Cody Jinks

Cody Jinks
Origin Haltom City, Texas
Genres Thrash metal, Country
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter
Labels Cody Jinks Music
Associated acts
  • Unchecked Aggression
  • The Tone Deaf Hippies

Cody Jinks is an American country music singer from Denton, Texas.[1] His 2016 album, I'm Not the Devil, reached No. 4 on the Billboard's Country Albums chart.

Early life

Cody Jinks is a native of Haltom City, Texas,[2] and attended Haltom High School. He started learning to play a few country music riffs on the guitar from his father when he was 16, but soon formed a heavy metal band.[3]

Music career

Jinks started out as the lead singer of a thrash metal band from Fort Worth named Unchecked Aggression that was active from 1997 to 2003. He also played the lead guitar; the other band members were Chris Lewis on bass, Anthony Walker on drums, and Ben Heffley on guitar.[4] An album, The Massacre Begins was released in 2002.[5][6] The band however broke up after a trip to Los Angeles, and Jinks took a year off from music. Around 2005, he started playing country music, the music he grew up with.[1][7][8]

Jinks is backed by The Tone Deaf Hippies.[9] He released an album titled 30 in 2012.[10] An EP, Blacksheep, was released in 2013.[11]

2015: Adobe Sessions

The album was recorded at the Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texas, and the album title was named after a small adobe room they recorded the album in.[3] It was released in January 2015 and charted in Billboard's regional Heatseekers charts – No.2 on Heatseekers South Central and No. 8 on Heatseekers Mountain.[12][13]

2016: I'm Not the Devil

I'm Not the Devil was released on August 12, 2016.[14] The album was recorded at the Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texas.[15] It includes a cover of Merle Haggard's "The Way I Am".[16] The title track was written with his friend Ward Davis when the album was already almost finished and the title decided. The song was quickly written and recorded, and the album was then retitled with the song they wrote.[14] The album debuted at No. 4 on the Top Country Albums chart, selling 11,300 copies in the first week.[17]

Discography

Albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
US
[18]		 US Country
[19]		 US Indie
[20]
COLLECTOR'S ITEM
  • Release date:
  • Label: Cody Jinks
— — —
CAST NO STONES
  • Release date: June 28, 2010
  • Label: Cody Jinks
— — —
Less Wise
  • Release date: June 28, 2010
  • Label: Cody Jinks
— — —
30
  • Release date: April 11, 2012
  • Label: Cody Jinks
— — —
BLACKSHEEP (EP)
  • Release date: June 28, 2010
  • Label: Cody Jinks
— — —
Adobe Sessions
  • Release date: January 12, 2015
  • Label: Cody Jinks Music
 — — —
I'm Not the Devil
  • Release date: August 12, 2016
  • Label: Cody Jinks Music
 39 4 3
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References

  1. 1 2 Schulze, Troy (September 8, 2016). "Live In Studio: Cody Jinks". Houston Public Media.
  2. ↑ Steward, Steve (January 25, 2012). "Cody Jinks Hits 30". Fort Worth Weekly.
  3. 1 2 May 28 2015, Eric. "Cody Jinks touring in suport of "Adobe Sessions" album". Lubbock Online.
  4. ↑ "Unchecked Aggression". Spirit of Metal.
  5. ↑ "Unchecked Aggression". The Metal Archive.
  6. ↑ "10 New Country Artists You Need to Know: September 2016". Rolling Stone.
  7. ↑ "Give A Listen: Cody Jinks". The Daily Country. April 9, 2015.
  8. ↑ Alpert, Matt (28 January 2016). "The New Texas: Cody Jinks". Wide Open Country.
  9. ↑ "Bearded Brothers: Honkytonk Proud, the Beard of Cody Jinks". Roughneck Beard Company.
  10. ↑ "Cody Jinks & Tone Deaf Hippies:Thirsty Armadillo". Outlaw Magzine. February 5, 2013.
  11. ↑ "Blacksheep". iTunes.
  12. ↑ "Heatseekers - South Central". Billboard. January 24, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Heatseekers - Mountain". Billboard. May 14, 2016.
  14. 1 2 Hudak, Joseph (June 21, 2016). "Hear Cody Jinks Declare 'I'm Not the Devil' in Dark New Ballad". Rolling Stone.
  15. ↑ Hudak, Joseph (August 23, 2016). "See Cody Jinks' Brooding Live Performance of 'I'm Not the Devil'". Rolling Stone.
  16. ↑ Leight, Elias (July 28, 2016). "Cody Jinks' Covers Merle Haggard's 'The Way I Am': Listen". Billbord.
  17. ↑ Bjorke, Matt (August 21, 2016). "Country Albums Sales Chart: August 22, 2016". Roughstock.
  18. ↑ "Billboard 200: Week of September 3, 2016". Billboard.
  19. ↑ "Top Country Albums: Week of September 3, 2016". Billboard.
  20. ↑ "Independent Albums: Week of September 3, 2016". Billboard.
  21. ↑ Bjorke, Matt (October 30, 2016). "Top 10 Country Albums Sales Chart: October 31, 2016". Roughstock.
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