And before themed cruises started clogging up Florida’s ports of call, Stein had the brilliant idea for the down ’n’ dirty Bruise Cruise free-for-all, which routed hundreds of good bands through Florida for two consecutive Februaries before sailing off into a severely hungover sunset.īut check yo’self before assuming that Turbo Fruits are just another band of hooligans intent on destroying themselves and the eardrums of their rabid fans.
Before drug-addled, beer-soaked, sex-crazed, Southern-fried bands like Natural Child earned a cult following, Stein was croaking about being “Naked With You” and lamenting the fact that “Mama’s Mad Cos I Fried My Brain” and there were “No Drugs to Use.”īefore mainstream publications were gushing about the current vinyl revolution, Stein and Turbo Fruits drummer Matt Hearn were cranking out collectible split 7-inches on their own Turbo Time Records imprint. Before side projects were all the rage, a 17-year-old Jonas Stein ditched the playful brat-punk of his first band, Be Your Own Pet, to rage through 15 snotty, scabrous shitstorms of his own on 2007 debut album Turbo Fruits.
Since 2006, Nashville band Turbo Fruits has served as a sort of advance guard for the modern garage-rock scene.