::: The Jungle Rockers ::: Bio :::

Bio

"The Jungle Rockers are the result of five friends soaking up a hot and sticky drunken summer in Austin. We needed an outlet to chronicle our terrible behavior," says lead singer and guitarist Jason Borkowski.

Borkowski, with Adam Buxton (drums) and Mike Molnar (guitar), started playing together in high school, forming the Cleveland, Ohio garage party band Ace and The Ragers. At age 19, Molnar left home to join Dallas rockabilly legend Ronnie Dawson and eventually ended up in Austin. Borkowski and Buxton soon followed and when members Jeff Seaver (bass) and Cory Rives (percussion) joined, the band was born.

The Jungle Rockers are a grit under the fingernails working class kind of band that melds 60s rock & roll with the spirit of old Jamaican reggae and their own form of jungle rock. Influenced by legendary artists like Bo Diddley, The Clash, The Beach Boys, The Ramones and Black Flag, they add an unruly charm to the Austin music scene.

Possessing true DIY ethics stemming from an upbringing in punk rock, the band writes and releases everything themselves through their own label, Jungle Rock Records. With two critically acclaimed EPs already under their belt (a self-titled debut and the follow up Cool It Out), Guns and Gold is their first full-length release, recorded at hit songwriter Bruce Robison's studio Premium Recording. Long nights turned into early mornings where lots of drinks and debauchery yielded friends playing backing tambourines, conga drums, and whatever else was laying around the studio. With growls, hollers, snake-charming chords and raucous lyrics, the album is a retro revival party sound track. It's jungle rock at its best.

Listeners of Guns and Gold will be able to hear influences of the songwriters working in 1960s New York. Images of Buddy Holly might be conjured up on tracks like "Nothin's Enough," originally written for Rick Broussard's Two Hoots and a Holler but kept for the new album instead. Imagine pretty girls in sweat-drenched sundresses and slick guys downing shots of whiskey moving and shaking to the animalistic beats of jungle rock. It's sexed-up pulp fiction. It's dirty. It's loud. It's fun as hell.

Guns and Gold was released on September 28, 2010.