Jarvys Best Bands in 2024!

Even though Rock &Roll is not what we would call “Very Popular” in 2024, there is still some amazing Rock Music being made every day and by they would call “The Younger Generation” and rightfully so…for ever since ELVIS, this music was made for the YOUNG. And if you really look (which is amazing easy today with the internet) you will find just crazy amazing Rock (other than Greta Van Fleet). It’s not like in days that I was young when you could only find out about new bands via “word of mouth” or the local FM music station. These bands that I love bring me real Happiness to know Rock is NOT dead, it’s only sleeping ! PS> I am not slagging GVF, just trying to educate my peers that there is plenty of great R&R out there! MY FAVORITES THIS YEAR [2024]

The Southern River Band

                                                                                              

 

                                                                     

                                The Southern River Band is musical band from Thornlie,

                                          a suburb of Perth, Western Australia.[1] Formed in 2013,

                                their fourth album, D.I.Y., became their first to enter

                                the ARIA top 50.     

Dirty Honey

                         

  

    

                                            

                                   Dirty Honey is an American rock band from Los Angeles,

Johnformed in 2017. It consists of singer Marc LaBelle, guitariOctober 2019, 

Dirty Honey made history as the only unsigneartist  nearly four decades to hit #1 on the magazine’s Mainstream

and Hard Rock Charts with its debut single, “When I’m Gone.” Since that

weighty debut, Dirty Honey has opened for The Who, Guns NʼRoses,

Slash with Alter Bridge, and The Black Crowes.

Rival Sons

                                  Rival Sons is a rock band formed in Long Beach, California, in 

The band consists of Jay (lead vocals), Scott Holiday (guitar), Dave Beste (bass guitar) and Michael Miley (drums). In their most recent tour they were joined by keyboard player Jesse Nason, and Todd Ögren accompanied them on previous tours. They are signed to Atlantic Records via Dave Cobb's label Low Country Sound, an imprint of Elektra.

  

Steve Conte

Steve Conte is an American musician, songwriter, guitarist, music producer, and lead singer of the band Steve Conte NYC.  He has
worked with Japanese composer Yoko Kanno on a variety of ansoundtracks including Wolf's Rain, RahXephon and Ghost in theShellStand Alone Complex2nd GIG. He is the former lead guitarist of the New York Dolls

  

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Danko Jones                            

The first time I heard Danko Jone was 2006 when I heard “My Baby Hates” from the LP, “Sleep Is The Enemy”.  It was his 3^rd album out of the 11 LPs he’s made starting in 2003.  Danko Jones is the kind of Rock Artist that never gives up.  Anyone can see that. He has won 6 Juno Awards and countless other Canadian music accolades.  But like so many Canadian musicians never translated the success into the USA. But I still have not given up hope.  Just listen to his new song of his brand new 2024 album “Electric Sounds” called “Guess Who’s Back”.  It opens with the lyric “Guess who's back? Me, motherfucker.  Take your best shot. Cause I don't give a damn”.

Tuk Smith

Tuk Smith has been one of my top 5 rock artist in the last 10 years. One of the biggest compliments I ever received was from the Legendary and AMAZING Bass Player, Mark Gougeon.  He once told me through a Facebook message when I posted Tuk Smiths first solo album. Mark said that I always had a “Leg Up” on the newest R&R!  That I had turned him onto Tom Petty and the Heartbreaker’s first album when absolutely no one knew who they were.  And here I am again with Tuk Smith. (Thanks Mark!)  I still think this guy has “IT”.  Whatever “IT” is, Tuk’s got it……100%!

 

Michael Monroe

             

If you know Rock and Roll, then you know (or should know) Michael Monroe. MM start the band “Hanoi Rocks” They basically were the “Blue Print” for Guns and Roses (Axl Rose verified) and all the clone bands from the 80’s that came after.  Then horrible car accident at took HR drummer, Nicholas Dingley, better known as Razzle’s life changed everything.  Michael went on to have a great solo career, making some of the best R&R I have ever heard. He is still going strong at the age of 62 years old.  Do yourself a favor, check this guy out!

                                                                 

              

The L.A. Maybe

“Forged in the southern heat of the Carolinas, these guys channel the one-two punch of Australia’s most rocking (Airbourne, Rose Tattoo, AC/DC…) plus a few tricks from the GN’R and Black Crowes vaults. The result? A riotously fun romp through the (pre-Covid) Tinseltown sunshine.” - Classic Rock Magazine -     The L.A. Maybe pioneered the New Wave of Classic Rock by being familiar enough to capture your attention                                  

The Cold Stares

The Cold Stares are an American rock band from Evansville, Indiana, formed in 2009. The duo (now recently a trio) has independently released four studio albums - A Cold Wet Night (2014), Head Bent (2017), Mountain (2018), and Ways (2019) - with their fifth release Heavy Shoes released via Mascot Records on August 13, 2021. For almost ten years, The Cold Stares had toured the world relentlessly as a duo, blowing away audiences across the US and Europe with a fierce, blistering live show that belied their bare bones, guitar-and-drums setup. In 2023 the band began embracing a whole new kind of chemistry and launched into their next chapter, adding a third member and channeling the classic power trio sound they grew up on with their explosive acclaimed album, Voices

      

Black Heart Saints

Black Heart Saints is an American rock band from Austin, Texas, formed in 2014. In 2019, they won Austin Chronicle's "Best Metal Band" award, being recognized along with Willie Nelson, Jackie Venson, and Ghostland Observatory. It is good ole’ Hard Rock Texas style!

  

                                                                

Inhaler

                                                                                                   Inhaler are an Irish rock band originating from Dublin. Formed in 2012, the band consist of vocalist and guitarist Elijah Hewson, bassist Robert Keating, guitarist Josh Jenkinson and drummer Ryan McMahon. Their debut album, It Won't Always Be Like This, was released on 9 July 2021. It entered the Irish & UK Albums Charts at number one, while also entering the top 10 and top 20 album charts in other European countries such as the Netherlands and Germany

Crown Lands

                                                                                                    Crown Lands is a Canadian rock music duo from Oshawa, Ontario. The band consists of vocalist/drummer Cody Bowles, and guitarist/bassist/keyboardist Kevin Comeau.  With prog-rock influences, the duo compose music and lyrics inspired by Indigenous resistance to colonialism.^[ They have stated that their name, "Crown Lands", communicates a desire to disrupt the concept of Canadian "crown land", or government-held lands stolen from First Nations.

Ferris & Sylvester

Ferris & Sylvester are a British folk duo from London. The group consists of Issy Ferris and Archie Sylvester.  In 2019, they were named as one of Rolling Stone's Americana artists to watch; their debut album, released in 2022,  won "UK Album of the Year" at the 2023 UK Americana Awards. They found inspiration in everything from Breaking Bad to Jimi Hendrix to Fleetwood Mac. They have already previewed the album’s first three songs with the rip-roaring title track “Superhuman,” the intimate "Breadwinner," and “Golden,”   

 Wunderhorse

Wunderhorse are an English rock band formed in 2020 by frontman and songwriter Jacob Slater. Initially a solo project, Wunderhorse became a full band in 2021, with Slater (vocals, guitar) being joined by Harry Tristan Fowler (guitar), Peter Woodin (bass) and Jamie Staples (drums). They have released two albums and toured internationally.  When I discovered this band, I must admit, my FAITH in rock and roll was restored. That may sound crazy, but it is all true.  Take a listen to their new album, “MIDAS”.

                                                                                       

UPDATE JULY 24, 2024. 13 years after this little BIO was made. Everything that I said seems to have really held true. The video camera has just continued to become amazing over the past years since this was originally written As an example the Canon C300 has really held it's own as many film makers are still using them. Canon's latest camera in this family is the C400.

    

With all the amazing cameras in 2024, including the RED cameras, which have become a Hollywood director's staple. Especially The Red Komodo.....

       

But I beleive the most amazing video camera today (which is under $600) is tht DJI Osmo Pocket 3. 

"If you don't cannibalize yourself, someone else will"

Kodak is going BANKRUPT!

Former Kodak VP Don Strickland -

“We developed the world’s first consumer digital camera. Kodak could have launched it in 1992. We could not get approval to launch it because of fear of the cannibalisation of film.”

Steve Jobs -

“If you don’t cannibalize yourself, someone else will.”

Who is the Smarter CEO? This is the kind of thinking that Steve Jobs had and was able to change our world! Before the dawn of the digital camera, Kodak made nearly all of its money from selling film. In a similar manner, before the invention of the iPhone, Apple made a great deal of its money from iPods. Both the iPhone and iPad cannibalise sales of the iPod and MacBook Air, which were highly profitable major product lines. But Apple had the conviction in their belief that the iPhone and iPad were better products which would sell like crazy. Kodak didn’t have the same conviction in their digital technology. Nor the same vision.
Our world of technology moves so fast.....if you don't keep up, you will be left behind...I promise you that!

The Thing With Two Heads Podcast

I recently found a YouTube channel that I really love. It's just two guys who love the Horror Movie world. Like most cool and honest things, they both work in the industry that they have a personal love and passion for at the same time. Below is a letter I sent them to let them know what a positive influence its had on me.

Dear Sean and Chris, I am not a fan of horror movies per se, but I am a fan of movies period. I caught your show the first time because of your interview with Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton. I've loved movies my whole life and Project Greenlight is one of my favorite shows. As I watched a couple more episodes of TTWTH, I realized that the show was making me unusually calm and happy. At first I didn't quite understand what was happening. I didn't know anything about your backgrounds, but with a little research I soon found out that you were both musicians. I am a man that is older than both of you and and also a musician. I didn't have a day job until I was 41 years old and was lucky enough to travel the world with my group and enjoy people and places that I would never had the chance to have to have experienced if I had never been a musician playing Rock and Roll! My compliments regarding the show seem to reiterate what so many other of your listeners have noted. Your observance of the "woke world" we now live in and how it affects your day-to-day lives. I find myself talking back to my monitor as you give your *Get off My Lawn" items for the day. Feels as though you're talking right to me sometimes with the things you say. You make such a great team. Sean with your witty and sometimes sharp and cutting comments seem to balance Chis who has a tough looking exterior but very warm heart. Chris is always concerned with everyone...especially the listeners. That's what's so amazing about him. On one hand he'll almost bring me to tears and then a few minutes later say "I hate people". Sean, I looked up some of your bands and you're a Bad Ass drumer...really really great!!!! I didn't get to hear Chis play bass or guitar, but I know your good just by your taste in music. As I said in the beginning of this long dissertation, your show brings calmness and happiness to me. In today's crazy world that's an amazing accomplishment!! Peace and love to you both, Billy Csernits...... Jarvy Loves This!! Check them out....Promise you'll like it!

Rock IS BACK!!!!....OR IS IT?

It will be 2020 very soon and this past year there has been a alot of "talk" about Rock coming back to it's former GLORY. A big pat of this rock renaissance has been due to the almost local {Frankenmuth Michigan}rock band, Greta Van Fleet. These Michigan brothers (and great drummer, Danny Wagner) started to change the musical climate back in 2017. It is straight forward Blues Based Rock and Roll with a huge amount of comparisons to Led Zeppelin. my wife and I were really excited when we first heard G.V.F....they are a great little rock band. AND...they had begun to change the musical landscape. At the least, I had a reason to NOT TURN OFF the Grammy Awards this past year. They even scored four Grammy Award nominations, one for each major rock category — "Best Rock Album", "Best Rock Song", "Best Rock Performance" — and a "Best New Artist". Don't get me wrong, I love The Foo Fighters, but they have basically been the only so called rock band to attend the Grammy's over the last 10 years! There is.....believe it or not a lot of AMAZING NEW Rock Music out there, you just have to look for it. I keep asking myself "if rock is dead, why is a bio pic about the 70's rock gods "QUEEN" one of the hottest movies of the year?" I personally love 2 new bands that also have their roots in the "Blues" They are "Tyler Bryant & And The Shakedown. This is a GREAT band. Tyler Bryant is an amazing guitar player and singer and has the star quality....what dick face, Simon Cowell called the "X_factor". X-Factor..."It Factor" whatever the fuck...."If it ain't rock and roll it ain't worth a shit" THERE!!! There's my Manifesto! A much more authentic representation of 70's Blues Rock than Greta Van Fleet. Granted they don't sound like Led Zeppelin. But then "who does?". Certainly not GVF! I'm not dissing GVF...I just don't think they have saved R&R. But whenever you come across someone who is as amazing as Tyler Bryant, you will find that they are well versed in the blues masters and this guy has done his homework. Just like The Stones did. Take a look at their beginnings........they listened over and over to Muddy Waters and dissected every Chess record of that Chicago Blues Sound.

Shades Of Elvis

I found a GREAT photographer one night while just surfin' the net. His name is Christopher Ameruoso and he has a book about celebs wearing the actual sunglasses collection of Elvis. He was able to access the collection because his collaborator on this great book was Priscilla Presley. Check this out! What a great conversation piece to have sitting on your coffee table.
From "My Fox.com" What would happen if you took a pair of sunglasses that belonged to Elvis Presley, had close to a hundred celebrities wear them, and shoot their different poses and reactions? That's the premise behind a new book from photographer Christopher Ameruoso, who teamed up with Priscilla Presley, for "Shades of Elvis". Christopher and Priscilla talked about the Elvis legend and how celebrities like Johnny Depp, Elton John, Cher, and others took to sporting the King's shades. "Shades of Elvis" is available only online at Shadesofelvis.net.