- Included in the Under Appreciated Rock List.
- AMANDA JONES, a punk/pop quartet from Los Angeles that released a self-titled EP in 1996.
- The Original Facebook Post about AMANDA JONES is at: Original Facebook Posts / Dec 2015 / AMANDA JONES.
Martin Winfree
December 7, 2015
The Under Appreciated Rock Band of the Month for December 2015 (the first in my new quarterly rather than monthly schedule) is AMANDA JONES, a punk/pop quartet from Los Angeles that released a self-titled EP in 1996. As was true of Crystal Mansion from last time, the bandmembers are veterans of the LA Sunset Strip scene. I ran into another wall while preparing this post: There is a limit of 50 photos in a Facebook Note. Details are available as usual in my Notes:
UNDER APPRECIATED ROCK BAND OF THE MONTH FOR DECEMBER 2015: AMANDA JONES
It is probably impossible to imagine how many rock bands there are and have been over the past decades. That came home to me one time when I was inspecting a property near Ocean Springs for an appraisal. The owners had set up an apartment in a barn in the back of the property for their daughter. There was a drum set in one bedroom in that apartment, and the father told me rather proudly: “My daughter is in three rock bands, and her boyfriend is in two bands.” I saw her car parked there on a different day, and sure enough, I noticed three small stickers across the back window that would be those three rock bands. . . .
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