Jonezetta
Remember when music was fun but clever? When Jonezetta frontman Robert Chis… Read Full Bio ↴Remember when music was fun but clever? When Jonezetta frontman Robert Chisolm shouts out, "Wake Up!" during Burn It Down, its an exhortation as much to the musical masses as the audience in front of him. Isolation breeds artistry, and like The Smiths or The Cure, the Jonezetta story begins with creative people bursting through the seams of an otherwise stuffy environment.
Clinton, Mississippi is a very tiny town. If you're a young boy, you either play sports, go hunting, or both. We come from small families within a sheltered town and our parents made it obvious that we were to go to school for twelve years and then to go for four more years, Chisolm deadpans. The idea of not going to college and trying to pursue music was never a reasonable one in our heads.
Jonezetta began as a lark. Even their name was birthed off the cuff. It was designed to combine two words that dont go together but sound cool (like Radiohead, Coldplay, or Starsailor) but as Chisolm admits, all of the good words were taken. It wasn't until they took a long hard listen at the demos they were creating purely for their own amusement that Jonezetta realized how incredibly special their band could be. When we met [co-manager] Ryan Rado and the guys in the band As Cities Burn, they really gave us hope that pursuing music simply because its something we love is not a bad thing, says Chisolm, who credits the pair with bringing Jonezetta to Tooth & Nail's attention.
Cue a bidding war that involved several major labels and one of the biggest deals for a new artist in The Nails history. Jonezetta has quickly amassed a slew of believers in the music industry and across the rock and pop underground. And the mainstream is next.
Like the rich blues embedded in the soil around them, Jonezettas Tooth & Nail debut is full of mood and atmosphere, with hooks that slice through the fog the way song titles like Hot Machete would suggest. And from here, with a coveted slot on the 2006 Tooth & Nail tour ahead of them, Jonezettas goals remain as modest as ever. "We want to be the first band to sell a billion records", laughs Chisolm. "We want to play every continent in the world. And then, we want to meet Prince."
"People take themselves too seriously. Music today has become such a downer," he adds thoughtfully. "We encourage kids to enjoy themselves."
Clinton, Mississippi is a very tiny town. If you're a young boy, you either play sports, go hunting, or both. We come from small families within a sheltered town and our parents made it obvious that we were to go to school for twelve years and then to go for four more years, Chisolm deadpans. The idea of not going to college and trying to pursue music was never a reasonable one in our heads.
Jonezetta began as a lark. Even their name was birthed off the cuff. It was designed to combine two words that dont go together but sound cool (like Radiohead, Coldplay, or Starsailor) but as Chisolm admits, all of the good words were taken. It wasn't until they took a long hard listen at the demos they were creating purely for their own amusement that Jonezetta realized how incredibly special their band could be. When we met [co-manager] Ryan Rado and the guys in the band As Cities Burn, they really gave us hope that pursuing music simply because its something we love is not a bad thing, says Chisolm, who credits the pair with bringing Jonezetta to Tooth & Nail's attention.
Cue a bidding war that involved several major labels and one of the biggest deals for a new artist in The Nails history. Jonezetta has quickly amassed a slew of believers in the music industry and across the rock and pop underground. And the mainstream is next.
Like the rich blues embedded in the soil around them, Jonezettas Tooth & Nail debut is full of mood and atmosphere, with hooks that slice through the fog the way song titles like Hot Machete would suggest. And from here, with a coveted slot on the 2006 Tooth & Nail tour ahead of them, Jonezettas goals remain as modest as ever. "We want to be the first band to sell a billion records", laughs Chisolm. "We want to play every continent in the world. And then, we want to meet Prince."
"People take themselves too seriously. Music today has become such a downer," he adds thoughtfully. "We encourage kids to enjoy themselves."
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Jonezetta Lyrics
Backstabber You're sorry You said it yourself and we believe you No we…
Bringin' It Back Tonight... Everybody Start got a feeling that you know all my secrets Are you…
Bringin' It Back Tonite... Everybody Start I got a feeling that you know all my secrets Are…
Burn It Down! Wake up! Do you hear the sound of music from…
Busy Body She's the one, she's the one, she's the one for…
Communicate Isabelle, Isabelle did you take me out of your mind?…
Cruel To Be Young Restless feet, dig holes into the bedsheet. Cross my eyes, …
Fur Coat You were singing alone, I called you on the telephone The …
Get Ready My thoughts are just something I will not Be content to…
Holding Onto You all the different reasons why you sleep alone I sleep alri…
hot machete My thoughts are just something I will not Be content to…
I Watched You Out From Your Window I watched you out from your window I watched you You didn'…
Imagination Could it be I'm stuck in a world of repetition? With…
Man In A 3K Suit Hey Mr. Bigshot You wanna take it you to the parking…
Paint & Picture Run my finger Down the window Paint a picture It is so…
Popularity They got the raddest hooks They got the dopest looks And w…
Sick In The Teeth I am you You are mine We are one At a time This is…
The City We Live In I'm not taking one step closer, unless you make me…
The Love That Carries Me She found a way to get away from all Her…
The Queen City Song "I see there is something going on here It tells in…
Valentine I see there is something going on here It tells in…
Welcome Home Tell me why! My mind is moving to place I never…
Wide Awake Wide-awake I am hardly talking I didn't have a lot to say …