# Cyclone Static > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Cyclone_Static > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Cyclone_Static.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Static > Source revision: 1348420028 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2022}} {{short description|American punk rock band}} {{Undisclosed paid|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Cyclone Static | image = File:Cyclone Static at FM.jpg | image_size = | landscape = | alt = | caption = Cyclone Static at FM Jersey City in February 2019 | alias = | origin = [Jersey City, New Jersey](/source/Jersey_City%2C_New_Jersey), U.S. | genre = | years_active = {{start date|2016}}–present | label = Mint 400 Records | website = | current_members = [Jonathan LeVine](/source/Jonathan_LeVine)
John Mathais
James Salerno | past_members = }} '''Cyclone Static''' is an American punk rock band from New Jersey. == History == Cyclone Static is a melodic punk rock band from Jersey City, New Jersey. Vocalist and guitarist James Salerno played in a band with drummer Jonathan LeVine in 1990s called Drywater. In an interview with ''[The Jersey Journal](/source/The_Jersey_Journal)'', LeVine recalls "we never got picked up by a label [and] we never really did much. It really sounded a lot like Cyclone Static except today we're a lot more mature."{{Cite web |last=Testa |first=Jim |date=2019-01-30 |title=NJ's Cyclone Static celebrates '90s punk on new album |url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2019/01/post_1017.html |access-date=2022-12-17 |website=NJ.com}}{{Cite web |date=2021-08-19 |title=Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market bewitches for October festival |url=https://www.trentonian.com/news/trenton-punk-rock-flea-market-bewitches-for-october-festival/article_c6b279a9-b79c-5a39-b8d3-8bd2d2f05187.html |access-date=2022-12-17 |website=The Trentonian}} The group disbanded, but rejoined in 2016, along with bassist John Mathais.{{Cite web |last=Shrum |first=Tony |date=2018-11-16 |title=Song Premiere: Cyclone Static – "From Scratch" |url=https://newnoisemagazine.com/stream-cyclone-static-starting-scratch/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011818/https://newnoisemagazine.com/stream-cyclone-static-starting-scratch/ |archive-date=2019-02-12 |access-date=2022-12-17 |website=New Noise}} Cyclone Static draws comparison to the music of Dinosaur Jr., Nirvana, and [Guided by Voices](/source/Guided_by_Voices), and cite inspiration from 70's punk, 80's hardcore and 90's alternative.{{Cite web |date=2019-02-06 |title=Cyclone Static |url=https://www.piratepirate.com/wp/35490/cyclone-static/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011530/https://www.piratepirate.com/wp/35490/cyclone-static/ |archive-date=2019-02-12 |access-date=2022-12-17 |website=Pirate!}} [Post-hardcore](/source/Post-hardcore) band Thursday's lead vocalist [Geoff Rickly](/source/Geoff_Rickly), describes them as "an anomaly in modern music[;] not just to a time of punk rock on the radio but a whole lost New Jersey paradise: Asbury Park before the renaissance, radios cranking out surf guitars and sandy, beach-blown harmonies, through empty lots full of downed power lines and bombed-out buildings." === Mint 400 Records === LeVine met Mint 400 Records' Neil Sabatino in the 1990s through playing shows, and they reconnected before performing at the [North Jersey Indie Rock Festival](/source/North_Jersey_Indie_Rock_Festival), on September 23, 2017.{{Cite web |first= |date=2017-09-18 |title=North Jersey Indie Rock Festival: Lineup Set Times |url=http://www.njracket.com/shows/north-jersey-indie-rock-festival-lineup-set-times/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301140344/http://www.njracket.com/shows/north-jersey-indie-rock-festival-lineup-set-times/ |archive-date=2019-03-01 |access-date=2022-12-17 |website=NJ Racket}} Their first release was "Company Man," on the Mint 400 Records promotional compilation, ''[NJ / NY Mixtape](/source/NJ_%2F_NY_Mixtape)''. In 2018, they released the single "Walk This Line," which Jedd Beaudoin of ''[PopMatters](/source/PopMatters)'' describes as a "salvo of relentless punk attitude that bridges the gap between punk's rawest, early days and its culmination as a mainstream force in the 1990s," and the single, "From Scratch."{{Cite web |date=2018-12-13 |title=Cyclone Static Meditates on Commitment with Powerful Track "Walk This Line" (premiere) |url=https://www.popmatters.com/cyclone-static-walk-this-line-2623299325.html |access-date=2022-12-17 |website=PopMatters}} Their debut album, entitled ''[From Scratch](/source/From_Scratch_(album))'', was released with Mint 400 Records on February 8, 2019. The ten-track album is described as garage rock and "angst-filled pop."{{Cite web |last=Makin |first=Bob |date=2019-02-06 |title=Makin Waves Record of the Week: "From Scratch" by Cyclone Static |url=https://www.newjerseystage.com/articles/2019/02/06/makin-waves-record-of-the-week-from-scratch-by-cyclone-static/ |access-date=2022-12-17 |website=New Jersey Stage}} Florian Meissner of ''Soundblab'' compares ''From Scratch'' to the Unseen, [Roger Miret and the Disasters](/source/Roger_Miret_and_the_Disasters), and the Buzzcocks, and calls it "38 minutes of punk rock song after punk rock song."{{Cite web |last=Meissner |first=Florian |date=2019-02-05 |title=Cyclone Static - From Scratch |url=https://soundblab.com/reviews/albums/21427-cyclone-static-from-scratch |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428093531/https://soundblab.com/reviews/albums/21427-cyclone-static-from-scratch |url-status=usurped |archive-date=April 28, 2019 |access-date=2022-12-17 |website=Soundblab}} == Members == *[Jonathan LeVine](/source/Jonathan_LeVine) – drums *Jack Gibson – bass and backing vocals *James Salerno – vocals and guitar == Past members == *John Mathais - Bass *Danny Patierno - Bass *Moose Kahrs - Bass == Discography == ;Albums and EPs *''[From Scratch](/source/From_Scratch_(album))'' (2019) *''Cave Pop'' (2023) ;Singles *"Walk This Line" (2018) *"From Scratch" (2018) ;Appearing on *''[NJ / NY Mixtape](/source/NJ_%2F_NY_Mixtape)'' (2018) == References == {{reflist}} == External links == *{{Commons category-inline|Cyclone Static}} Category:Indie rock musical groups from New Jersey Category:Mint 400 Records artists Category:Musical groups from Jersey City, New Jersey --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Cyclone Static](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Static) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Static?action=history)). 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