Biography from Last.fm
Turbogeist are latter day garage punk lads from London fronted by one Jimmy Jagger aka Jimbo Mutant Shinobi, also known as the son of Mick Jagger and Jeri Hall. The rest of the band are Luis Felber (guitar), Josh Ludlow (drums) and James Dunson (bass). They play a high speed twist on The Replacements and The Misfits, singing furiously about addiction, girls and beer primarily, although "shout" might be a more accurate description. Read more on Last.fm.
Do bands get the crowds they deserve? We hope not, because Radkey had an absolute shitshower watching them when they played the “prestigious” 100 Club here in London. The usually mild-mannered Tomas Doyle silently seethed and endured it for the sake of some good old fashioned punk rock.
6 things we learnt watching Radkey in London:
We saw Turbogeist play loads of times in 2010. We reckon we’ll probably see them loads more in 2011. It only made sense to ask Luis Felber and Jimmy Jagger stuff about Christmas, smelly bassists and sucking cock.
When did you find out Santa Claus wasn’t real and how did it happen?
L – When I was six…
J – Broken to me cold-hearted by my sister when I was eight or nine.
From: London
Sounds Like: A Sloppy Joe mix of gutter-dirty grunge rock, red raw thrash and heart-in-head hardcore.
Website: MySpace.com/Turbogeist
Thrash Hits verdict: You might already have a vague idea of what we think they sound like from the above description, but the first thing that sprang to mind when we saw Turbogeist live was: “Wayne’s World meets Bill & Ted”. Messy but fun. Right? They also had the biggest crowd in the room so have already made a lot of friends in the grimy east London rock scene so keep an ear out. We asked Jimmy Jagger and occasionally Luis Felber some questions…