SIMMONS has been a “fringe fixture” – his words, we at Big Stir Records see him in the centre of the spiral! – on the power-pop scene since his band sparkle*jets u.k. made its first splash in 1998 at LA Pop festivals International Pop Overthrow and Poptopia. Two albums, hundreds of shows, and many years later he is still (occasionally) making music, generally to greater and wider acclaim than he's willing to acknowledge. He’s put out a plethora of covers as part of POPDUDES with pop journalist and author John Borack, and in 2014 put together the most unknown pop supergroup ever, YORKTOWN LADS, with Big Stir artist Addison Love and Cameron Lew of GINGER ROOT (a band that’s getting very big indeed… google them!). 

Over the years he’s worked as an engineer and producer with many different bands you’ve probably never heard of (or, knowing our audience, you may well own their entire catalogs) He's spent the last 15 years working at a performing arts high school putting on huge concerts and teaching the next generation the importance of JPGR. 

Last year he released First Days of Summer, his first truly solo music since his formative years. Since then he has released some Christmas songs, tribute album tracks, and the 2nd ever Big Stir Digital Single. In honor of his birthday, the LP/CD combo (yes, you get both!) is going on sale right here at Big Stir, and we’ve included a few bonus download tracks to sweeten the deal. There are demos, freshly minted remixes, alternate versions, and other oddities. If you somehow missed FDOS upon its release, it's Summer all over again, and this will tide you over while we anticipate what's next from Simmons!