I've always enjoyed music, so the house show scene in Eugene was where I was destined to be. I stumbled upon Creep Creep Janga at one of the most memorable house shows of my life; The house was completely hazy and their heavy blues with wailing vocals hit me in a way no local band had before. After that house show, I decided I HAD to get to know this band so I sent them a Facebook message and asked them to let me photograph their shows for my photo blog. I’ve spent a couple house shows getting to know them more as individuals and they’re all very enthusiastic, passionate people. This particular show I photographed was a tad rough, since Harry bust through the bass drum head on the first song (after just replacing it the day before) and Judi misplaced her microphone. Despite these issues, the band managed to power through and put on a kick-ass show, like usual. While watching them perform, I feel like I’m actually a member of the band due to the rad, inclusive atmosphere they create.

I asked the band members what they enjoyed the most of being a member of Creep Creep Janga; They responded with how wonderful and fun it is to play rowdy house shows with their close friends. When musicians are enjoying their performance, it’s obvious; Creep Creep Janga is no exception.

Dylan enjoys playing heavy and loud music, similar to some of his musical inspirations, like Sabbath, Cream, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Sleep and Electric Wizard. Dylan told me about how much he enjoys the Eugene house show scene with “lots of cool homies who have supported us and ripped sick gigs with us.” He also pays credit to “all the homies who have let us rip house shows at their house after the pigs busted ours and Heidi and Keisha for letting us rip at their place when we couldn’t jam at ours.”

Trevor told me how fortunate he is to have found musicians that "I click with on a personal level and ended up being friends with before forming a band with them. Creep Creep Janga was formed almost entirely as a sarcastic joke that came from getting objectionably f*cked up with each other, while just hanging out as homies.” When Harry, Dylan and Trevor were first starting to play music, they just drank some beer and jammed for hours, which is similar to what Creep Creep Jenga does. Trevor also knew his fellow band mates in Sacred Trees while growing up and went to school with them for ten years or more; Trevor has been playing with Sacred Trees, on and off, for about ten years now.

When I asked Harry his favorite parts about the band, he eagerly said, “I love the freedom in the music and the way we can all float each other. I love how Judi’s voice grabs people and pulls them in. I love my band mates to death and creating something unique with them that I can listen to forever is really special.”

(If you're just dying to see more photos of Creep Creep Janga performing, check out my recent blog post about them on http://blissfulcandids.blogspot.com/)