John Wayne Shot Me

John Wayne Shot Me was an indie band from Ammerzoden, The Netherlands.

History

John Wayne Shot Me was formed by Thijs van den Broek in 1998, originally as a one-man recording only project. When his songs received positive reviews in several small underground music magazines, John Wayne Shot Me was asked to perform live. Thijs then decided to form a band with his friends Merijn van Pelt, Geert van Beers and his sister Marieke van den Broek. Soon the band signed to the Belgian label Ines Boukov/62TV Records and many releases and shows all over Europe followed.

Allegedly due to a legal issue about their bandname with the inherators of the late actor Marion Michael Morrison, also known as John Wayne, the band decided to split up in december 2006 . They played their last concert in 's-Hertogenbosch, the city where the bandmembers met in highschool.

John Wayne Shot Me was known for their short melodic twisted popsongs about love, technology and monsters. Most songs featured (samples of) toy instruments and outdated gameconsoles. The band released 3 albums and some singles, including a split 7" with the californian band Grandaddy. The band also worked with Kimya Dawson, Julia P Hersheimer, Austin Lace and many others. [1]

Live performances

John Wayne Shot Me's live performances were known for their punk attitude. The band used unconventional musical instruments such as a dust buster and they always tried to involve the audience in the show by extensive conversations with the audience or the invitation of random people in the crowd to join the band on stage to play along.

Chronological list of live performances:

05 December 1998: "De Kikker", Utrecht, The Netherlands

29 January 1999: "Pictura", Dordrecht, The Netherlands

25 February 1999: "Winston Kingdom", Amsterdam, The Netherlands

30 April 1999: "Mokum", Arnhem, The Netherlands

22 May 1999: "Villa Musica", Vlaardingen, The Netherlands

28 May 1999: "Winston Kingdom", Amsterdam, The Netherlands

14 October 1999: "De Vlerk", Rotterdam, The Netherlands

20 October 1999: "Chez Zelle", Louvain la Neuve, Belgium

21 October 1999: "Winston Kingdom", Amsterdam, The Netherlands

06 November 1999: "ACU", Utrecht, The Netherlands

10 December 1999: "Halles de Schaerbeek", Brussels, Belgium

14 January 2000: "Le Salon", Silly, Belgium

22 January 2000: "De Piek", Vlissingen, The Netherlands

19 February 2000: "Villa Musica", Vlaardingen, The Netherlands

17 March 2000: "Jonosh", Asten-Heusden, The Netherlands

12 April 2000: "Merleyn", Nijmegen, The Netherlands

28 April 2000: "Soundstation", Liege, Belgium

30 May 2000: "Melkweg", Amsterdam, The Netherlands

31 May 2000: "Effenaar", Eindhoven, The Netherlands

06 June 2000: "Forum", Bielefeld, Germany

06 September 2000: "Winston Kingdom", Amsterdam, The Netherlands

04 November 2000: "Crossing Border Festival", Amsterdam, The Netherlands

30 November 2000: "Cul de Sac", Tilburg, The Netherlands

01 December 2000: "Azijnfabriek", Roermond, The Netherlands

13 December 2000: "Burgerweeshuis", Deventer, The Netherlands

Line-up

Thijs van den Broek - vocals, guitars, electronics

Marieke van den Broek - vocals, keyboards, guitars, electronics

Geert van Beers - vocals, drums

Merijn van Pelt - bass guitar

Occasionally the following people are mentioned as band members as well:

Fred Stiens keyboards

Emilio the friendly robot a plastic robot that accompanied the band on stage

Selective discograpy

"John Wayne Shot Me" - (self released, 1998) (cassette)

"Swinging with ines" - (Ines Boukov Records, 1999) (split CD album with Poney and Super Prestige)

"The artificial octopus cassette" - (self released, 1999) (cassette)

"John Wayne Shot Me / Grandaddy split 7" (Ines Boukov Records/62TV Records, 2000)(split 7" with Grandaddy)

"Flying Time" - (Octane Foil, 2000) (compilation 7" featuring Charlottefield, A Series Of Wheels, Johnny Domino and John Wayne Shot vs Blimey)

"Fortran catapult" - (62TV Records, 2001) (CD album)

"Fortran catapult" - (Octane Foil, 2001) (vinyl album, alternate tracklist)

"Let sleeping monsters sleep" - (62TV Records, 2004) (CD EP)

"The purple hearted youth club" - (62TV Records, 2005) (CD Album)

Exclusive tracks on compilations:

"r2d2 won't you come" on "Les enfants children" - (Purderous Magina, 1999)

"a sale all" in (track with blimey!) on "But you don't really care about music, do you?" - (LVR, 2003)

"i love perth" on "everything's ending here (tribute to Pavement" - (Homesleep, 2003)

"waiting for the moon to rise" on "a century of covers (tribute to Belle and Sebastian)" - (Kirsten's Postcard, 2006)

References

[http://www.popinstituut.nl/biografie/john_wayne_shot_me.8771.html]