Marc Cenac - Rhythm Guitar, Keys, & Harmony Vocals
Ben Catchings - Lead Vocals, Piano, Rhythm Guitar
Influences
Led Zeppelin, Blind Melon, Pink Floyd, Jimmy Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Beatles, Cream, The Meters, The Who, Allman Brothers, Bob Marley, Neil Young, Rage Against the Machine, Black Sabbath, Rolling Stones, Red Hot Chili Peppers (One Hot Minute), Muddy Waters, Radiohead, Buena Vista Social Club, James Brown, Santana, Sam Cooke, Barry White, Magic Sam, Johnny Winter, B.B King, Albert King, Freddie King, Otis Rush, R.L. Burnside, Funkadelic, Van Morrison, Humble Pie, Boston, Janis Joplin, Grand Funk Railroad, SRV, John Mayall, Luther Allison, Roy Buchanan, John Lee Hooker, Ray Charles, Tito Puente, Ten Years After, Deep Purple, Mountain, James Gang, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Sam & Dave, Tower of Power, Mars Volta, Derek Trucks Band, Blue Oyster Cult, Aretha Franklin, Cat Stevens, Frank Zappa, ZZ Top, Kinks, Frank Sinatra, Sade, Outkast, Public Enemy, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Elmore James, Lightin' Hopkins, Miles Davis, Dave Brubek Quartet, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Herbie Hancock, Elvin Jones, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, J. S, Bach, Michael Jackson (when he was black), Michael Jackson (when he was white)
Barisal Guns is a rock band born in Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. They take their namesake from a natural phenomenon whereby unexplained thundering noises are heard in the river delta over a small town in Bangladesh. Closer in style to the 1970's rock movement than to today's modern rock scene, Barisal Guns offers its fans a loud, guitar driven sound "with hints of Zeppelin and Blind Melon," says Keeley Kristin of Warning magazine.
After being scattered to different parts of the country, lead guitarist Ken Faucheux and drummer Ashley Sutton stayed in contact by telephone with the hopes of one day playing music together again. They reconvened in Baton Rouge, Louisiana to play music with brothers Ben (vocals/guitar) and Liam Catchings (bass/keyboards). A few months later, Marc Cenac (rhythm guitar) joined the band, and the lineup was complete.
Soon after, Barisal Guns began gigging around southern Louisiana and Mississippi, including premier venues in New Orleans such as the Howlin’ Wolf, Tipitinas, and House of Blues’ Parish Room. During fall 2007, the Guns recorded and mixed their first album in two separate Grammy-winning recording studios in Louisiana. The album, titled "No. 1" was released this summer.
Peering through the eyes of Baton Rouge’s Barisal Guns, you would see a landscape dotted with houses of the holy and ensconced in smoke on the water. The band makes no effort to hide its classic rock leanings on No. 1. The title track rides high on a galloping rhythm before succumbing to an air guitar-worthy solo. The album is evenly mixed with what you might expect: smoldering blues numbers (“Stagelight”), arena-ready anthems (“Come In”) and heavy riff meteors complete with an over-the-top drum solo (“Son of Kong”). There are, however, a couple of songs that pull them back from being Spinal Tap. “In My Mind” is a sweet yet dense love song that sounds like an improbably successful mix of Big Star and Yes. Companion pieces “Where’d I Go Wrong” and the Beatles-esque “Where’d We Go Wrong” would make for a rather brilliant single. Alex V. Cook - 225 Magazine, 225BatonRouge.com
Hey - sorry I missed the gig at the Maple Leaf; been working long hours and I just crashed late Friday afternoon. Thanks for the 'phone call Ashley - next time for sure! (I hope!)
You are awesome!!! Thanks for being a friend!!! Wrapped Up In Me is #42 on the New Music Weekly Country Main Chart!!!! I am also #21 on the top 30 Indie Chart this week!!! It is on radio stations across the nation, you can request it now!!!!! Love ~Susan www.susanhickman.com
Wrapped Up In Me is now #42 on the New Music Weekly Country Main Chart and #21 on the Indie top 30 Chart!!! On radio stations across the nation, you can request it NOW!!!!! Love ~Susan www.susanhickman.com
COLOR SPACE are the Israeli duo Gadi Aviv aka TETRIUM & Rami Meshayev .
SPACE RAINBOW is the debut EP by COLOR SPACE.
The EP is a High Definition trip in to the world of modern Psychedelic Trance.
It has a full scale of innovating sounds, fat bass lines, groovy beats, exciting melodies, supreme production, cutting edge breaks, fantastic buildups and fresh ideas.
With no compromises COLOR SPACE takes us to the Dynamic side of the moon, where we Dance or Die, not for the weak heart.
Wrapped Up In Me is on radio stations across the Nation as of this week. Request it NOW! If you sign up on my mailing list this week you will be entered in the drawing for a copy of my new self-titled CD Susan Hickman. you also get a free download just for singing up. Just fill in the mailing list form on my MySpace page!!! Hope you have a great week!!! Love, ~Susan www.susanhickman.com
Thanks for the add, give us a listen and feel free to let us know what you think. We will hitting the studio in a few months and putting out some T-shirts. So stay posted for new stuff from PROSTHETIC!
Hi! We are just fighting with twitter...jesus this website has some server problems whole the time;) Do you have twitter? What do you think about the idea behind it? Hope your day rocked your socks off, Keep on good work and think about us - it's spring and everybody needs love;)