In the summer of "93, Chris Keleton and Eric Overdrive decided they couldn't stand the watered down, cheese laden radio "punk" any longer. Drafting Barry Johnson (later of Candy Snatchers fame) on drums, they cleared out a rat infested garage on 48th Street in the lovely crime ridden section of downtown Norfolk and commenced to banging out songs on glorious , 3 chord punk rock fashion. Playing in wharever bar that could afford to keep them supplied with all the free beer they could handle, Black Jesus plugged in, pissed off, and passed out. After many hazy nights, their old school punk rock sound gained the respect of others who where sick of the repetitive, radio crap.

In 1995, after must enticing with various substances, the band was able to acquire the microphone abusing talents of JBYRD. Along with the able drumming of the legendary Rusty Floyd this lineup released the now infamous 7" of orange vinyl. Other waste products from this studio session included a spit 45" with V. B. Skate punk The Lost Tribe, and a tune disposed of on the "if it's not broken,break it" compilation.

In early 1996 Chris took over the rhythm guitar slot and the Reverend Dorbr` was added on bass. Black Jesus had exhausted more drummers than Spinal Tap before recruiting Sgt. Stash to join the ranks.

With a tune coming up on Jeff Dahl's Ultraunder release "Trash on Demand Vol 3", Black Jesus shows no signs of letting the man hold them down.

Contact: Eric Overdrive, 511 Graydon Ave. #4, Norfolk, Va 23507

757-627-0911

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