Jack Off Jill
| Jack Off Jill | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Alternative rock , riot grrrl , punk rock |
| founding | 1992 |
| resolution | 2000 |
| Website | www.jackoffjill.com |
| Founding members | |
| Jessicka Fodera ("Jessicka") | |
| Michelle Oliver ("Michelle Inhell") | |
| Robin Moulder ("Agent Moulder") | |
| Tenni Arslanyan ("Tenni Ah-Cha-Cha") | |
Jack Off Jill was an American alternative rock band from Fort Lauderdale , Florida .
history
During their high school years together, Jessicka Fodera and Tenni Arslanyan began writing songs together. When Robin Moulder later joined as bassist and Michelle Oliver as guitarist, they finally founded the band Jack Off Jill in 1992. The band name combines the nursery rhyme about "Jack and Jill" that is widespread in English-speaking countries with the vulgar expression "to jack off" (" masturbate ").
The band had their first appearance in 1993 as an opening act for Marilyn Manson (then still "Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids"). Manson subsequently acted as a consultant for the band and also as a producer for the first demo recordings . He also worked occasionally as a guitarist for the band and let them continue to appear frequently as the opening act for his own band.
Both Manson's band and Jack Off Jill were known for their offensive and shocking performances. At one of their joint concerts in Jacksonville, Florida in December 1993 , Manson was arrested in the course of an undercover investigation for violating local moral laws . Jessicka was also arrested for inciting sexual abuse. Both were charged with the offenses of which they were charged.
It wasn't until 1997 that the band, after having released several singles and demo recordings with Manson's help, got a record deal with the Risk Records label. In the same year the first album Sexless Demons and Scars appeared with which the band then went on tour. The band was supported by Scott Putesky , the former guitarist Marilyn Mansons. Putesky was also involved in the production of the 1998 EP Covetous Creature , which consisted of remixes of tracks from the first album.
After the release of the second album Clear Hearts Gray Flowers in July 2000, the band split up. The reasons for this were conflicts between singer Jessicka and bassist Robin Moulder as well as the bankruptcy of their label, lack of commercial success, poor promotion of the new album, multiple changes of band members and management problems.
After the separation, the former founding members pursued their own music projects. Jessicka founded the band Scarling. , Michelle Oliver and Tenni Arslanyan play together in the band Set to Zero and Robin Moulder is active in the music project TCR .
Discography
Demos
- 1993 - Children 5 and Up
- 1994 - Boy Grinder Sessions (unreleased)
- 1995 - Cannibal Song Book
- 1996 - Cockroach Waltz (unpublished)
Albums
- 1997 - Sexless Demons and Scars
- 1998 - Covetous Creature (EP)
- 2000 - Clear Hearts Gray Flowers
- 2006 - Humid Teenage Mediocrity (compilation)
Singles
- 1993 - My Cat / Swollen
- 1996 - Girlscout / American Made
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lilit Voskanyan: The Trademark Principal Register as a Nonpublic forum. (PDF) (No longer available online.) In: The University of Chicago Law Review. June 8, 2008, archived from the original on June 14, 2010 ; Retrieved December 19, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Ted B. Kissell: Manson: The Early Years. In: Miami New Times. January 21, 1999, accessed May 3, 2009 .
- ^ Greg Baker: Program Notes 38. In: Miami New Times. January 5, 1995, accessed May 3, 2009 .
- ↑ mtv.com: Former Manson Guitarist Putesky Joins Jack Off Jill . Retrieved May 3, 2009.
- ↑ blogs.myspace.com: Jack Off Jill MySpace Blog ( Memento of the original from February 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved May 3, 2009.
Web links
- Official website
- Jack Off Jill on MusicBrainz (English)