BJB and Voodoo Dolls play Ont.

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Ottawa NOV 23 Babylon

St. Catherines NOV 24

Toronto NOV 25 The Vatican

Hamilton NOV 26

will post again closer to. VERY FUN SHOW - do come out.

[Jay Funk Dawg]

what's the name of the band?

[bradm]

Babylon in Ottawa lists "Big John Bates" for Nov. 23, so I guess that's what "BJB" stands for. (Although I was hoping for "Bert Jeilson Band", but I have a different way of looking at things compared to most regular folk...)

Aloha,

Brad

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Ya Big John Bates and the Voodoo Dollz

www.bigjohnbates.com

Some write ups:

The Big John Bates live show tends to become an event in areas the group has played through. The word that spreads across the internet and mouth to mouth is "Entertainment". Not just a great band with excellent performers and instrumentalists, couple that with the Voodoo Dollz - riveting burlesque choreographed to John's vision of our pre-millennium culture and filtered through his pulp fiction-style lyrics. This has lead BJB to be featured in coffee table books such as "Burlesque - The New Bump and Grind" from Speck Press in the USA and in L.A.'s fetish-oriented "Nugget Magazine".

BJB & the Dollz have played shows and festivals from London to Zurich and from Montreal to Los Angeles. Some wilder performances have seen the band at a federal prison in Antwerp, Belgium, at the 10th Annual "Psychomeeting" in Barcelona, Spain and headlining a Halloween show at the House of Blues at Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas. 2004 saw their first Scandinavian and fourth European tour, and BJB got full support of the Norwegian press and rock'n'roll scene.

Big John was interviewed this summer in L.A. for the A&E / Discovery documentary on Russ Meyer (which also included John Waters, Dita Von Teese and other personalities) and the group will be featured in an upcoming issue of Bizarre Magazine. BJB has made fans of many other performers and they're staying on the road, making converts around the world.

Edited October 7, 2005 by Guest