Album Notes

The Idea for the instrumental punk/metal band Bonejackal began in June of 2008. Guitarist Jamie Hamilton had booked a couple of gigs for his punk band from 1983 The Ducky Boys (not the Boston band). The band was to do two shows with his current instrumental surf punk project The Buckrabbits. When Travis (original drummer) could not do the shows due to tour-dates with L.A.’s The Dickies. Bass player Rick suggested Jamie’s 16 year old son Kyle do the gigs. Well he did, and everyone had a blast. Jamie and Kyle loosely jammed quite a bit at home so in Jan. of 2009 they decided to call it a band. They recruited 18 year old neighbor Jamey McLennan on bass.
Jamie’s age and influences and everyone’s love for Black Sabbath took the band in its direction. The group had been listening to a lot of stuff like Pelican, Karma to Burn, and early Pink Floyd so they decided to forgo a vocalist and write instrumental music. The raw sound did not reflect these groups but had more of a Black Sabbath meets Black Flag without vocals kind of sound. They played their first show in Auburn Al. with southern instrumental giants Daikaiju and Hematovore. All went well and they have been gigging steady ever since.
This first release contains eight original songs recorded live with minimal overdubs and no effects. The recording really captures the meat and potatoes sound of the band.