PERFORMANCE
THUMB KNUCKLE / LAST JOKER / JOSH ECKERT / MAVERICK MYSTERY TOUR
THUMB KNUCKLE
This band is my own creative project. I composed and produced all of our music at our Ridgewood music studio with bandmates Will Hunersen on drums and Sam Rubin on bass.
Noise rock trio from Brooklyn, THUMB KNUCKLE, plays loud. Really loud. Fuzzed out guitars meet intricate composition and improvised passages. We’re performing here for a headline gig at The Delancey in the LES of Manhattan. This song, Tiny Tyrants, is from our forthcoming self-titled album.
To listen to our studio productions, head over to the Audio Engineering tab of the website for links, or simply go straight to your preferred streaming service and look us up!
Last Joker
Formed in São Paulo, Brazil in the early nineties and releasing their self-titled debut album in 1992, Last Joker went on to tour with Brazilian metal giants, Sepultura.
When the band reformed in the UK, with ambitions to take on Europe, I was recruited as the bassist by world famous guitarist Miguel Mega. We signed with the Dutch record label, Into the Limelight, recorded music and played shows together for several years.
Josh Eckert
Aside from playing in bands, I have (and sometimes still do!) perform solo. In this instance, I was playing a set of jazz standards at the Butterfly Cabinet. Knowing how perfect the setting would be for this gentle tune, I opened with Duke Ellington’s In a Sentimental Mood,
I was later joined by a full band to play a few more tunes, but this was a nice example of my solo playing.
Maverick Mystery Tour
As an extension of the successful party band trio, Maverick Rejects, I joined the group as the wedding and events band Maverick Mystery Tour. We played events in venues ranging from Newcastle’s renowned art gallery The Baltic, through to the gardens of Alnwick Castle (famous as being the location where Harry Potter’s school of magic, Hogwarts, was shot!)