The Immortal Lee County Killers Explained

The Immortal Lee County Killers
Background:group_or_band
Origin:Auburn, Lee County, Alabama, United States
Genre:Punk blues
Garage punk
Years Active:1999–2007
Label:Estrus
Associated Acts:The Monkeywrench, Black Diamond Heavies, Silver Lion's 20/20
Past Members:Chetley "Cheetah" Weise
J.R. "J.R.R. Tokien" Collins
John Wesley Myers
Doug "The Boss" Sherrard
Jeff Goodwin

The Immortal Lee County Killers (ILCK) were an American rock band from Auburn, Lee County, Alabama. Playing in the punk blues style, as well as garage punk, the band consisted of Chetley "Cheetah" Weise on vocals/guitar, plus assorted musicians over its roughly three incarnations.[1]

Weise had formerly fronted The Quadrajets. ILCK formed in late 1999 and dissolved in 2007, just as it was gaining underground popularity. These incarnations were known sequentially as ILCK I, ILCK II, and ILCK III, and recorded three full-length albums and several singles.

Musical style

Chet Weise is an enthusiastic and avid proponent of the often-underground punk blues style.

The Immortal Lee County Killers has been called "Truly the place where punk meets the blues."[2] Weise often referred to punk blues as the "fucked up blues" and the "real punk blues".[3] Taking influence from Robert Johnson, John Lee Hooker, Pussy Galore, MC5, Skip James, Bad Brains and The Gun Club, ILCK approached the punk blues genre with reverence and originality,[4] lending credibility to a genre that had sometimes been previously employed as a musically ironic post-punk and garage rock aesthetic. They did not take influence from blues-rock, preferring the older Delta blues and Chicago blues styles.[5]

Chet Weise—a university professor of political economics and a blues connoisseur—has stated, "Punk and blues are both honest reactions to life. It's blues, it's our blues. It's just a bit turned up and a bit faster."[6]

Post-breakup

After The Immortal Lee County Killers' 2007 breakup, Weise went on to front a new punk blues band, Silver Lion's 20/20. John Wesley Myers also started a new band, Black Diamond Heavies,[7] he also recorded a solo album, Solitary Pleasure,[8] released on April 12, 2011.[9]

Members

ILCK I

ILCK II

ILCK III

Discography

Albums

Singles

Splits

Compilations

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Immortal Lee County Killers . Grunnenrocks.nl . 2000-05-05 . 2014-07-12.
  2. http://www.i94bar.com/reviews/immortal.html
  3. Web site: The Immortal Lee County Killers - Epitonic.com: Hi Quality Free and Legal MP3 Music. 8 February 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110208025725/http://www.epitonic.com/artists/theimmortalleecountykillers.html. 10 September 2020. 2011-02-08.
  4. Web site: GIGWISE.com | Immortal Lee County Killers - 'These Bones Will Rise To Love You Again' (Funhouse) Released 05/09/05. 5 November 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20051105071615/http://www.gigwise.com/contents.asp?contentid=7700. 10 September 2020. 2005-11-05.
  5. http://www.aversion.com/bands/immortalleecountykillers/
  6. Web site: Punk and the Blues Evolution: Immortal Lee County Killers . Furious.com . 2014-07-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714192915/http://www.furious.com/perfect/immortalleecountykillers.html . 2014-07-14 . dead .
  7. Web site: Black Diamond Heavies | Alive Naturalsound Records. Alive-totalenergy.com. 2014-07-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20110501113026/http://www.alive-totalenergy.com/x/?page_id=308. 2011-05-01. dead.
  8. Web site: Black Diamond Heavies' James Leg To Release Solo Album "Solitary Pleasure" (March 21, 2011) : News . PlugInMusic.com . 2011-03-21 . 2014-07-12.
  9. Web site: James Leg | Alive Naturalsound Records . Alive-totalenergy.com . 2014-07-12.

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