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The Glasspack

The Glasspack

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Record Labels: Riverock Records, Better Days Records, 4 Walls Records, Small Stone Recordings
Started By: "Dirty" Dave Johnson
Based In: Louisville
Largest show: 1000 people, November, 2001 @ The Double Door in Chicago, IL with Nebula and The Immortal Lee County Killers
First show: 02/1999
Last show: ?
Reunion show: N/A
Number of Members: 3
Booking: "Dirty" Dave Johnson

Bio:

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. 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, 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.

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 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 .

Members:

Former Members:

Guest Appearances:

Ed Mundell (Monster Magnet) - Guitar
Phil Durr (Big Chief) - Guitar
Scott Hamilton (Small Stone) - Guitar

Releases:

  • "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/Powderkeg" LP/CD (Small Stone Recordings)
  • "the Glasspack/Bridgeburner" LP/CD (Small Stone Recordings)

Compilations:

  • "Sucking the 70's" LP/CD (Small Stone Recordings)

Shirts/Merch:

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


External Links

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