Tag: The Thirteen

Jukebox Zeros

February 5, 2025 / user

I saw the Jukebox Zeros many times over the almost 20 years they were around, over many lineup changes put on a great show of straight-forward Punk Rock and Roll.
This is the bands fb post when they called it quites.
All things eventually must come to an end, and so it goes for us as well—Jukebox Zeros have decided to call it a day.
In the almost 20 years of the band’s existence, we were lucky enough to get to share stages with some of our rock ‘n’ roll heroes and musical influences: The Cramps, Mudhoney, The Fleshtones, The Real Kids, The Waldos, The Slickee Boys, D Generation, Jeff Dahl, Tommy Stinson, Scott “Deluxe” Drake, Pat Todd, Sonny Vincent, Mike Edison, Larry May, Eric Davidson, Cheetah Chrome… we even opened up for a Sex Pistol (Glen Matlock, natch)!
We made fast friends out on the road with The Earaches (Seattle), The Victims (NYC), The Safes (Chicago), Adam West (DC), Subway Surfers (NJ), The Bamboo Kids (NYC), and our home away from home in Baltimore, sharing many a bill with Fishnet Stalkers, The Ripovs, The Tombs, and Chelsea Graveyard & The Screams at Midnight.
We had many wild and fun nites playin’ shows with our brothers and sisters in Rock from Philly including KeN, Beretta76, Sickidz, The Donuts, Blessed Muthas, Thee Minks, Helen Back & The Str8 Razors, Sugar Skulls, The Workhorse III, Doomed to Obscurity, Creem Circus, Mondo Topless, The Sparklers… again, just to name a few.
No less than 3 couples met at our shows over these many years and even got married!
We put out 2 full-length records, 4 eps, 1 live album, a couple of singles and compilation tracks, and even filmed and produced a genuine music video. The majority of our music is still available for purchase through Bandcamp, on vinyl, CD, and / or Digital Download.
To say thee least, we’ve had a pretty damn good run.
Thanks to all of the bands we played with, clubs / bars / holes-in-the-wall who booked us, ‘zines, music rags, and blogs who wrote about us, and friends, fans, and ultimately family, we met and made along the way.
Social media pages will stay up for posterity and any news or info on new musical projects from former band members.
Rawk ‘N’ Roll Over ‘N’ Out,
Jukebox Zeros 2003 – 2022

Live on WFMU – Pat Duncan from 12/8/2005 (Starts around 17 minutes in)
Listen – See the Playlist

Welcome To Rutsville ep

Live on WFMU – Pat Duncan from 12/8/2005 (Starts around 17 minutes in)
Listen – See the Playlist

Welcome To Rutsville ep

Four On The Floor (+1)

Rock and Roll Ronin ep

City of Bother and Loathe ep

Count To Ten

Green Wave Video

The Thirteen – Record Release Show

July 2, 2013 / admin

This is from the Thirteen record release party which was at Long in the Tooth Records in Center City Philly on Saturday June 29th 2013. I messed up and missed the beginning of the first song – sorry. (Bio stolen from their web site) The Thirteen play loud, raucous Rock ‘N’ Roll with plenty of melody and hooks. Think of all the bastard children of Chuck Berry from the Stones to the Faces to the Replacements on down and it will give you some approximation of what this power-pop trio is shooting for.

Back in 2007, the band was not much more than a studio project born of singer/songwriter Sal Cannestra’s desperate desire to make music again after relocating to Philadelphia. He met up with Figgs bassist and producer extraordinaire Pete Donnelly who offered to put together a band to help bring Sal’s songs to life. With the help of drummers Chuck Treece (McRad, Bad Brains, Urge Overkill) and Matty Muir (U.S. Rails) as well as lead guitarist Joe Iacovella they recorded the band’s debut, The Secret History of the Thirteen.

But no self-respecting band stays in the studio forever and by the record’s release in Fall 2008, Joe and Sal wanted to bring these songs to the people. So they recruited kindred soul Peter Santa Maria (Jukebox Zeros) on bass and… well, let’s say a short succession of various drummers, and started playing shows around Philly. A few more personnel changes in 2011 left Sal the sole guitar play but also saw the addition of Jack Kontes (The Flyswatters) as the band’s first full-time drummer.

Summer 2012 found The Thirteen ready to record again. This time Peter handled the engineering himself and then placed the tracks in the hands of Stephen Egerton (Descendents, ALL, FLAG) for mixing and mastering. The resulting album, LIFT – OFF!, showcases 12 tunes brimming with garage rock urgency, laced with infectious riffs and more than its share of clever, heartfelt lyrics. The band will be playing up and down the east coast in support of this delicious slice of wax and look forward to winning over new friends every place they play.