Biography

Angie and the Car Wrecks are comprised of two brothers, Shawn and Dale Ball, on the upright bass and guitar, respectively, with their good friend Calvin Jernberg on the drums and Dale's wife Angie Ball leading the pack and taking on vocals. They are based in a small town in the Pacific Northwest, where they hone their craft on many rainy days stuck inside.

What sets them apart from other bands is that they are almost all family members and this gives them a tightness that puts them above and beyond other bands. They are an extremely cohesive unit and they never fail to entertain. They are always professional and serious about what they do; they love music and they love to play music, and that comes through in every performance.

The Car Wrecks have a 6-song EP that was released in March of 2010 and has been well-received, helping them land some prominent gigs, such as the 2010 Kustom Kulture Festival in Silverdale, WA opening for James Hunnicutt, the Juke Joint Gamblers, Hard Money Saints, Big John Bates and the Voodoo Dollz, and Three Bad Jacks. They have also opened for such bands as the Chop Tops, Jason and the Punknecks, the Cheatin Hearts, the Streakin' Healys, The Dicers and the Infamous Swank. They will be starting their very first West Coast tour in August, kicking it off August 7th at the Winterland in Bremerton, WA.

The Car Wrecks' main influences are the pioneers of classic rockabilly music, most of them featured on the Sun label in the 1950's: Carl Perkins, Billy Lee Riley, Elvis, and of course Johnny Cash. Other influences include Hank Williams Sr., Loretta Lynn, Waylon Jennings, and more recently, the Chop Tops and the Reverend Horton Heat.