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Released: Dec 10, 2010
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  • Genre: Rock

    Location BOSTON, Massachusetts, Un

    Profile Views: 79359

    Last Login: 4/23/2012

    Member Since 12/27/2005

    Website facebook.com/wattsrock

    Record Label Get the CD's @CDbaby,itunes,Amazon, Bandcamp etc.

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    Watts "make a superb retro rock 'n' roll racket," says Rob Forbes (Leicester Bangs). A dynamic four-piece aptly named for the gentleman drummer of the Rolling Stones, Watts' sound combines all the best elements of '70s glam, old school punk, new wave, British Invasion and straight up rock-n-roll to create a timeless amalgam that is at once familiar and fresh. The band was named one of the "Bands You Must Hear" by the UK's Classic Rock magazine in 2008 due to their previous record, "One Below The All Time Low." The newly released "On the Dial" carries on in the tradition of the "One Below..." record with a full set of rock-n-roll songs ripe for the radio. In the tradition of the Beatles and Kiss this record features all four Watts singing lead vocals.

  • Members

    Dan Kopko: vocals/guitar.. .... John Blout: guitar/vocals.. .... Craig LaPointe: bass/vocals.. .... John Lynch: drums/vocals.. ..

  • Influences

    The Cars, Chuck Berry, Cheap Trick, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Kiss, The Pretenders, The Who, The Kinks, The Clash, Blondie, The Faces and many more.

  • Sounds Like

    Recent quotes from On the Dial reviews... "a band built on a bedrock of riff-powered songs that have as much to do with swagger as they do melody"- the Boston Globe "Fat free rock and roll that shakes the paint off the barroom walls...They've got the rock swagger down" - BMF "a reminder of how great rock music once was" Innocent Words Magazine "With riffs big and bold, the band hearkens back to the good time era of rock and roll when bands like Cheap Trick ruled the radio airwaves" - Twangville "like a long lost Stones record rubbed up against the Faces' Long Player for some added ring wear" - The Cutting Edge Truly stylish Retro-Rock with a swaggering, Stones-style edge from the stalwart Boston quartet.- The Big Takeover

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Bio:

Watts "make a superb retro rock ‘n’ roll racket," says Rob Forbes (Leicester Bangs). A dynamic four-piece aptly named for the gentleman drummer of the Rolling Stones, Watts' sound combines all the best elements of '70s glam, old school punk, new wave, British Invasion and straight up rock-n-roll to create a timeless amalgam that is at once familiar and fresh. The band was recently named one of 2008's "Bands You Must Hear" by the UK's Classic Rock magazine, and their latest record, "One Below The All Time Low," has been receiving raves from critics worldwide since its release.

Influences:

The Cars, Chuck Berry, Cheap Trick, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Kiss, The Pretenders, The Who, The Kinks, The Clash, Blondie, The Faces and many more.

Sounds Like:

'One Below The All Time Low' is never less than loud, proud and intelligent. It's a hugely satisfying treat for anyone still in love with classic US pop-rock and enough to quicken even the most jaded fan's pulse. -Whisperin' and Hollerin'

Watts is a very cool four-piece from Boston who manage to let their classic rock and roll influences like The Stones and the Cars mutate with the sounds of the Strokes and the Clash for a wonderfully rough but harmonic blast of rock and roll. -The Rock And Roll Report

A riot of early ’70s Stones-style garagey riffs, all rip-roaring and ready to raise hell. -The Metro

This is how rock albums should sound. No posturing, no excess, just proper songs played with ballsy abandon...these guys make a superb retro rock ‘n’ roll racket. -Leicester Bangs

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