Ben Glover- vocals/guitar, Andy Dimirsky- guitar,
???- bass, King Louie Bankston- drums
Influences
the Beatles, Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd, the Pretty Things, the Kinks, the Who, the Byrds, Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys, Amon Duul II, the Creation, the Action, Can, Os Mutantes, Brian Eno, Velvet Underground, Roxy Music, Family, Robert Wyatt, Daevid Allen, Kevin Ayers, the Soft Machine, King Crimson, Van Dyke Parks, David Bowie, the Rolling Stones, the Zombies, Hawkwind, Roky Erickson, 13th Floor Elevators, Faust, neu!, Marc Bolan, T Rex
Sounds Like
Dr. John the Nite Tripper, the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd, the Pretty Things, the Kinks, Roxy Music, the Byrds, Guided By Voices, Os Mutantes
Spearheaded by singer/songwriter/guitarist Ben Glover, the group play neo-psychedelic
music extremely influenced by Syd Barrett and early Pink Floyd, delivering odes
to dissociation, time machines, looking glasses, the fifth dimension, and the
like on both space rockers and more fey orchestrated pop-psychedelia. Their
debut CD, Transparent Make-Believe, came out in 2003. -Richie Unterberger, All
Music Guide
for booking and other inquiries, e-mail bipolaroid [AT] hotmail DOT com
MONGREL ZINE #7 IS OUT NOW
The new Halloween issue of Mongrel Zine is full of spooky delights!
Haunted George schools us on Halloween sound effects and his
Garagepunk podcast Haunted Shack Theatre, King Louie charms us with
tales of stealin’ Lil Wayne’s wardrobe girl and drinking with Fats
Domino, Vancouver’s newest garage band Indian Wars find the best
skateparks, Inservibles tell us about Mexico City’s best tacos from
what is a shitty mechanics workshop during the day and taco stand by
night, a rare interview with the late Billy Van from The Hilarious
House of Frightenstein, vintage Halloween collector Mark Ledenbach,
plus Box Elders, The TVees, Hard Feelings, HYPSTRZ, The Orpheans,
Corpusse, Telekrimen, and tonnes more…
This issue includes Mongrel Zine Vol. 4 CD Comp with 28 tracks
including Bloodshot Bill’s “In the Graveyard…!” written especially for
this Halloween issue of Mongrel Zine!
So cool to hear from you mango! It'll be too much fun to have you around I am sure.....NYC has been the blast and blessing so far!!! Let's hook up soon as you get to town! Send my love to anybody who deserves it......oops, guess that's everyone, Peacebaby! ;) ~K
Come check us out if you get a chance. We've got a new singer who is like a cross between early Grace Slick and Siouxsie. Give a listen to "Jasmine" and "Whiteknuckle" for a preview and let us know what you think.
Interviews with Demon’s
Claws, Red Mass, The Black Lips, Dead Ghosts, artist TrUdE, The Sunday
Sinners, Bloodshot Bill, Manic Attracts, Nardwuar the Human Serviette,
Gerard Van Herk (Deja Voodoo), Teenage Hookers, Petroleum By-Product,
Simply Saucer plus other lubricants like a tribute to the late Sky
Saxon, Mike Sniper (Blank Dogs), reviews, and a 25-track CD Comp of
the best new garage, punk, and rocknroll!
Join us in one month's time at The Brooklyn Soul Festival, two nights of the legends of soul music, August 28 and 29, featuring Otis Clay, Barbara Lynn, Maxine Brown, Roscoe Robinson, and Hermon Hitson - backed by Eli "Paperboy" Reed and the True Loves (Aug. 28) and The Sweet Divines (Aug. 29).
$15 advance will call tickets still available via our myspace page, as are special $25 two-day passes - save money by reserving early...tickets will be $20 at the door if we have not sold out. Look forward to seeing you there!
Be sure to come early on Saturday, August 29, for our record and vintage clothing fair 11am-5pm - no cover for this part! Top soul DJs from around the world will be spinning the finest 45s for the dancefloor both nights!
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