The Rebel Set (Burger Records/Silver Hornet) release LP today! Streaming at Impose. RIYL: King Tuff, The Sonics, Tijuana Panthers, Dick Dale

Arizona's The Rebel Set release LP today via
Burger Records and their own Silver Hornet imprint

Stream the full album at Impose! 

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NEW TRACK: "Drop Out" 
"Monster"


"...The Rebel Set channels chaos through the analogue means of how rebellious music used to be heard everywhere back in the day. Utilizing what the band described to us as, "antiquated recording techniques," vintage organs and specialty stylistic sensibilities are the group's top secrets revitalizing the radio sound of beach blanket busting rebellion." - Impose

The Rebel Set have a vintage crash and snarl blended into their music that is capable of causing a full blown case of “Rockin’ Pneumonia.” Front man Joe Zimmerman’s sound has warmth reminiscent of guitar heroes from the 1950’s like Link Wray and Gene Vincent at the peak of their thunder inducing years. The songs are pressure packed with the energy of 1960’s garage bands like The Sonics and The Monks. Much like the way punk bands in the late 1970’s did, The Rebel Set takes the influences of rock n’ roll yesteryears and injects high octane rocket fuel that explodes their songs into the stratosphere. The Clash did it, The Ramones did it and now The Rebel Set have done it once again. The Rebel Set also encompass a darkness and air of mystique that looms in their music. Not darkness in the Biblical sense, but the kind you feel when watching an old film noir.

Influenced by his father’s stacks of rock n’ roll wax (good thing some kids pay attention to their parents’ music) and the lo-fi garage rock craze of the 1990’s, Arizona native, Joe Zimmerman, decided to put together a band that encompasses the sounds and influences he’d been absorbing his entire life. Thus in 2007, The Rebel Set was born. The band has had some lineup changes since their conception, but currently enlists the talents of Joe on vocals and guitars, Jeff Doing on drums, Katey Trowbridge on organ, and Brandon Goehner on bass.

Upcoming Shows: 
01.24 • The Rogue Bar (Scottsdale, AZ)
01.31 • The District Tavern (Tucson, AZ)
02.07 • Blackbird Bouvette (Albuquerque, NM)
02.08 • Dive Bar (Las Vegas, NV)
02.14 • Yucca Tap Room (Tempe, AZ)
02.20 • Burger Records (Fullerton, CA)
02.21 • Billy O's (Ventura, CA)
02.22 • The Redwood (Los Angeles, CA)
03.01 • Ice House Tavern (Phoenix, AZ)

There is no shortage of fans, DJs, and press professing their enthusiasm for The Rebel Set’s music. WRUV Radio out of Burlington, VT said, “These guys should be proud for creating something new and awesome out of something old and awesome.“ Mark Anderson of YabYum Music describes the Rebel Set’s music as “Dick Dale in a blender with The Ramones.”

While touring the club circuit and performing at various festivals in the southwestern United States, the band has shared the stage with a number of other indie and underground elite including Warm Soda, Shannon and The Clams, and The Growlers.

The Rebel Set have a number of records under their belt. In 2008 they released their debut 7”Teenage Killer. In 2010 the band released their first LP titled Poison Arrow to much critical acclaim, and in 2011 they unleashed the Nightmare 7” onto the world. Plus the band has lent a number of tracks to various compilations. In 2014, they will release a new long player, titledHow To Make A Monster! on their own Silver Hornet Records and the famed taste-makerBurger Records. This release is the first to include the two newest Rebels, Katey on the keys and Brandon on the bass, brining a more robust sound to the music.

The Rebel Set’s music is a teenage rumble in the late night hours, a drag race that crosses the double yellow lines, a wild ride you don’t want to miss.

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