Jacknife Lee | en

“We don’t have any gimmicks, we just get up there and play,” says vocalist Joe Ortiz of Jacknife. Hailing from Dallas, TX, Jacknife’s sound can best be described as “Texas style brutality” and the band wastes no time showing listeners why they are the future of extreme music from the Lone Star state. Jacknife blends the best elements of the metal and hardcore genres seamlessly on their full length debut album Moment Of Reckoning, which was released September 13, 2005 on Zero-Sum Recordings. Originally formed in 1999, the Jacknife lineup has gone through several changes as their music has pushed...

Garret "Jacknife" Lee is an Irish Grammy Award winning music producer and remixer. He has worked with a variety of artists, including U2, R.E.M., Snow Patrol, Bloc Party, The Hives, Weezer, Vega4 and Editors. Lee started as a guitarist for the punk band Compulsion, then pursued a solo career in the field of electronica after the band's break-up. His first solo work, the EP Cookies, was released under the name Jacknife Lee in 1999 by Pussyfoot Records, a label founded by Howie B. His first album Muy rico (also released in 1999) was heavily influenced by big beat and was...

Jacknife Holiday, a sludge / doom metal band established 2009 in Manchester, within a year released the "Stinkin' n Drinkin'" EP, which received over 500 downloads in the first week. The band has an original sound, delivering catchy songs but remaining brutally heavy and crushing. The band performed at DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL 2010, and has also shared stages with the likes of SOILENT GREEN, DRIPBACK, MALEFICE, VOLITION, CHARGER and RAMESSES. Introducing two new members in spring 2012 and swiftly going on to headline the 10th Metal Massacre festival, the band are booking shows and are to go into the studio soon...