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Some months back, Art Monk Construction received a
demo from a group of guys known collectively as The Trans Megetti,
who were easily living life on the sandy Jersey shore. Their statement of
purpose was simple and succinct: "Once we get a van, all we have to do is
play rock 'n' roll.
Hi-fission, inter-stellar fuel propels their
Drive Like Jehu-esque guitars (minus the self-indulgent noise)
whilst a crooning urgency emulates from Mark's strangely Geoff Turner/Gray
Matter vocals. Bass lines punctuate with the stability of a blind man
refting the Jonestown Flood, as accompanied by the ever unrelenting beat.
The four-piece known as The Trans Megetti has been
together for over two years now, turning fashionably placid onlookers into
whirling dervishes at first pick. A former school van (in all it's yellow
splendor) has gotton them as far back as the Mid-West and up and down the
East Coast of the USA, razing various venues from Oddfellows halls to
CBGB's. Touring and two 7"s on Art Monk Construction have placed
them on the map. Steal The Jet Keys -
CD/LP released on Art Monk
Construction in March 1998 - will firmly establish their uncontestable
domination of it.
