which skills gained him a Fender Music endorsement in 2005.


  The Glasspack is an amazing ROCK 'N ROLL band that was formed in early 1999 by frontman and songwriter "Dirty" Dave Johnson in the good ol' bluegrass city of Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Joined by Jerry Cunningham (Kinghorse, Arch) on bass & Brett Holsclaw (Spot, King Kong, Joe Manning) on drums, the Glasspack is best known for their intense live performances. They have been seen busting guitars on each other, playing guitar behind their backs, with their teeth, and anyway humanly possible. Johnson has even been known to set his crotch on fire, as well as his guitar. In 2005, Dirty & the band struck a deal with Fender Music, receiving sponsorship for equipment, due to their obvious Fender sound. Influenced by the sounds and screams of such as The Stooges, MC5, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, Black Sabbath, Monster Magnet, The Melvins, and Mudhoney, the Glasspack is a very live, guitar-oriented rock'n'roll band. In 7 years, they have managed to tour over 70,000 miles of U.S. and Canadian highway and they ain't about to stop. Europe and Austrailia are the next stops on the Glasspack's map.  
In 2001, the Glasspack released their first full-length CD entitled "American Exhaust" on Dave's record label, Riverock Records. With this first full-length release, they received distribution in America, Europe, and Australia. After this release and a constant bar touring schedule of 2001, the band was picked up by Small Stone Recordings in Detroit, best known for its straight rock attitude and releasing new music by musicians from such bands as Screaming Trees, The Melvins, Clutch, and many others. The Glasspack went on to record albums "Powderkeg" and "Bridgeburner" for Small Stone Records with guests from Monster Magnet and Big Chief. Both records were distributed world wide and received much appraise from local Louisville and global press including the Courier-Journal, LEO, Stonerrock.com, Kerrang, Lollipop, and Maximum RockNRoll.


  In 2001, the Glasspack released their first full-length CD entitled "American Exhaust" on Dave's record label, Riverock Records. This release was first recorded for Man's Ruin Records but was held back when the label declared bankruptcy. With this first full-length release, they recieved distribution from Meteor City Direct, Initial Records, Bertus Music in Europe, and High Beam Music in Austrailia. the Glasspack's second full-length CD, "Powderkeg," was released early 2002 worldwide by Small Stone Recordings. Small Stone is known for putting out such bands as Five-Horse Johnson, Fireball Ministry, Puny Human, Dixie Witch, Atomic Bitchwax, Spirit Caravan, Men of Porn, Clutch, Los Natas, Valis, and many more national and international rock acts. Small Stone is distributed worldwide by NAIL/Allegro Corp., Carrottop, Cargo Records (Germany), Plastic Head (UK), Bertus Music (Netherlands), Dock Entretainment (Spain), and Brainstorm Distribution (Italy). In 2005, the Pack released it's third full-length on SS records, entitled "Bridgeburner" with guests from Monster Magnet and Big Chief.  
The Pack, as fans know them, has been seen touring and rocking with the likes of The Frogs, Sick of It All, Melt Banana, Cherry Valence, The Hookers, Gaza Strippers, Snapcase, Nebula, Easy Action, My Morning Jacket, King Kong, Elliot, AFI, The Immortal Lee County Killers, Coliseum, and the Shipping News. The band has also been a part of many festivals like the Mountain Dew Action Sports Tour Initial Records' Krazy Fest, New York's CMJ Marathon, Austin's SXSW Festival, Lebowski Fest, and the Stoner Hands of Doom Festival. Some of the stages they have graced include Headliners (Louisville), the Ritz in Austin (TX), the Garage in Hollywood, the 360 in Toronto, The Double Door in Chicago, and even C.B.G.B.'s in Manhattan.


  The Pack, as fans know them, has been seen touring and rocking with the likes of The Frogs, Sick of It All, Melt Banana, Cherry Valence, The Hookers, Gaza Strippers, Snapcase, Nebula, Easy Action, My Morning Jacket, King Kong, Elliot, AFI, The Immortal Lee County Killers, Shipping News, and The Tight Bros from Way Back When. the Glasspack has also been a part of many festivals like Initial Records' "Krazy Fest", New York's CMJ Marathon, Austin's SXSW Festival, Lebowski Fest, and the "Stoner Hands of Doom" festival." the Glasspack was invited to play the "Emissions from the Monolith" festival but declined due to disagreements with the promoters. Within the period of 7 years, the Glasspack has traveled within America & Canada playing in such places as Headliners (Louisville), the Ritz in Austin (TX), the Garage in Hollywood, the 360 in Toronto, The Double Door in Chicago, and even C.B.G.B.'s in Manhattan.  
The bands music is a popular in the area of licensing from Small Stone Records directly and Rumblefish Music Licensing in Portland, OR. The Glasspack's music can be frequently found in various episodes of MTV's "Viva La Bam" and "Homewreckers" shows, FOX's "Fuse T.V." and "Fuel T.V." shows, and even video games like Discovery Channel's "Monster Garage" by Activision and ESPN's "2K5 Pro Baseball," scoring them a spot in the ASCAP society.


  Besides the Glasspack's obvious domination over the web, they have recieved astonishing recording/live reviews from Maximum Rock-n-Roll, Stonerrock.com, Metal Maniacs, The Courier-Journal, Lollipop Magazine, and Roadburn Web Magazine. the Glasspack has also been featured in top rock magazines in Europe like Metal Hammer, Kerrang, ORR, and Aardschok International Rock & Metal Magazine. The band gets much attention in the world of extreme sports, bike videos, and magazines like Metal Bike's movie "Faded Glory," Props Visual DVD Mag, Seventies Clothing in Europe, and DIG/BMX Magazine in Europe. In early 2003, the band was seen on national and international television, via FOX Sports Net, for "Fusion TV" coverage of the CMJ Music Marathon in 2003 at the world famours C.B.G.B.'s in Manhattan. The show 'fuses' skateboarding, surfing, biking, and music. The Glasspack's music can be frequently found in various episodes of MTV's "Viva La Bam" show, Fuse T.V. and even video games like Discovery Channel's "Monster Garage" by Activision and ESPN's YK5 Pro Baseball, scoring them a spot in the ASCAP society.  
The Glasspack has now finished it's fourth full-length release, entitled "Dirty Women." The record is set to release sometime in 2006 or 2007, again on Small Stone Recordings. The next year The Glasspack would play Roadburn Festival in The Netherlands, their only European show. In 2009 the band would play the Evergreen/Cinderblock CD Release show and then in 2010 would perform a split release show with [[Trophy Wives]] for their tenth anniversary.


  The Glasspack is now promoting the release of their newest full-length from Small Stone Recordings, "Bridgeburner." They continue to write new music daily and record various cover songs for compilations. They are also rehearsing new material for their 4th full-length release in 2006. For more info, please check out the Pack's website at http://www.theglasspack.com .  
===Moon Patrol (2014 - Present)===
Sometime during the band's hiatus, "Dirty" Dave Johnson would work with former collaborator [[Mark Abromavage]] ([[Kinghorse]]) along with [[Chris Abromavage]] and [[Jae Brown]] ([[Satellite Twin]]) to form [[The Decline Effect]], a political punk rock band. That band's debut show would happen in 2011 with an album and a string of shows to follow.


'''Members:'''
In 2014, The Glasspack announced that a fifth album entitled Moon Patrol was in the works, initially intended to be entirely instrumental and somewhat of a departure from their previous sound. On 9 July 2019 it would be announced that The Glasspack would be returning to the live stage for the first time in nearly a decade, performing at Headliners Music Hall on 7 September 2019 (With Call Me Bronco, Sound Company, Wiirmz). The band is also returning to the studio to finish work on the space rock album entitled "Moon Patrol".  On 31 October 2020 the band would release covers of Misfits and Samhain for free on their Bandcamp. The band also announced that Moon Patrol would be intended for release in 2021 via longtime label Small Stone Records. However, this would be postponed to 2024 and set to be self-released.
*[["Dirty" Dave Johnson]] - Songwriting, Vocals, Guitars, Keys
*[[Brett Holsclaw]] - Drums
*[[Jerry Cunningham]] - Bass
*[[Eric Rackutt]] - Steering Wheels
*[[Joey Toscano]] - Webmaster
*[[Leland Thurman]] - Dirty Bird


'''Former Members:'''
==Members==
*[[Tony Bailey]] - Bass
*[["Dirty" Dave Johnson]] - Songwriting, Vocals, Guitars, Keys (1999 - Present)
*[[Todd Cook]] - Bass
*[[Brett Holsclaw]] - Guitar, Drums, MC, Vocals (1999 - 2005, 2008, 2019 - Present)
*[[Andy Garret]] - Bass
*[[Nick Hall]] - Guitar, Bass, Synthesizer (2008 - Present)
*[[Marc Moody]] - Guitar, Bass
*[[Billy Lease]] - Guitar, Bass (2014 - Present)
*[[Brian Foor]] - Drums, Keys
*[[Dave Chale]] - Drums (2020 - Present)
*[[Zach Dorsett]] - Bass
*[[Chris Matthews]] - Bass
*[[Matt Tucker]] - Drums
*[[Chris Owens]]- Bass
*[[Matt Odenweller]] - Drums


'''Guest Appearances:'''
===Former Members and Other Contributors===
*[[Zach Dorsett]] - Bass (1999 - 2001)
*[[Andrew Garrett]] - Guitar, Bass (1999 - 2004)
*[[David Wright]] - Bass (2002)
*[[Marc Moody]] - Guitar, Bass (Unknown Time Period)
*[[Chris Matthews]] - Bass (Unknown Time Period)
*[[Chris Owens]]- Bass (Unknown Time Period)
*[[Todd Cook]] - Bass (2004)
*[[Tony Bailey]] - Bass (Unknown Time Period)
*[[Jerry Cunningham]] - Bass (Unknown Time Period)
*[[Chad Omen]] - Bass (2007)
*[[Brian Foor]] - Drums, Keys (Unknown Time Period)
*[[Matt Odenweller]] - Drums (Unknown Time Period)
*[[Greg Morris]] - Drums (Unknown Time Period)
*[[Matt Tucker]] - Drums (Unknown Time Period)
*[[Eric McManus]] - Drums (2005 - 2008)
*[[Peter Searcy]] - Bass (2008 - 2010)
*[[Dave Mancini]] - Bass (2008 - 2010)
*[[Tony Rymniak]] - Drums (2008 - 2010)
*[[Mark Campbell]] - Drums (2014)
*[[Rodney Roads]] - Guitar, Bass (2014 - 2019)
*[[Rico Rakutt]] - Steering Wheels, Photography, Management
*[[Leland Thurman]] - Dirty Bird


Ed Mundell (Monster Magnet) - Guitar <br />
===Guest Appearances===
Phil Durr (Big Chief) - Guitar<br />
*Ed Mundell (Monster Magnet) - Guitar
Scott Hamilton (Small Stone) - Guitar<br />
*Phil Durr (Big Chief) - Guitar
*Scott Hamilton (Small Stone) - Guitar
*[[Matt Jaha]] (Coliseum, Nixon) - Guitar
*[[Adam Neal]] (Hookers, Blade of the Ripper) - Vocals


'''Releases:'''
==Releases==
*"the Glasspack/Road Warriors' E.P." EP/CD ([[Better Days Records]]), ([[Riverock Records]])
*[[The Glasspack:Road Warriors|"the Glasspack/Road Warriors' E.P."]] EP/CD ([[Better Days Records]]), ([[Riverock Records]])
*"the Glasspack/American Exhaust" LP/CD ([[Riverock Records]]), LP/Vinyl (4 Walls Records)  
*[[The Glasspack:American Exhaust|"the Glasspack/American Exhaust"]] LP/CD ([[Riverock Records]]), LP/Red Vinyl (4 Walls Records)  
*"the Glasspack/Powderkeg" LPCD (Small Stone Recordings)
*[[The Glasspack:Powderkeg|"the Glasspack/Powderkeg"]] LP/CD (Small Stone Recordings)
*"the Glasspack/Bridgeburner" LP/CD (Small Stone Recordings)
*[[The Glasspack:Bridgeburner|"the Glasspack/Bridgeburner"]] LP/CD (Small Stone Recordings)
*[[The Glasspack:Dirty Women|"the Glasspack/Dirty Women"]] LP/CD (Small Stone Recordings)
*[[The Glasspack:Muddy Nasty River|"the Glasspack/Muddy Nasty River Split"]] EP/Brown Vinyl (Sleeping Village Records)
*[[The Glasspack/Trophy Wives: Split 7"|The Glasspack/Trophy Wives Split 7"]] ([[Noise Pollution]])
*[[The Glasspack:Storm In Your Hand|Storm In Your Hand]]
*Moon Patrol (TBA)


'''Compilations:'''
==Compilations==
*"Underground Invasion: Volume 4" LP/CD (Beer City Records)
*"Dedication From The Sullen Waters Of The Ohio" LP/CD (Fusion Records)
*"Cheap Thrills: Volume I" LP/CD ([[Better Days Records]])
*"Cheap Thrills: Volume II" LP/CD ([[Better Days Records]])
*"Saturday March 24, 2001 Show Compilation" EP/CD ([[Noise Pollution]])
*"The Motherlodge Lodge: A Tribute To The Rudyard Kipling, Volume I" LP/CD ([[Mother Lodge Records]])
*"Sucking the 70's" LP/CD (Small Stone Recordings)
*"Sucking the 70's" LP/CD (Small Stone Recordings)
*"Sucking the 70's 2: Back in the Saddle Again" LP/CD (Small Stone Recordings)
*"Hammer Down: Volume I" LP/CD (Motor Brand Clothing Promo CD)
*[[V/A:RISE - A Louisville Lip Records Tribute to Kinghorse|RISE]] CD ([[Louisville Lip]])
*[[Head Cleaner]] Double Cassette / Digital ([[Gubbey Records]])


'''Shirts/Merch:'''
==Shirts/Merch==
*T-shirts, girl shirts, posters, lighters, shot glasses, and cds are and have been available locally at Ear-X-Tacy Records.
*T-shirts, girl shirts, posters, lighters, shot glasses, and cds are and had been available locally at Ear-X-Tacy Records.
 
 


=External Links=
==External Links==
*http://www.theGlasspack.com
*[https://www.facebook.com/theGlasspack/ Facebook]
*http://www.SmallStone.com
*[https://theglasspack.bandcamp.com/ Bandcamp]
*http://www.theGlasspack.com/DirtyBird
*[http://www.theglasspack.com/ Official Page]
*http://www.4WallsRecords.com
*[https://riffipedia.fandom.com/wiki/The_Glasspack/ Riffipedia]

Latest revision as of 11:43, 6 December 2024

The Glasspack
the Glasspack logo
Record Labels: Riverock Records,
Better Days Records,
Noise Pollution
4 Walls Records
Small Stone Recordings,
Beer City Records,
Sleeping Village,
Fusion Records
Years Active: 1999 - 2010, 2014 - Present?
Started By: "Dirty" Dave Johnson
Based In: Louisville
Largest show: 500+ people, November, 2001 @ The Double Door in Chicago, IL with Nebula and The Immortal Lee County Killers
First show: 02/1999
Last show: August 21 2010 at Uncle Pleasant's
Reunion show: September 7 2019 at Headliners
Number of Members: varies

Biography

Formation and Small Stone (1999 - 2010)

Formed in the new millennium by singer-songwriter and front-man "Dirty" Dave Johnson, The Glasspack is the answer to the worn-out southern rock of the classic rock airwaves and the sudden staleness of modern hard rock radio. Distinctly of Louisville, this creative and unique Kentucky band has pulled its influences from the best of the 60's jam rock and 70's hard rock/punk, thus obtaining a very wide variety of listeners and fans. The band can usually be found lugging its equipment around the U.S. and Canada listening to anything from CCR and MC5 to Bad Brains and Fu-Manchu. They have been seen busting guitars on each other, playing guitar behind their backs, with their teeth, and anyway humanly possible. Johnson has even been known to set his crotch on fire, as well as his guitar, which skills gained him a Fender Music endorsement in 2005.

In 2001, the Glasspack released their first full-length CD entitled "American Exhaust" on Dave's record label, Riverock Records. With this first full-length release, they received distribution in America, Europe, and Australia. After this release and a constant bar touring schedule of 2001, the band was picked up by Small Stone Recordings in Detroit, best known for its straight rock attitude and releasing new music by musicians from such bands as Screaming Trees, The Melvins, Clutch, and many others. The Glasspack went on to record albums "Powderkeg" and "Bridgeburner" for Small Stone Records with guests from Monster Magnet and Big Chief. Both records were distributed world wide and received much appraise from local Louisville and global press including the Courier-Journal, LEO, Stonerrock.com, Kerrang, Lollipop, and Maximum RockNRoll.

The Pack, as fans know them, has been seen touring and rocking with the likes of The Frogs, Sick of It All, Melt Banana, Cherry Valence, The Hookers, Gaza Strippers, Snapcase, Nebula, Easy Action, My Morning Jacket, King Kong, Elliot, AFI, The Immortal Lee County Killers, Coliseum, and the Shipping News. The band has also been a part of many festivals like the Mountain Dew Action Sports Tour Initial Records' Krazy Fest, New York's CMJ Marathon, Austin's SXSW Festival, Lebowski Fest, and the Stoner Hands of Doom Festival. Some of the stages they have graced include Headliners (Louisville), the Ritz in Austin (TX), the Garage in Hollywood, the 360 in Toronto, The Double Door in Chicago, and even C.B.G.B.'s in Manhattan.

The bands music is a popular in the area of licensing from Small Stone Records directly and Rumblefish Music Licensing in Portland, OR. The Glasspack's music can be frequently found in various episodes of MTV's "Viva La Bam" and "Homewreckers" shows, FOX's "Fuse T.V." and "Fuel T.V." shows, and even video games like Discovery Channel's "Monster Garage" by Activision and ESPN's "2K5 Pro Baseball," scoring them a spot in the ASCAP society.

The Glasspack has now finished it's fourth full-length release, entitled "Dirty Women." The record is set to release sometime in 2006 or 2007, again on Small Stone Recordings. The next year The Glasspack would play Roadburn Festival in The Netherlands, their only European show. In 2009 the band would play the Evergreen/Cinderblock CD Release show and then in 2010 would perform a split release show with Trophy Wives for their tenth anniversary.

Moon Patrol (2014 - Present)

Sometime during the band's hiatus, "Dirty" Dave Johnson would work with former collaborator Mark Abromavage (Kinghorse) along with Chris Abromavage and Jae Brown (Satellite Twin) to form The Decline Effect, a political punk rock band. That band's debut show would happen in 2011 with an album and a string of shows to follow.

In 2014, The Glasspack announced that a fifth album entitled Moon Patrol was in the works, initially intended to be entirely instrumental and somewhat of a departure from their previous sound. On 9 July 2019 it would be announced that The Glasspack would be returning to the live stage for the first time in nearly a decade, performing at Headliners Music Hall on 7 September 2019 (With Call Me Bronco, Sound Company, Wiirmz). The band is also returning to the studio to finish work on the space rock album entitled "Moon Patrol". On 31 October 2020 the band would release covers of Misfits and Samhain for free on their Bandcamp. The band also announced that Moon Patrol would be intended for release in 2021 via longtime label Small Stone Records. However, this would be postponed to 2024 and set to be self-released.

Members

Former Members and Other Contributors

Guest Appearances

  • Ed Mundell (Monster Magnet) - Guitar
  • Phil Durr (Big Chief) - Guitar
  • Scott Hamilton (Small Stone) - Guitar
  • Matt Jaha (Coliseum, Nixon) - Guitar
  • Adam Neal (Hookers, Blade of the Ripper) - Vocals

Releases

Compilations

  • "Underground Invasion: Volume 4" LP/CD (Beer City Records)
  • "Dedication From The Sullen Waters Of The Ohio" LP/CD (Fusion Records)
  • "Cheap Thrills: Volume I" LP/CD (Better Days Records)
  • "Cheap Thrills: Volume II" LP/CD (Better Days Records)
  • "Saturday March 24, 2001 Show Compilation" EP/CD (Noise Pollution)
  • "The Motherlodge Lodge: A Tribute To The Rudyard Kipling, Volume I" LP/CD (Mother Lodge Records)
  • "Sucking the 70's" LP/CD (Small Stone Recordings)
  • "Sucking the 70's 2: Back in the Saddle Again" LP/CD (Small Stone Recordings)
  • "Hammer Down: Volume I" LP/CD (Motor Brand Clothing Promo CD)
  • RISE CD (Louisville Lip)
  • Head Cleaner Double Cassette / Digital (Gubbey Records)

Shirts/Merch

  • T-shirts, girl shirts, posters, lighters, shot glasses, and cds are and had been available locally at Ear-X-Tacy Records.

External Links

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