About

Jack Rabbit Slams is a three man rock band from Glasgow, comprised of Rob McCombie on guitar and vocals, Sean Love on drums, and Kristaps Baumanis on bass. The music is heavy rock and roll with a sound reminiscent of QOTSA, Royal Blood and perhaps a more belligerent Oasis. The live shows are chock full of energy with a thundering rhythm section that can make a mountain groove along supporting the blazing leads and visceral vocals of the frontman Rob. This is music to which to party, unwind and generally go nuts to.

The band was formed in early 2016 when two childhood friends Sean and Rob met Kris who had responded to the guys' online ad looking for a bass player. Magic happened as a track was written during their first jam together and so JRS was born, though at the very beginning, under the moniker Penny Dreadful With a few mid-year gigs, there was a late 2016 debut EP release, titled Cheap 'n' Nasty which was accompanied by two music videos for the lead singles Insania and Millionaire. These were produced by Shootback, a company that has also worked with artists such as Eagles of Death Metal. With favorable reviews for the EP from local online magazines, such as Rock and Roll Traffic, JRS went into 2017 with heavy gigging mode on and a lot of central Scotland was covered during. This included two mini-tours where first during the midsummer, JRS headlined the Sunday lineup at the Pure Fun Livi Skate Party 2017 having played in Dunfermline the day before. Then in October there was a Glasgow/Edinburgh mini-tour with junkyard blues band The Howling Lords hailing from Stornoway. A new, stand-alone single, titled The Art of Losing Friends, was released a month after the second mini-tour, immediately followed by a packed headline show at the Glasgow's famous King Tut Tut's Wah Wah Hut. 2018 holds more gigs, new releases and some festival appearances in store!