The Jimi Homeless Experience
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The Jimi Homeless Experience is a comedy rock
act created, produced and managed by Jon Kinyon
. The band performs mainly in and around Hollywood, CA. A full length parody
album
of Jimi Hendrix
' biggest hits, entitled Are You Homeless?
, was released on August 23, 2007, the 40th anniversary
of the release of Jimi Hendrix
' first LP Are You Experienced
.
:
The line-up of the touring band consists of:
Other members who have played live shows:
Comedy rock
Comedy rock is rock music mixed with comedy, often satire and parody.-History:Early USA examples include Stan Freberg, who lampooned artists such as Elvis Presley, Harry Belafonte and The Platters, and Sheb Wooley whose "Purple People Eater" reached No...
act created, produced and managed by Jon Kinyon
Jon Kinyon
Jon Kinyon is an American filmmaker, film editor, stop motion animator, music producer, song writer, parodist, webcomic creator/writer, and entrepreneur.-Hot Rod Condoms:Jon Kinyon is the founder and president of Hot Rod Condoms, a U.S...
. The band performs mainly in and around Hollywood, CA. A full length parody
Parody
A parody , in current usage, is an imitative work created to mock, comment on, or trivialise an original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation...
album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
of Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...
' biggest hits, entitled Are You Homeless?
Are You Homeless?
Are You Homeless? is an EP from The Jimi Homeless Experience. It contains seven tracks of parody songs written by Jon Kinyon, each one lampooning a well known Jimi Hendrix hit. The CD was officially released on August 23, 2007, the 40th anniversary of The Jimi Hendrix Experience's first LP, Are...
, was released on August 23, 2007, the 40th anniversary
Anniversary
An anniversary is a day that commemorates or celebrates a past event that occurred on the same day of the year as the initial event. For example, the first event is the initial occurrence or, if planned, the inaugural of the event. One year later would be the first anniversary of that event...
of the release of Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...
' first LP Are You Experienced
Are You Experienced
Are You Experienced is the debut album by English/American rock band The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Released in 1967, it was the first LP for Track Records...
.
The band
Personnel on the album Are You Homeless?Are You Homeless?
Are You Homeless? is an EP from The Jimi Homeless Experience. It contains seven tracks of parody songs written by Jon Kinyon, each one lampooning a well known Jimi Hendrix hit. The CD was officially released on August 23, 2007, the 40th anniversary of The Jimi Hendrix Experience's first LP, Are...
:
- Josh Curtis -- vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
; - Jason DeCorseJason DeCorseJason DeCorse is of the Quechan Indian nation and is currently living in Hollywood, California.He is probably best known as one of two guitar players for the LA band The Icarus Line....
-- guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
; - Kevin Zelch -- drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
.
The line-up of the touring band consists of:
- Josh Curtis -- vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
; - Jason DeCorseJason DeCorseJason DeCorse is of the Quechan Indian nation and is currently living in Hollywood, California.He is probably best known as one of two guitar players for the LA band The Icarus Line....
-- guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
; - Bill Lanham -- bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
; - Ron Pak -- drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
.
Other members who have played live shows:
- Tim Hogan -- bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
; - Robin Johnson -- bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
; - Gary Davenport -- bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
; - Chad StewartChad StewartChad Stewart is a drummer who is currently playing for the band Faster Pussycat.He has previously played for the bands The Newlydeads, Motochrist, Tracii Guns's version of L.A. Guns, and the Guns'N'Roses tribute band Hollywood Roses....
-- drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
; - Shay Godwinn -- drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
; - Jon KinyonJon KinyonJon Kinyon is an American filmmaker, film editor, stop motion animator, music producer, song writer, parodist, webcomic creator/writer, and entrepreneur.-Hot Rod Condoms:Jon Kinyon is the founder and president of Hot Rod Condoms, a U.S...
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Related Works
- The Jimi Homeless Experience (webcomic)The Jimi Homeless Experience (webcomic)The Jimi Homeless Experience is an online social/political cartoon strip created and written by J. F. Kinyon. The webcomic is drawn by underground artist Big Tasty who is a frequent contributor to Girls and Corpses Magazine...
- A Jimi Homeless stop motionStop motionStop motion is an animation technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own. The object is moved in small increments between individually photographed frames, creating the illusion of movement when the series of frames is played as a continuous sequence...
animationAnimationAnimation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
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