Dan O'Farrell:
Vocals, Guitar Richard Baz Barrett:
Keyboards, Vocals Rufus Grig:
Cello, Guitar, Vocals Alex Bridgey Bridge:
Drums, Percussion
Influences
Dan:
Buddy Holly, Gene Vincent, Jonathan Richman, The Smiths, JP Donleavy, early REM, The Go-Betweens, Robert Wyatt, David Mitchell,De La Soul, Lou Reed, Galaxie 500, The Marx Brothers, Frank Capra, Pavement, 60s R&B, The Libertines, Dead!Dead!Dead! (The truth is out there)
Baz:
The Mars Volta
Goldfrapp
Fiery Furnaces
60s psych, Stooges, MC5, Vanilla Fudge, Nazz, Touch
80s indie and thereabouts, Go-Betweens, R.E.M., Smiths
Worrying recent tendency towards 70s FM radio smashes, mate
Assorted Guilty Pleasures in Dodgy Prog Rock for which he is pilloried by the band (P45's in the post!)
Rufus:
Largely stuff of the classical hue (Bach, Beethoven, Bartok and
Schostakovich all rock...) but also fey English indie pop music (Smiths,
James, Damon Albarn, Billy Bragg, Gomez), some American stuff (R.E.M.,
Pavement, Eels, Strokes) and, of course, the mighty Petula Clark. (Is that a metronome in your pocket or...?)
Bridgey:
Bill Bailey
Prefab Sprout
The Futureheads
Ernest Shackleton
hhmaj What?
hhhwazz Pardon!?
hhhjez Speak up for fecks sake!
I said... some... Jazz! (Get yer coat...)
A popular beat combo who sprang to obscurity in Southampton in the late 1980's, ACCRINGTON STANLEY have earned and kept a peculiar corner in the hearts of the downtrodden masses for their pioneering songs, a poignant inability to be fashionable, and a shameless embrace of that rare musical quality frowned upon by the mainstream Music Industry, known as 'disorder'.
Formed by Dan O'Farrell and Richard Barrett in 1986 while still at school, ACCRINGTON STANLEY became a staple of the Southampton music scene. They then became the TippEx of the UK University Circuit. Further aspirations to office stationary status were realised in 1992 when the band toured Japan, playing the 650,000,000 capacity Yoyogi National Car Park.
80s Hip-Hop/50s Rock n Roll
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Just stopping by to say hello and give you some news. The new album 'Coolgilly and the Freakshow' from Centascope is now available worldwide from CD Baby and directly from the merchandise page of the official website. You can also get the album from Apple iTunes, MSN Music, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon and many more.
Hey, just to let you know we have uploaded tracks from Ali's new solo album Flying High to his myspace, come by and let us know what you think or if you want to pre order you can get it on his myspace page.
Ali will be on tour in the UK from June 19th – July 4th come and see him and his new band live – they are tearing it up, round the country with a great party vibe!
Big Love Ali's Team x
The new album 'Coolgilly and the Freakshow' from Centascope is now available worldwide from CD Baby and directly from the merchandise page of the official website.
You can also get the album from Apple iTunes, MSN Music, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon and many more.
On the 6th of March the 2-Disc Jurassic Mark compilation CD is being released. This CD contains over 40 bands from the City who have offered their best tracks to promote Southampton music. The tracklistings are released next week!
At the launch night, Jurassic Mark is trying to get a massive publicity photo of as many Southampton bands together as possible. We are being covered by all the local media as over 400 people are involved with the project, and we are inviting all bands and acts to meet at the Talking heads at 6pm on the 6th of March for the photo shoot. Please arrive promptly as we can't wait around or it'll get too dark!!
Please feel free to make banners, posters or wear what you like for the photos and stick around for some food and a few drinks.
At 8pm the launch night is kicking off with performances from Dlugokecki, The Vision, The Queue, Todays Eden & Strange without Medicine. There are DJ's until 2am and 200 of the compilation CDs are going to be given out FREE!!
So come on down, let's have a massive party and be proud of ourselves!! Music is awesome, and so are rusks!
Hey, is Dan there? Can you come and play, well, listen to us on 17th Aug at Wedgewood rooms? Hello, it's Matt by the way... You guys are too productive for family types - we can't even manage a weekly rehearsal!
Good evening! I'll be starting a tour in the UK next week, and wanted to let you know.
You may have heard my guitar playing and not even realized it was me. I played with Buddy Holly, and when you listen to "It's So Easy" or "Heartbeat"...well, that is me.
We will play some of the Buddy Holly songs that i played on so many years ago, and a few more! I might even sing a couple.
I hope you can make one of the dates?
Best,
Tommy Allsup
