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  • Genre: Alternative / Indie / Rock

    Location Hollywood, Please select your region, Un

    Profile Views: 77430

    Last Login: 5/18/2012

    Member Since 6/16/2005

    Website www.nativejune.com

    Record Label Planet L.A. Records

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ........ .... If you have ever wanted to knock out the high school bully on graduation day, then make out with his girlfriend at the podium, Native June is the soundtrack to your life. It is a band that weaned a pitbull on childhood dreams and set it loose on corporate America. Only several years ago, in the heart of Hollywood, California, four musicians patented the hottest new sound west of the Continental Divide: Grit Rock. It all started when Gabriel Watson (vox, guitar) met Matt Vannucci (guitar/mandolin) and Jeff Streitel (drums) at a Los Angeles loft party and spent the night rambling over music, folklore and football. The conversation was rudely interrupted by British expatriate, Tristan Hendy (bass, keyboards), who erupted into the room claiming to be “The Bouncing Ball”. Although the world may never know what he meant by this statement, one thing is certain; Native June was born that night to create an ass-shakin’ new sound. Some say their distinctive sound was created when the ‘05 earthquake rocked the top floor of the 1940 Cotner rehearsal studio, and all of the infectious vocal melodies, jagged guitar hooks, vintage keys and cheap mandolins imploded into ground zero, aka, “the JT Big Beat.” But those closest to the music know that the sound was conceived far from the streets of Los Angeles. Native June’s music has its roots in cities, highways, and taverns across the United States and abroad: it rises on the sweltering heat of Pittsburgh steelyards and in the dust cloud behind a ‘78 Ford pick-up, barreling through the back hills of Southern Indiana. It is in the thrum of a rush-hour train in downtown Philly, and it shatters in your mouth like broken teeth at a London pub. But where do we all fit into this tall-tale? What does all of it really mean? It means that Native June will be blazing a mighty trail through your town sometime soon, bringing with it the places and stories that will define our generation. It leads back to you! ........ ..To add these banners to your profile, stick the code in your "About Me" section: .. .. .... .... .... .. .. .... ........

  • Members

    Gabe Watson - Lead vocals, guitar, bass.. Tristan Hendy - Bass, Keyboard, guitar.. Jake DeSouza - Drums.. Martial Chaput - Back-up vocals, lead guitar..

  • Influences

    Kings of Leon, Modest Mouse, The Strokes, The Clash, Flaming Lips, Beck, The Bravery, Man Man, Evan Dando, RHCP, Phantom Planet, Rancid, Muder By Death, Soul Couphing, Saves The Day..

  • Sounds Like

    Killers, Kings of Leon, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sublime, Queens of the Stone Age....

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Native June - Myspace

Native June hails from Indiana (Gabe Watson), Britain (Tristan Hendy), France (Martial Chaput) and California. (Jake DeSouza) The Band formed in the heart of Hollywood in 2005.

Native June's music is rooted in cities, highways and taverns across the Midwest and abroad. It smells like a 1978 Ford pickup truck barreling through the back hills of Southern Indiana (where Gabe grew up) and it crunches in your mouth like broken teeth at an English pub on a Saturday night (where Tristan chills out). Their sound is also reminiscent of The Clash, Kings of Leon, The Killers, Modest Mouse, Tom Petty, Bloc Party, Minus the Bear, and the Juliana Theory.


Native June was also crowned the winner among 50+bands in the 2009 Battle of the Bands competition on the Santa Monica Pier, opened for acts as diverse as Spacehog and Blackalicious, and was featured alongside Muse, Jet, New Found Glory, Dashboard Confessional for Saturday Night Magazine's Compilation CD distributed by MTVu and Virgin Megastores. They have also performed on national TV on the USA Network for the Before 'n After Movies to over 2 million viewers.


Native June released their first album "Whiskey and Walnuts" in 2006, "Daisy" as a single and music video in 2010, and will release their upcoming album "Ocean to Sunset" in September 2011, produced by two-time Grammy-winning producter Tony Maserati (Black Eyed Peas, Lady Gaga, Beyonce)


The atmosphere during Native June's live shows is infectious. They have played over 300 shows in the last five years, rockin' out at clubs and festivals in Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco and Santa Barbara, as well as a Southwest tour to Austin for South by Southwest in April 2011. The band has shared the stage with national acts including Spacehog and Ludo at the Key Club Hollywood, and played as headline acts at least once at every single venue on the infamous Sunset Strip (the Whisky a Go Go, Troubador, Roxy, Viper Room, House of Blues, etc).


Native June signed with Planet LA Records and a publishing deal with the MusicBox film/TV library catalog in 2010. In October 2011, they will tour through Chicago to New York, performing at the prestigious Gibson showroom during CMJ in New York City.


Member Since:

June 16, 2005


Members:

Gabe Watson - Lead vocals, guitar, bass
Tristan Hendy - Bass, Keyboard, guitar
Jake DeSouza- Drums
Martial Chaput - Back-up vocals, lead guitar


Influences:

Kings of Leon, Modest Mouse, The Strokes, The Clash, Flaming Lips, Beck, The Bravery, Man Man, Evan Dando, RHCP, Phantom Planet, Rancid, Muder By Death, Soul Couphing, Saves The Day..


Sounds Like:

Killers, Kings of Leon, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sublime, Queens of the Stone Age


Record Label:

Planet L.A. Records


Native June - Myspace

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