THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Rock has lost its roll. That’s why The New Old formed — and why they are quickly getting noticed. Without resorting to derivative, soul-less contemporary pop, The New Old dig deep into the type of rock ‘n’ roll that makes you move your ass even if you’re sitting on it. Moves your soul just by the joy of the beat.
The New Old began as the therapy sessions of Detroit’s Bazooka Jones guitarist Chris Jones after losing dear bandmate and brother Rob Varney. He threw himself into songwriting and with the help of Bazooka Jones drummer Billy ‘Love’ Henrikson, found himself recording three albums worth of material under the moniker The Jones.
The material garnered some airplay and press and Jones’ path crossed ways with high school friend and first band mate R.A. Taylor, who has for over 30 years been a sought after and well respected performance artist. Taylor asked Jones if wanted any additional backups to let him know, to which Jones responded “fuck backups, you wanna be my Mick Jagger?”
Soon the band was joined by Bazooka Jones’ femme fatale frontwoman (and Jones’ wife) Michele on second vocal and percussion and things began taking shape. Next to follow were Detroit rocker of much respect Brandon Trenz on second guitar and Pamela Holbrook on bass, who at one time had played with Michele in Detroit band Ms. X.
Very much a family affair of sorts, The New Old are being greeted with much excitement around the material and direction of the band. Check out The New Old and rediscover why you think most new rock sucks. The New Old never lost their roll — and now they’re on a roll of their own. Dig!”
