Years active 2005–present Website www.limitclub.com | Labels Phantom Cat Record label Phantom Cat Records | |
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Past members GeorgeJoelJuan Carlos Larios Members Nick Feratu; Jade Lara; NickDave; Monty O'Blivion Albums This is Cutthroat Business, Wild Four EP Similar The Quakes, Koffin Kats, Dave Vanian, Roman Jugg, The Chop Tops Profiles | ||
The Limit Club is a psychobilly punk rock band from Phoenix, Arizona formed in 2005. The band consists of lead vocalist/guitarist Nick Feratu, upright bassist NickDave, drummer Jade Lara and guitarist Monty O'Blivion.
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The band name was inspired by the song "The Limit Club" from The Damned's "Friday the 13th" EP.
History
The Limit Club first formed in 2005 with members Nick Feratu, George and Cadaverous Joel. They began to write and compose songs, which would be released on the album God Damn the Limit Club in 2007. The band choose to remain independent, recording and releasing the album themselves. After its completion, George decided to leave the band to focus on his education. The band recruited drummer Juan Carlos shortly after George left, and completed a short West coast tour in support of their then new album.
In September 2008 the band pounded out another album, entitled Phantom Cats. Around this time, The Quakes, an American Psychobilly band based in Phoenix, recruited Juan Carlos to play drums for them. This position would influence Juan's playing style from a standard sit-down drumkit, to working as an upright drummer. Tensions came to a boiling point within The Limit Club and Cadaverous Joel was asked to leave. Nicholas David (NickDave) was then recruited to fill the position of bassist.
In July 2009 the band completed a full West coast tour where they debuted much of their new material that would later find its way into the new album This is Cutthroat Business. In 2010, Juan Carlos relinquished his position with The Quakes to focus on the Limit Club. Work on the upcoming album proceeded slowly, and "Cutthroat Business" wasn't fully recorded, mixed and released until March 2011. The extra time was not in waste, for this proved to be the most professional album yet. They filmed their first music video in June 2011 for the single "Shake" from "Cutthroat Business" (directed by Elijah Bustos/UCB Productions). The band hooked up with friends The Henchmen and organized a full US tour in the summer of 2011. A success, the band gained wide exposure among fresh music scenes nationwide.
In October 2011, the band experimented with an expanded live show, featuring backing keyboards, trombone, second guitar and second drums with support from the band Manual Sex Drive. Shortly after, they officially added Monty O'Blivion to their lineup, on auxiliary guitar and backing vocals. 2012 brought a rush of activity, with two Western U.S. tours and filming of a music video for the song "Condemned Vessel" (Jeff Niemoeller/Ryan Hale).
In September 2013, the band organized and completed their first European tour, playing sixteen shows in seven different countries throughout the UK and Europe. In the late Spring of 2014, The Limit Club released a four-track vinyl EP entitled "Wild Four".
In 2015, the band celebrated their tenth anniversary by touring the American Midwest and East Coast in July 2015, followed by a monthlong tour of Europe in September 2015. The two tours took the band to Chicago, New York, Detroit, Cleveland, Boston as well as far off locales such as France, Germany, Austria, Romania and Slovenia. In October 2015, the Limit Club opened night one of Tiger Army's sold out Octoberflame VII at the Observatory in Santa Ana, CA.
Band members
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Songs
Condemned VesselThis is Cutthroat Business · 2011
Seven Rusty BladesThis is Cutthroat Business · 2011
Bleeding Taper CandleThis is Cutthroat Business · 2011