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Gruesome Death Awaits Us All
Goddamn Hungry
Bottle Of Whiskey
Black Bowtie
Nookie/Hear You Come
Just One Date
Goo Goo Cluster
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May 8th, 2013 Now we know him good, he often drops by and that's always a pleasure. The Blues Against Youth, a roman one man band you may have met before if you're familiar with le Rigoletto or la Féline is fixing to meet you sunday, may 26th at Le Bar des Sports, 52 rue Robespierre in Montreuil so we could have a drink all together, get news from everybody and while he's around, why not, hear a few ones... Here's a flyer for you. |
April 20th, 2013 With my buddies Joy & The Damage and Tanz Puppe Tanz we expect to hit Switzerland in the very beginning of may, for a couple of gigs in Biel friday 3rd and in Zürich saturday 4th. A little warmup is scheduled friday of the previous week somewhere in Montreuil. For more info, click the Live Shows thumbnail above. |
January 16th, 2013 Let me introduce your to that young dude full of promises,who goes by the name of Anal Vega and plays that quite unpolite music they call grindcore, all by himself, with nothing but his mouth, his hands and the cheapest beatbox your could find. His very first EP can be listened to and dowloaded free of charge there. |
December 31th, 2012 Back from tour! Merci, thanks, danke, hvala, köszönöm, grazie to Yannick from Tournai, Gaia and Ratel from Paris, Charles from Bruxelles, Tommy and Matthias from Bregenz, Woody and Ekke from St. Gallen, Oliver from Basel, Babs and Danny from Neuchatel, Nikola from Vrbnik, Marko and Branko from Zagreb, Iggy from Vinkovci, Aleksandar and Filip from Beograd, Pali and Marti from Budapest, Umberto from Vicenza and Manuel, Max and Antonio from Venezia. My apologies to those whose name I mispelled or forgot... Thanks also to those who applaused, yelled, whistled and danced. And above all, grazie mille to Pido and Elena. I had a fucking blast. Do ja ja! |
March 29th, 2012 What's got 200 legs, 2 heads, 4 arms, 1 hat, 1 mask, 1 beard and can yoddle and burp all at once? It's Thee Mysterious Asthmatic Avenger and Sheriff Perkins (I was kidding about the legs) when they meet and fight onstage until death or dishonor or curfew time come and claim its victim. The next confrontations will take place wednesday 11th of april in Monks Café, Lille, thursday 12th in Le Zorba, Paris, friday 13th in Méphisto Pub, St-Quentin and saturday 14th in Le Pot-Au-Lait, Liège, Belgium. Click the Live Shows thumbnail for more details. Come witness the unthinkable, if you dare! |
February 9th, 2012 The next Sheriff & Ratel present night will happen sunday, march 25th, at the Rigoletto, 337 rue de Belleville, Paris 19e, where you will witness the encounter of no less than Dave Arcari from Scotland (davearcari.com), René Miller from Louisiana (therenemillersweddingband.com) and The Blues Against Youth from Roma, Italy (thebluesagainstyouth.com). Once more only one man bands, and blues comming from the bottom of the belly, where people say it stinks a little bit, and you don't mind my saying, there's a high risk it will rock. |
October 2nd, 2011 You lucky bastards! Thee Verduns from Metz, Birds Are Alive from Nantes and Mark Arend, le most british among the parisians, all of them handed to you guys on a silver plate in the Rigoletto (448 rue de Belleville, métro Porte des Lilas) on saturday october 29th at 8 PM, for the ridiculous cost of 5 euros. And I don't even mention the last Birds Are Alive's LP, Blues Cooked For Cannibals, freshly released by Kizmiaz Records, that you will be able to purchase directly there, no need to bother going to the record store!... Aren't you ashamed? |
September 26th, 2011 One doesn't have to be introduced to the Raw Sounds Movie Club, a movie-club entirely dedicated to Rock, Blues and Folk Music in their most primitive forms. Tonight's edition with especially deal with the swiss label Voodoo Rhythm and there you will witness the projection of Mark Littler's Voodoo Rhythm, The Gospel Of Primitive Rock'n Roll documentary, of a silent movie by the Reverend Beat-Man himself and of a load of audiovisual delicacies to be consumed in tasteful company in the bar Le Fanfaron, 6 rue de la Main d'Or, Paris 11e, at 7:30 PM. |
June 25th, 2011 Now the Sheriff Perkins/Thee Mysterious Asthmatic Avenger 6-track 7inch is out! It's available for sale on www.closeupprod.fr and in every good record shops, and for download on Bandcamp. |
June 11th, 2011 How many times did you think "Oh! Why can't I find any website dedicated to that awesome one man band duel live show involving Sheriff Perkins and Thee Mysterious Asthmatic Avenger?", and cried out loud for hours and wanted to die? Now there's such a thing online, and it's to be found here: www.sheriffavenger.com |
April 9th, 2011 Thee Mysterious Asthmatic Avenger sang in the microphone and he picketh the banjo and he kicketh the big drum and he playeth the hi-hat and Sheriff Perkins playeth the guitar, and Sheriff Perkins sang in the microphone and he kicketh the big drum and he kicketh the small drum and he picketh the guitar and he injureth his back and Thee Mysterious Asthmatic Avenger playeth the banjo again, and they saith that it was swell. Split 7-inch out soon. |
March 2nd, 2011 The Naked Truth With No Bra On and Gruesome Death Awaits Us All are now available for download on Bandcamp, for €1 a song. |
February 28th, 2011 Go put your best clothes on and get a beer in your fridge, I proudly announce the official launching of this brand new website. You're gonna find here all the info you need, more pictures than you care about, a brand new mp3 player allowing you to navigate the site without quitting listening to your favourite Sheriff Perkins tunes and a scheduled gigs page updated on a regular basis. I fled myspace like the plague it has become, but you still can find me on facebook and I also opened a profile on garage punk hideout. |
he Sheriff has a newsletter he writes with his own hands and wills to send to anyone interested in being aware of every concert, showcase, MTV unplugged and record release. If you'd like to be on his mail list, just send a mail saying so here: sheriffperkins@gmail.com.
The online version of the last one in date is to be found here (in french).
heriff Perkins One Man Band sings, picks the guitar and kicks the drum in the unexplored territories of rockabilly-country-hardcore!!!
Sheriff Perkins started performing as a one man band in July of 2005. He sings, plays guitar and uses his feet to kick a snare drum as well as a bass drum, the latter equipped with a twin bass drum pedal, which he doesn't play a great deal, but looks good for showing off.
Photo © Anthony Leforestier
His music randomly blends vague rockabilly with lazy Country Music, folding the whole thing in an opportunist Garage Punk packaging able to puzzle the most indulgent of the critics.
So far he's released a LP and two 7 inches, the last one being a split record with Thee Mysterious Asthmatic Avenger, appeared in a few compilations and played over one hundred and fifty concerts in France and Europe, anywhere he could display his lousy technicity and his poor musical taste.
And like it's not enough, he's been singing and playing guitar in the garage punk band dubiously named Dead Kadhafis since fall of 2011 and is having bad designs about founding a grindcore one man band going by the no less improper name of Anal Vega.
It's needless to say, he's not even remotely a real sheriff.
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EP with Thee Mysterious 7 inch, 6 tracks, |
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Gruesome Death 12 inch, 12 tracks, |
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The Naked Truth 7 inch, 4 tracks, |
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Attack Of The Double CD Compilation, |
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Kill A Robot CD Compilation, |
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One Foot In CD Compilation, |
Since Hasil Adkins, a great tradition of One-Man-Band has spread out, with notably Bloodshot Bill, Rev. Beatman and Petit Voodoo.
Sheriff Perkins makes no exception, yet he's more into Garage-Psycho. And that works perfectly, particularly on the terrific "Nookie" (to be discovered on the Sheriff's MySpace page).
Deep and cold vocals, a good binary rythm, an extremely fuzzy guitar and 4 hormons-and-sweat-saturated compositions. This EP bears no superfluity and no cheating : the naked truth, nothing but the truth, I swear to you. Sheriff Perkins brings us back at the very roots of a primitive, wild and chainsaw-chiselled rock'n'roll.
gopsycho.com

A 45 rpm bomb of overdriven speed by a savagely fucked-up parisian! The wild 50's & 60's is fully applicated to the vocals, the guitar and the drums, like Hazil Adkins and the Sonics were fighting each others with Carl Perkins and the Cramps as referees. What surprises most about that one-man-band is the fact that the melting-pot worrks at every level, the sound is perfect with controlled extremism (although, that kind of processing is never won yet !), the compositions sound like old-time standards and the Sheriff's haunted vocals will attract the Johnny Cash lovers as well as the Lux Interior fans.
Dig It #39

Sheriff Perkins is a genuinely rock'n'roll one-man-band, a recently growing trend after years of more blues-oriented one-man-bands. Rock'n'roll is filthy, dirty and muddy here, like the man had to travel across a god-forgotten swamp before settling his stuff in studio. Overdrive, reverberation and saturation, forget lo-fi, we're talking no-fi here. Sounds like we're in a southern honky-tonk, where the local hot-shot tries to get himself listened to amidst the saturday night traditionnal general fist-fight. And the fucker get himself heard... before going kicking some ass too ?
442e Rue #70

What we first notice in Sheriff Perkins' Website, it's the homogeneity of the project. A one-man-band with effective graphics, a vintage inspiration and leanings towards auto derision and energy. The cover art of "The naked truth with no bra on", 4-track on vinyl, sets the tone. A pretty cowgirl with a generous breast welcomes the psychobilly fan with a broad grin. So that's what it's all about, a blend of garage music and rock from the '50s, perpetually in keeping with the style of the day and never going to die. Here is a passionate one-man-band, happy to propose what he calls an effective and extremely mobile setup; which may talk to you about Motörhead and Reverend Horton Heat but also certainly dirty stories from his lyrics. This law-enforcer is a wonderful discovery, let us give thanks to the Lords for having made Myspace and given Sheriff Perkins the right to be established among us.
Friday, may 24th
L'ARMONY
33 rue Edouard Vaillant, MONTREUIL (93)
with Viandox In June and Joy & The Damage
7 PM - Free entrance


Saturday, june 29th
JUGENDZENTRUM MERGENER HOF
Rindertanzstrasse 4, TRIER (Germany)
with Tongue Tied Twin
10 PM


Saturday, july 6th
LA BOUÉE
150 boulevard Maxime Gorky, VILLEJUIF (94)
with Thee Mysterious Asthmatic Avenger

ow dare you organize concerts and threw parties without the Sheriff playing?
He's such a nice fella, very polite and always willing to help. His sound checks are short as a miniskirt and give your sound engineer time to chill out and drink a beer. He comes to your venue using his own car and as he's equipped with a GPS device, he almost never gets lost and hits your place right on time.
Now learn from your errors and hire the Sheriff mailing to sheriffperkins@gmail.com.
Live Pictures |
Cowpunx Tour, |
Tour with Chuck Violence, 2010 Photos: Mrs. Violence |
Sheriff vs. |
Miscellaneous |
Sheriff Perkins vs. Thee Mysterious Asthmatic Avenger
@ La Chimère, Lille, october 7th, 2010

Bitchslapper/Black Bowtie |
Sheriff Perkins & His Hatchet Men, Okey Doke Gal, circa 2004 |

La Guillotine, Montreuil 2005 © Cyril Muller

En Marge, Paris 2007 © Olivier Maitre

Le Triptyque, Paris 2007 © X-Off

Clermont-Ferrand 2008 © Fred Oukonva63

Le Rocher, Malakoff 2008 © Baldo

Rennes 2008

Rennes 2008 © The Tease Cavern

Venezia 2009 © Shining Shea

Le Gambetta, Paris 2009 © Vinzz

With Chuck Violence, Panic Room, Paris 2010

La Gare aux Gorilles, Paris 2010
© Geofrey Crété

Montesquiou On The Rocks 2010
© Vincent Drouot

La Miroiterie, Paris 2011 © Vinzz

Folk Blues Festival, Binic 2011
© Anthony Leforestier

Folk Blues Festival, Binic 2011
© Anthony Leforestier

Le Rigoletto, Paris 2011 © Adrian Bang

Venezia

Picon and beer

Bruno Gourdo

The Tease Cavern and pal

Bruno Gourdo and Pido

Cowpunxmobile

Centro Attivo Don Chisciotte

Pido a-drivin'

Cigar box

Are you kidding me?

Wild Wild Napoli

Number 71

Shamrock, Liège

Madame Moustache, Bruxelles

Preachin' for Peace in Orkz Bar, Groningen

ACU, Utrecht

Showing the goods in Utrecht

Sauna Club, Wolfsburg

Duellin' in White Trash Fast Food, Berlin

Berlin

Haifischbar, Augsburg

Haifischbar, Augsburg

Haifischbar, Augsburg

Agora Café, Basel

Finding Frozen Fruits in Basel (Hoo-ray!)

Rümpeltum Private Club, Sankt Gallen

Tong Tied Twin, Pizza Elvis, Clay,
a stupid jerk and Chuck Violence

Le Poulpe, Reignier

Le Poulpe, Reignier

Wasted Studio, Venezia

Le Blind Test, Lille

Armazém do Chá, Porto

Canadian Café, Tours 2010

Centraf, La Chaux-de-Fond, Switzerland 2011

Le Poulpe, Reignier 2011

Le Poulpe, Reignier 2011

Sud, Basel, Switzerland 2011

Sud, Basel, Switzerland 2011

Sud, Basel, Switzerland 2011

Sud, Basel, Switzerland 2011

Le Gambetta, Paris 2011 © Baldo

Le Gambetta, Paris 2011 © Baldo

Le Gambetta, Paris 2011 © Baldo

Le Gambetta, Paris 2011 © Baldo

Le Gambetta, Paris 2011 © Baldo

The Sheriff's Setup

Eating Pasta

A stencil by Spizz

A pitcher by Baldo

Paris 2007, with O Lendário
Chucrobillyman and pal

A sketch by Duniel Neuhaus

Perpignan 2008, with Janis

Perpignan 2008, with Seb Suspenders

Perpignan 2008, with Marieline,
Pablo, Janis and Seb

Rennes 2008, with my nephews and Mister Bonz

Xanton-Chassenou 2009,
with Dave Manor Freaks

Venezia 2009, with italian pal
and a bottle of Picon

Venezia 2009, with Gourdo, Pido
and Dog Loose just passin' by

Bordeaux 2010, with Bud McMuffin

Bordeaux 2010, with Masked Pido

Paris 2010, cutting some
deal with Chuck Violence

Paris 2010

Lille 2010, with
Thee Mysterious Asthmatic Avenger

Ravensburg 2010, with Karina,
Chuck Violence and Clay

Bruxelles 2010, with Yam and Carine Massey

With Dad Horse Ottn

With Birds Are Alive and a wrong caption

With Xtreme Blues Dog

With Dave Arcari, The Blues Against Youth and Ratel © Margaret MacDonald
he Sheriff doesn't have a tour manager so to speak, so in order to book him, you will have to contact him directly using one of the contacts below:
E-mail: sheriffperkins@gmail.com
Garage Punk Hideout: garagepunk.ning.com/profile/Sheriff(...)
Facebook: www.facebook.com/sheriffperkins
You can also get a little promo text, a technical rider in french and english, a slick-looking logo and a few hi-res photos (here, here and here). If you use one of those pictures, please be a lamb and make sure you mention their authors whose name you can read in each file title.
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Shiver and thrill with Sheriff Perkins and Thee Mysterious Asthmatic Avenger's fights til death:
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Have a good laugh with the Sheriff's Funny Cartoons: www.monsieurperkins.com. |

Make sure you go check J. Carlson's
One Man Band Series articles:
An introduction to the One Man Band movement
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#1 - Reverend Beat-Man |
#12 - Possessed By Paul James |
One day, we one man bands will rise and take over the world, you better get used to it and aknowledge the awesome work of the Sheriff's numerous colleagues: