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The Stun Gunz
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The Stun Gunz, (A.K.A The Stun Guns), are an American Rock and Roll band, from New Jersey. Formed in early 2004, from the remainders of several outfits that draw influences from 1970s punk music. Their sound is extreemly concentrated towards a heavy Rockabilly influence from the 1940s as well as early 1950s which creates a formidable delivery that is deployed, with intense stage action reminiscent of Chuck Berry, Ten Years After, Alvin Lee, Chris Spedding and The Rolling Stones (in their early 1960s careers) through use, of held power chords and thickly saturated bass and fast picking. This style still retains it's long rooted tradition, in punk music as well as roots rock and in the similar rock steady influenced sound engineering. They had been cited by Matt dangerfield of the UK seminal group , for the recent recording First Time one of the groups higher charting releases. The Beginning Formed as a Rock and Roll group by Ryan Switzer in 2004, who base their sound on origin and influences of Eddie Cochran and Buddy Holley. The band was originaly based in Somerset and had moved their operation point to Bergen County, New Jersey. Their first release was Radioactive Lizard attack.They have recently had breif appearances, on the Vans Warped Tour. The Present "The Stun Gunz" had subsequently posed in several advertisment portraits, for Abercrombie and Fitch depicting the height of the 1950's Rock and Roll teen fashion icons, Eddie Cochran and Buddy Holly, they had recently sold out a 15,000 person venue on the Texas A&M campus,and are also supporting acts for The Offspring and Social Distortion in the 2009 summer tour season. They have made several New York City, local Times Square as well as MTV appearances, during 2008 summer and have drawn attention from local stores, for disturbing the peace, during a lunchtime rooftop performance that caused a rush on record sales at the Virgin Megastore as well. Nationwide Activity ** A late Spring and Summer tour had been initiated as "The Hot As Hell Tour. Covering the Northeasetern, Midwest States of United States. ** They were asked by BBC reporters and said that they plan to follow through with their endevours and will soon perform on an MTV Spring Break Special in Daytona beach as well as Sarasota in Florida. Lead singer and guitarist, Ryan Switzer said, As long as they want us to play, we feel obligated to do so. We respect our fanbase, and the crowds actions reflect it. They have recently recorded and published Teenage Mayday while working with noted producer, Marty Munsch, known for his refined version of the Phil Spector, Wall of Sound technique. They have released material on Punk Rock Records during 2008. National Tour Activity The Stun Gunz will be touring the United States May 2008 through July 2009. See Also
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