George Jr. & the 9/11s are a garage-cowpunk conspiracy based out of the Frisco bay. The band was formed with a semi-rotating cast in late 2023 to fulfill one Georgie Joon’s elder-millennial, vainglorious dreams of playing his idiotic songs in a thrashing band. Their 2024 debut EP, Fool Me Once, was tracked over two days in April 2024 at Tiny Telephone Oakland and patriotically discharged shortly after the nation’s 248th birthday.
The band’s single, “Permanent Damage,” positions them as die-hard punks who aren’t afraid to manipulate the genre’s tropes. Their infectious approach to melodies is juxtaposed by searing guitar tones that coil around the drums for a refreshing take on modern pop-punk. The melodic phrasing gives this song a nice swing, adding another element to the punk gumbo the band cooked up on “Permanent Damage.” By borrowing from different eras of punk and intertwining them while utilizing their unique perspective in the lyrics, Joon and company carved out their corner of punk. “Permanent Damage” is a proper introduction to George Jr. and the 9/11’s frantic and melodic punk sound as they navigate breezy tones and subtle nods to surf rock.
“If you’ve ever chugged two bottles of Robitussin in your high school friend’s parent’s basement and then spent the next two weeks in a walleyed nightmare,” explains the band. “This song’s for you!”
