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Jackson United marks Chris Shiflett’s debut as a lead singer/frontman. With Chris’ brother Scott (Face to Face/ Viva Death) on bass and long time buddy Pete Parada (Face to Face/Saves The Day) on drums, Jackson United releaseded their self titled EP and set out in power trio mode on the 2003 Warped tour followed up by a quick trip to London to play the Reading Festival.

In between Foo’s tours, winning a Grammy, other band commitments and babies being born, Jackson United enlisted the help of producer Chad Blinman (Face to Face, Viva Death, Get Up Kids) and recorded 21 “a little bit rock, a little bit punk” tracks from the thousands Chris had written that he couldn’t convince anyone else to sing. Fourteen of those are on “Western Ballads”.

Confessing a love for “way down in kokomo” era Beach Boys ahead of the often cited and trendier “Pet Sounds”, Shiflett says “… it’s guitar pop. Not as heavy as Foo Fighters stuff. And there’s some stuff that’s pretty mellow and vibey”. We prefer to think of it as flawless.

Six months later the release of “Western Ballads” marked not only a new name, but new band mates too! Cary Lascala (also of Vue) took over the drumsticks and Doug Sangalang (ex Screw 32/Limp) became the new guitarist. Both of them had toured a bunch with Chris’ old band No Use For A Name). Also Omen Starr was added to the line-up, replacing Scott on bass.

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1	Loose Ends	10
2	Undertow	9
3	Fell Into	8
3	Black Regrets	8
5	Damn You	7
5	White Flag Burning	7
7	Stitching	6
7	21st Century Fight Song	6
7	A Better Life	6
7	Trigger Happy	6
7	Lion's Roar	6
7	All the Way	6
13	Down to You	5
13	Pure	5
13	Here Comes Hollow	5

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Lir_612 wrote:
Monday afternoon

Шикарно! 21st Century Fight Song любимая

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HARDCHARGER63 wrote:
October 2011

these guys are so talented,and completely nice people and i had the pleasure to work at their 606 studios,bluegrass and chocolate fans!

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ricardo_m wrote:
October 2011

very nice. strange is the fact that they are not more famous.

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Aurora_Feizul wrote:
May 2011

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x_modern_way_x wrote:
May 2011

they are waaaaaaaaaaaaay too under-rated. They are one of my favourite bands now. Wish i'd discovered them before! Stitching and Damn You are such amazing songs ♥

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x_modern_way_x wrote:
April 2011

New Chris Shiflett fan site now up :D http://blackregrets.webs.com please take a look :)

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cassandree wrote:
June 2010

Jackson United is the ish.

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Mr_Romero wrote:
April 2010

lots of action going on here

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pomyluna wrote:
February 2010

i'm afraid i'm becoming seriously addicted to harmony and dissidence.

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Gustrokes wrote:
December 2009

fucking underated band!

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meephaha wrote:
November 2009

This band really shouldn't be so unknown: I think what they suffer from is a lack of a mainstream push. If modern rock radio got ahold of songs like All The Way, they'd pump them all day...

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Casualties_army wrote:
July 2009

How under rated can a band be? love these guys, should be waaayyy more popular

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Casualties_army wrote:
May 2009

It would be, but it is slighty misguided. I mean, No Use for A Name, worlds best punk band? Talk about great sense of humour

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Whatupwidat wrote:
February 2009

I've love if the Bio was written by Chris hisself, that'd be pure tongue-in-cheek class!

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hanoigrillo wrote:
February 2009

Brilliant, brilliant album - there are very few albums I get these days that I can listen to all the way through, but this is a classic. Cheers!

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Shizwoo wrote:
November 2008

loving the new album. just recieved both albums. didn't realise dave and taylor played drums on new album

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Cassie_Jackson wrote:
November 2008

CD is out in the UK now :)

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Dcapelca wrote:
October 2008

Una bona alternativa mentre esperem el retorn dels Foo Fighters? Anem a escoltar-los, a veure que tal...

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Mr_Romero wrote:
September 2008

JU Rocks <3

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ilovecowchips wrote:
July 2008

i know there's a release in north america on sept. 2, but i don't know if that goes for the uk as well... i just gave in and imported mine from australia because i couldn't bear the wait! it's a kickass album!

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