The Januariez started playing music together in late May 2011. Two months after bassist, Gorilla J., and drummer, Reno, met J-knee January at an open mic north of Seattle, Reno and Gorilla J. joined her onstage for a few songs. She knew they were the ones. "They intuited the songs," she recalls, "so I asked them to join."

Knowing that this band would be no ordinary venture, Reno and Gorilla took some time to consider. Both are active in the Seattle metal scene as members of A Sic End, and Reno plays in the nerdcore band, Southside. J-knee, the primary song-writer and a veteran musician herself, most recently known as Nancy Frieko, focuses most of her time on The Januariez.

These hardworking players began practicing once a week behind a muffler shop, then scheduled two days a week, and two days a week grew into hanging out, going to shows, and sharing ideas. Gorilla J., J-knee, and Reno's efforts melded their styles to create an alchemy of rock, punk, metal, blues, and funk. In August The Januariez played their first three gigs - in three hours, at three different venues, benefiting Music Aid Northwest. A weekend tour with Furniture Girls finshed out the month.

Described by Innocent Words Magazine as "T.Rex with a little Thin Lizzy and Veruca Salt fronted by Ani DiFranco," The Januariez have a little something for everyone. The band is recording their first full length album with Critical Sun Recordings in October 2011. The album Authentic, set for release March 2012, will be followed with a trip to SXSW and a Mid-South tour.