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John Wilkes Booth: Get on the Bus

Posted in Reviews on February 10th, 2009 by JJ Koczan

Kerry's got some ice cream on the bus, kids...Full disclosure: I know these dudes personally and have had the privilege of playing multiple shows with them in the past (hoping to continue to do so in the future as well). Usually, I wouldn’t review a band I know in real life, but the Booth I’m even more a fan of than I’m buddies with, so I figure the math checks out. Impartiality in reviews is a myth anyway, and Gawd is dead, so anything goes.

John Wilkes Booth have emerged — carried by their very own Booth Bus — fist-first from the oft-maligned recesses of Long Island, second only to Jersey in its production of mediocre heavy music and girls with big hair, with their premiere collection of tunes. Known as much for their refusal to partake in the pay-to-play scams promoters perpetrate on local bands trying to get their name out (and thus not kicking off too many shows at the Crazy Donkey) as for their holds-barredless approach, Sic Semper Tyrannis follows a similar philisophical course, all self-released and whatnot.

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