The 1992 self-titled debut album went platinum and featured notable rock radio hits like "Down On Me," "When Will It Rain," "I Stand Alone" and, most notably, "The Lumberjack," during which vocalist Jesse James Dupree performed a chain-saw solo. Dupree's chain-saw escapades on album and in concert became one of many Jackyl trademarks. With the release of 'Jackyl' hit the road and barely left it since. Touring mates in those early days included Aerosmith, Kiss, ZZ Top, Ted Nugent and Damn Yankees.
"Push Comes to Shove" is the second album by the American hard rock band Jackyl, released in 1994. They still borrow heavily from AC/DC, but this time its not as blatant. The songs are a little more distinct, as opposed to the first, and the lyrics are more original.
Band formed, 1990; released debut album, Jackyi, Geffen, 1992; debut sold more than 1.2 million copies; released Push Comes To Shove, 1994; released Night of the Living Dead, Mayhem, 1996; released Cut the Crap, Epic, 1997; collaborated with AC/DC’s front-man Brian Johnson on the single “Locked and Loaded” for Cut The Crap in 1997, the first time a member of AC/DC collaborated with another band; released Stay-in’ Alive, Epic Records, 1998; appeared on the Beavis & Butthead soundtrack which went platinum;Stayin’ Alive appeared in 1998; released Choice Cuts, 1998; surpassed George Thorogood and The Destroyers Guinness Book of World Records mark of 52 shows in 50 days as most live performances in the shortest amount of time, delivered 100 performances in 50 days in 27 different states in 1998.
The southern, chainsaw wielding, heavy metal hillbillies from good ol' Georgia, USA are back! Jackyl returns with "Relentless"; an album that is very much like their debut in both style and sound, that it is hard to believe it's been almost ten years since the first release. "Relentless" could have easliy been Jackyl's second record and is sure to please Jackyl fans that have been waiting for an album such as this. "Relentless" is the fifth studio album from Jackyl.
The 1992 self-titled debut album went platinum and featured notable rock radio hits like "Down On Me," "When Will It Rain," "I Stand Alone" and, most notably, "The Lumberjack," during which vocalist Jesse James Dupree performed a chain-saw solo. Dupree's chain-saw escapades on album and in concert became one of many Jackyl trademarks. With the release of 'Jackyl' hit the road and barely left it since. Touring mates in those early days included Aerosmith, Kiss, ZZ Top, Ted Nugent and Damn Yankees.
Combining a heady brew of Southern boogie and intense metal, Jackyl follow in the footsteps of esteemed rockers AC/DC and Lynyrd Skynyrd. They really impress in the live arena, and they are captured here performing a storming set at the Full Throttle Saloon in South Dakota. The audience contains a large portion of bikers, who clearly revel in Jackyl's rock-heavy sound, and the band responds in kind by delivering the goods in style. If you love load guitar, bass and drums hard rock, you'll love Jackyl.
2010 album from the multi-platinum Hard Rockers. Specialists in down and dirty blue-collar Rock 'n' Roll, Jackyl has delivered an album that sounds exactly like Jackyl except it's one notch louder. Staying true to their working band roots, Jackyl is a staple on the summer festival circuit and maintains their commitment to every show being the sonic equivalent to a man being shot out of a cannon.
Jackyl were always an anachronism in the '90s. Arriving at the peak of grunge, the group – whose members worshiped at the altar of AC/DC, Mötley Crüe, and David Lee Roth – managed a minor hit with the novelty "Lumberjack Song," basically because some listeners found Jesse James Dupree's chainsaw solos kinda neat.