Boxcar Killer

Fast Track To Hell

Slow Crawl

$15 And A Pocketful Of Shame

Jacknife At Midnight

Bad Whiskey Bottle

Automatic Woman

Billy Blue

Doghouse

Tappin' The Soul

The story of the broken bottle blues bastards is a short one. Wanting to share their common love of blues and 70's rock, 5 friends who had put in time in several punk rock bands from the area came together and started jamming Jimmy Reed covers on Sunday afternoons for sheer kicks. Practicing in a dusty shack with no air conditioning in downtown Phoenix, these sessions usually ended in massive buzzes and little progress in the way of actual songwriting. After several months of fruitless Sunday afternoons the bastards decided to kick up dust around some of the dive bars littered around town. The first live appearance happened at a west phoenix dive. Before getting up to play, the bastards ended up bruising some of the regulars at the bar who got angry about the juke box getting turned off. This would be the first of many violent happenings at at a blues bastards gig. After playing two sloppy sets this night, and drinking away any money that would have been made from playing the gig, the bastards decided to get more serious, write better original tunes, and do things on their terms only. 
The bastards continued to write, and gig around town at various bars and hangouts of ill repute. Several of these places asked the bastards to not return, despite the sizable crowds that were in attendance at blues bastards gigs. One notable occasion happened with the bastards got asked to headline a gig with a couple of bluesy rock bands across town at a meat head bar. Problems arose when it was discovered that a female friend of the band got knocked upside her head by one of the bouncers working the club. Tossing down their instruments and running to take care of the motherfuckers, the incident escalated into a brawl in the parking lot that involved over 20 people from each side. After several broken bones and the best pay out the band ever achieved, the bastards decided to put the money toward recording an album. 

The resulting album was titled Blood and Dust, and tells a story of a tormented boy who stumbles through life with the worst of luck and the hardest of times until he eventually snaps and goes on a murderous rampage.  This album never saw release, and very few people have even heard the recordings. 

The bastards also played live on a radio show, in which they played a few newer tunes that showcased a more heavy rock element that was slipping into their sound. 

Eventually, some of the bastards moved on and the band basically de-materialized, leaving behind an unreleased album, a lot of good stories and one hell of a hangover. This all happened in under a span of two years. 

The bastards hope that their music can see official release sometime, but for now- enjoy.

Cheers- The bastards

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