Quasimodo Jones has been married to his guitar since 1978, A Sears Silvertone, bought for $25.00 started it all. And after blowing out all the speakers in the home stereo system (playing "Cat Scratch Fever", a small amp was "acquired". Playing along w/ Rush, Judas Priest, Kiss, and Black Sabbath, that guitar took him on a wild ride, smashing straight into punk rock. The new playlist was Dickies, Black Flag, X, Minor Threat, & The Ramones. The energy of this music carved a niche in his sole and left little time (or desire) for education.
Joining a well-know punk band in ‘85 a whole new world of loud nasty music was the soundtrack for the "no brakes" lifestyle, including taking "every drug known to man". The listening expanded with the likes of Sisters of Mercy, Ministry, the Damned, Sex Pistols, Devo....the list goes on and on. A identity was forged with the strength gained from the "take no prisoners" philosophy that comes with being a Punk.
After playing in a few punk bands, touring Europe, recording on two studio albums and contributing songs to later albums, drinking, and doing way too many drugs, the punk scene grew stale and the music got lame. Quasimodo found new stimulation in the rebellious music of the 50's, combining that with punk Rock and Surf music (ala Agent Orange) another band was formed - the Royal Ramblers, a band that would be reborn in Stockholm under the name the HypnoSexRays. That band toured, playing shows in 4 different countries and leaving a trail of drunk and happy people, a few lust-crazed women, some angry boyfriends, and empty Tequila bottles.
It was at this time that he met Håkan Lidbo and after a few months (and Czech beers) we decided to try and mix our two elements and wrote the first song together called Kansas. We seemed to have hit on a strange mix of sounds that worked damn well, from there, we collaborated in Stockholm and continued from opposite sides of the ocean to produce a full album's worth(plus a few extra) of killer electro-billy dementia.
Quasimodo is always on the move, but he will come to Your hometown sooner that you want
Quasimodo Jones
