and/or stuff I've been listening to a lot recently: Mastodon, Metallica, Pantera, Ministry, White Zombie, Sonic Youth, Pixies, Nirvana, Soundgarden, REM, Superchunk, Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, Afghan Whigs, Polvo, Therapy?, Yea Yea Yeas, Fugazi, Refused, Quicksand, At the Drive-In, Converge, Low, Tom Petty, Replacements/Paul Westerberg, Wilco, LCD Soundsystem, Burial, Liars, Lightning Bolt, A Place to Bury Strangers, NIN, RATM, Joy Division, "Sub-Pop 200" ('88 compilation album of then-current Sub-Pop artists), Okkervil River, Symphonic Chronicles (aka Billy Christiansen)
Guitarist and songwriter with about eight years or so playing experience, something I picked up in college. Usual style I go for is some kind of metal/punk/post-hardcore sound, with some attempted Kurt Cobain-ish (something like that) type of melodies mixed in as well. I've also done (and still try to do sometimes) some more acoustic, kind of singer-songwriter and/or more traditional rock stuff. I'm not extremely proficient at a lot of fancier chord progressions, etc. I'm more punk in that area. I do have a tendency to like to play around with time signatures some. As you can hear, I also attempt to sing and do drum programming when necessary.
Most of the songs in the player are taken from a few rough living-room recorded albums I have made in the last couple of years under the name "Damage/Damage-Control," originally a project name that I'm using as kind of a solo moniker at this point. The last song, "Mission Control," is a very basic guitar/voice demo, one of a few songs that I wrote with/for the band I tried doing a while back, and which I would still like to try to develop (along with that general sound) if I can get another band together.
Links:
The virb page. To hear, download or see more information on all of the Damage/Damage-Control albums.
Also, my RPM Challenge Profile Page.
say Andrew love that raw shit! t4ta My Friend hope 2cu Sept 7th @ 3:30 I hope my song's take you somewhere Never stop searching Never stop questioning "WE ARE ALL ONE" ...Hayden King...
Man, your message reminded me of the old glory days of Spaceballs, Swiss Cake Rolls, and Microwave pizza.
I'm glad that you're still playing guitar. I can definitely tell your skills are improving. You need to get your butt to Greensboro sometime so we can record some music and catch up.
