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Janus

- Chicago, IL Rock / Alternative / Electronic

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Members: David Scotney, Johnny Salazar, Alan Quitman, Mike Tyranski

Sounds Like: 30 Seconds to Mars, Chevelle, Deftones

Label: Realid/ILG

Bio: Armed with a new record, Janus brings a fresh new sound to the genre of metal. Inspired by forging their own voice and among a sea of sound-a-likes, Janus has carved ten flawlessly flowing tracks into their new album: Red Right Return. To be released on September 22 2009, the new album owns a bro... See Full Bio

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Janus has a show on 05/02/2013 at 08:00 PM @ Offsides Sports Bar ... in Woodstock, IL http://www.reverbnation.com/c./poni/197003413 #concert

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“Listen: Janus By Bruce Matlock on January 7th, 2010 in Listen Listen: Janus Today, it’s difficult enough for an alternative rock band to push through the popular rock world of brainless radio mush, which is what makes the story of Chicago, Illinois band Janus impressive. Signed to a label before releasing so much as one record, one would think Janus has it easy. However, it didn’t happen over night. After going through the process of creating demo’s to shop around to labels, and coming away unhappy, the band took a DIY approach. Janus spent nearly a year in the studio, emerging with a piece of material that the band produced, engineered, and promoted themselves.”

— Bruce Matlock, Consequence of Sound

“With their debut, Red Right Return, Janus has released a melodic, heavy hitting, effectual modern rock record, though chances are you haven’t heard it. Hell, chances are you haven’t heard of this band. Well, if that’s the case, it surely needs to change. Janus has the chops of a band well beyond their years, and Red Right Return is the perfect showcase of that very fact.”

— Brian Campbell , Innocent Words

“Although Chicago hardcore rockers Janus have been making music for the last two and a half years, none of it saw the light of day until a few months ago. "We put some demos together rather quickly and started shopping around and playing showcases and just really gunning for a record deal," singer David Scotney said. "We weren't very happy with the demos and we just decided to put the brakes on and really focus on making a record for ourselves and doing it ourselves the right way."”

— Steph Yiu, Chicago Redeye

“Nearly a year ago I was talking to my friend about this new band I just discovered. I told him how crazy good their music was and that they are going to be huge someday. They have definitely started down the path of making that prediction a reality. On July 28, 2009, they signed with independent label, Realid/ILG and announced their album would be released on Sept. 22. As of August 27th, their single "Eyesore" can be heard in regular rotation on 15 radio stations across the country. On my local station, Q101 here in Chicago, they do a countdown everyday of the 9 most requested songs of the day. And Eyesore has consistently been one of the top 9 songs since Q101 started playing it July 15th.”

— Beats Review

“For those of you itching for some quirky information on Janus, I can only offer you a few savory morsels. The band’s drummer Johnny Salazar used to perform with Relative Ash, a now defunct Chicago based act who released an album through Island/Def Jam in 2000 called ‘Our Time With You…’. Those who caught my “Why the F–K Aren’t They Signed?” segment on Cage Rattle Radio this summer might recall my spinning “If I Were You”, a standout tune from their demo. To conclude this piss poor background information piece, Janus will re-release ‘Red Right Return‘ on September 22nd.”

— Nick, TuneLab Music

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