Grunnen Rocks Home Willem Kolvoort
The Volebeats
from Detroit with love
Address
United States Of America
E-Mail
N/A
Members

The Volebeats #1:
(Ain't No Joke LP)
Jeff Oakes
Matthew Smith
Brian Oakes
Terry Rohm
Al Oakes
Rebecca Kaplan
Mike Murphy
Mark Niemenski

The Volebeats #2:
(Bloodshot 7")
Jeff Oakes
Matthew Smith
Russell Ledford
Bob McCreedy
Phil Dürr: appears

The Volebeats #3:
(Sybil CD-track)
Russell Ledford
Scott Michalski
John Nash
Jeff Oakes
Matthew Smith

The Volebeats #4:
(former member, but when ?)
Bill Peterson
line-up isn't complete

The Volebeats #5:
(The Volebeats album - 2011)
Jeff Oakes: vocals, guitar
Matthew Smith: guitars, vocals
James McConnell: guitars, mandolin
Russell Ledford: bass
Scott Michalski: drums, guitar
Ryan Gimpert: appears on pedal steel

History

Bob McCreedy's musical history
Mark J Niemenski's musical history
Bill Peterson's musical history
Matthew Smith's musical history
Mike Murphy's musical history
Scott Michalski's musical history

Discography
Singles
  1. Knowing Me, Knowing You 7" (Icon Records, 1993, IC 114)
      red vinyl
    1. Knowing Me, Knowing You (Abba)
    2. The First Time Next Time
  2. Maggot Brain 7" (Bloodshot Records, 1997, BS 025)
    1. Maggot Brain (Part I) (Funkadelic)
    2. Maggot Brain (Part II) (Funkadelic)
  3. Knowing Me, Knowing You CDS (Turquoise Mountain, 2005, TQMT 003)
    1. Knowing Me, Knowing You (Abba)
    2. I Had To Tell You
    3. Die By The Sword (Slayer)
Splits
N/A
Albums
  1. Ain't No Joke LP (Relapse Records, 1989, RLP-903)
    1. And You Know It
    2. Til' The House Burns Down
    3. Magic Touch
    4. Leave This Town
    5. Tequila Y Buñuelos
    6. Fool's Castle
    7. Kiara
    8. Yes Or No
    9. Bottles
    10. Every Time I Smoke A Smoke
    11. Halfway To Nowhere
    12. Thank You Lord
  2. Ain't No Joke CD (Gadfly, 1999, Gadfly 251)
    1. And You Know It
    2. Til' The House Burns Down
    3. Magic Touch
    4. Leave This Town
    5. Tequila Y Buñuelos
    6. Fool's Castle
    7. Kiara
    8. Yes Or No
    9. Bottles
    10. Every Time I Smoke A Smoke
    11. Halfway To Nowhere
    12. Thank You Lord
    13. Chain Gang
    14. Where The Great Waters Flow
    15. I'm Coming My Darling
  3. Up North LP/CD (Safehouse Records, 1994, SH 2120.1-SH 2120.2)
    1. Up North
    2. Miriam
    3. When You're There
    4. Rode Into Town
    5. I'm The One for You
    6. Ten Cars Back
    7. Back in Your Heart
    8. The First Time Next Time
    9. Rubber Soul
    10. Please Come See Me
    11. Something Broken
    12. More and More
    13. Hope You Know
  4. Bittersweet CD (Third Gear Records, 1994, 3G-13)
    1. I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More, Baby
    2. Angel
    3. Same Old You
    4. If You Won't Tell Me
    5. Goodbye
    6. Last Time I Saw Her
  5. Sky And The Ocean CD (Safehouse Records, 1997, SH 2126.2)
    1. Somewhere In My Heart
    2. It's Alright
    3. Don't I Wish
    4. Sky And The Ocean
    5. Two Seconds
    6. Warm Weather
    7. Asking Why
    8. Dead Of Winter
    9. Annabel
    10. Drifting
    11. Diamonds
    12. Dear Nobody
    13. Everything
    14. Thought I Was The One
  6. Solitude CD (Safehouse Records, 1999, SH 2128.2)
    1. Desert Song
    2. Kala
    3. Beautiful Night
    4. Blue Green
    5. Back In A Minute
    6. Speed Boat
    7. Just As You Are Beautiful
    8. Denton Street
    9. Lonely Way To Go
    10. Moon Beams
    11. Shannon
    12. Music Box
  7. Mosquito Spiral CD (Third Gear Records, 2000, 3G-19)
    1. Radio Flyer
    2. Not Here Not Gone
    3. I Tried to Tell You
    4. Feel The Same
    5. Tether
    6. Voles In NYC
    7. Come Over
    8. I Just Want Someone To Love (For The Summer)
    9. Bus Stop
    10. I Don't Want To Cry Tonight
    11. First Love Never Dies
    12. Lucky One
  8. Country Favorites CD (Turquoise Mountain, 2003, TQMT 002)
    1. I Had To Tell You
    2. One I Love
    3. Knowing Me, Knowing You (Abba)
    4. Standing Next To You
    5. 318
    6. Almost Crying
    7. Hold On
    8. Too Much Love
    9. Die By The Sword (Slayer)
    10. Hamtramck Mama
    11. Maggot Brain (Funkadelic)
    12. Manon (Serge Gainsbourg)
  9. Like Her CD (Turquoise Mountain, 2005, TQMT 003)
    1. Like Her
    2. This Girl
    3. Everytime
    4. Can It Really Be?
    5. Here It Comes Again
    6. Outside
    7. In The Garden
    8. September Spell
    9. Touch Me One Time
    10. World's Looking Lonely
    11. Time Travel
  10. The Volebeats 2xLP/CD (Rainbow Quartz Records, 2011, RQTZ 171)
    1. With You
    2. We Don't Like To Forget
    3. Me And You
    4. Like You Mean It
    5. Things People Say
    6. Empty Streets
    7. Dream Come True
    8. 1000 Miles Of Confusion
    9. Walk There
    10. I Can Tell
    11. Sadness Kicked The Door In
    12. What You've Been Saying
    13. The City That's Always Asleep
    14. See You Tonight (Kiss)
    15. Kathleen No
    16. You're Wrong
    17. This Is Where I Belong (The Kinks)
    18. I'm Not Gonna Change My Mind
    19. They Don't Write Back
Compilations
  1. Folk Songs From The Twilight Zone LP (Tremor Records, 1988, cat.no.?)
    1. Chain Gang
  2. Fact: 5 Out Of 5 Kids Who Kill Love Slayer 7" (Shaolin Temple, 1997, SLT35)
    1. Die By The Sword (Slayer)
  3. Ghettoblaster: A Detroit Music Sampler 1997 Volume 1 CD (Motor City Brewing Works, 1997, MCBWGB 001)
      all tracks engineered/produced or both by Jim Diamond
    1. Die By The Sword (Slayer)
  4. Troy Gregory's Sybil CD (Fall Of Rome Records, 2002, FOR 1005)
      every track has Troy Gregory on vocals and a band from Detroit, recorded by Jim Diamond
    1. Left My Mind Alone
  5. Ghettoblaster Volume 2 CD (Motor City Brewing Works, 2002, MCBWGB 002)
      all tracks mastered and/or mixed by Jim Diamond
    1. It's Alright
  6. Straight Outta Boone County CD (Bloodshot Records/Shake It Records, year ?, BS 019/cat.no.?)
    1. Hamtramck Mama
Various

They appear in the Detroit Rock Movie.

Links
  1. The Volebeats @ myspace.com