Just Water was among the first wave of bands in the New York City Punk Rock scene of the 1970’s, with Mitchell Dancik on lead vocals and guitar, Danny Rubin on lead guitar and vocals, Tom Korba on bass, and Gus Martin on drums and vocals. Just Water is name-checked by Wayne County on the opening track of the 1976 compilation album “Max’s Kansas City”. Wayne wanted to officially document the bands that defined Max’s, the club that (along with CBGBs) was the heart of the 1970’s punk movement. Max’s was initially famous as Andy Warhol’s preferred nightspot, but was recast by Tommy & Laura Dean as a punk theatre. The very first act to take the stage at the second coming of Max’s Kansas City was Just Water. Just Water and their label Branded Records went on to release the single “King Kong” and the album “The Riff”, which were among the very first indie releases. Their amped up version of “Singin’ In The Rain”, released in 1977, was the first single since “96 Tears” (a 1966 record by Question Mark & The Mysterians) to gain heavy rotation airplay without the backing of an official record label. Just Water were signed to Stiff Records in Europe, and broke up in 1979 after being managed briefly by famous Beatle promoter Sid Bernstein.
Just Water’s entire catalog was digitally remastered in 2007 and released on the 3-CD set “Downtown & Brooklyn”. A complete bio and discography is available at www.justwatermusic.com. Members of Just Water continue to make music. In 2009 a Just Water reunion resulted in the track "Time Machine On 17", and latest Just Water release (from October 2010) is "You Can Sell Me Anything".
New music from Just Water and Mitchell Dancik & The Senators is available from CD Baby. For more information about Just Water and Mitchell Dancik & The Senators, visit www.tomboftheunknownartist.com.
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