| Member Since | 10/8/2006 | | Band Members | Adrian Taylor - songs, guitar, vocals.
Simon Metheringham - live accompaniment (when announced), production values and a good kick in the right direction when necessary. | | Influences | Whatever makes my spine tingle. This includes way more stuff than I can put on here. In terms of direct influences for my current music I'd have to cite Ryan Adams, The Byrds, Joni Mitchell, The Band, CSN, David Bowie, Neil Young, The Grateful Dead, Gram Parsons, The Stones (particularly my lifetime favourite album Exile on Main Street) and of course the king of all songwriters the great Robert Z.
In terms of general love and respect I'd also include: The Beatles, The Who, PJ Harvey, Nirvana, The Flatmates, MC5, The Stooges, New Order, Joy Division, The Cure, The Screaming Trees, The (Small) Faces, The Kinks, Thirteenth Floor Elevators, The Pixies, Sonic Youth, James Brown, Jethro Tull, Taj Mahal, Joni Mitchell, Mudhoney, The Fall, The Killers, Love, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Jefferson Airplane, The Flaming Lips, Muddy Waters, Paul Simon, Robert Johnson, Cream, Jeff Buckley, The Bonzo Dog Band, The Charlatans, The Super Furry Animals, Talking Heads, Tom Waits, The Ramones, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Blondie, The New York Dolls, The Strokes, The Family Cat, Arcade Fire, Cold War Kids, The White Stripes, The Jam, The Smiths, Howlin' Wolf, Electronic, Depeche Mode, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, The Stone Roses, James, Patti Smith, REM, Jane's Addiction, Wolfmother, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Primal Scream, Hole, Faith No More, Donovan, Happy Mondays, Ride, The Stairs, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Manic Street Preachers, Inspiral Carpets, System of a Down, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, XTC, Suede, Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa, Radiohead, Blur, Graham Coxon and loads of others whose names will occur to me on the train tomorrow. I'm also really impressed by a lot of the guys making their names at the moment on MySpace - check out some of my 'Top Friends' to see what I mean... | | Sounds Like | "...like Simon and Garfunkel at their most sincere" - Ear for Imagery.
"F***ing honest and touching" - Tom, Croydon | | Record Label | unsigned | | Type of Label | Unsigned |
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