Years active 1999–2007 Active until 2007 | Record label Estrus Records | |
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Past members Chetley "Cheetah" WeiseJ.R. "J.R.R. Tokien" CollinsJohn Wesley MyersDoug "The Boss" Sherrard Albums Love Is a Charm of Powerful Trouble Similar Black Diamond Heavies, James Leg, Soledad Brothers, Quadrajets, Left Lane Cruiser Profiles |
The immortal lee county killers love is a charm of powerful trouble full album
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.
Contents
- The immortal lee county killers love is a charm of powerful trouble full album
- Musical style
- Post breakup
- ILCK I
- ILCK II
- ILCK3
- Albums
- Singles
- Splits
- Compilations
- Songs
- References
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 ILCK3, 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." Weise often referred to punk blues as the "fucked up blues" and the "real punk blues". 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, 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.
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."
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, he also recently recorded a solo album, Solitary Pleasure, released on April 12, 2011.
ILCK I
ILCK II
ILCK3
Albums
Singles
Splits
Compilations
Songs
Let's Get KilledThe Essential Fucked Up Blues! · 2001
Train She RidesThe Essential Fucked Up Blues! · 2001
Turn on the PantherThese Bones Will Rise to Love You Again · 2005