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the monkees sing along as bleat plays jeff barry (from 'this is john')
john - waking up, acoustic, singing, bass, eboe guitar
david m. curry - bowed coat-hanger bass
kelly dobson - outro singing
eric morin - outro bass
the camp (first 17 seconds are silent) - possibly the oldest structure on lake winnisquam at the time of its destruction, this is where 'spirograffe' (and much of 'this is john') was recorded - the song is a one-track improvisation on a home-built string synth, and was on the sound-track (with many songs from grasshopper) to the unreleased d. r. farquaharson film "billy todd's war".
a bee gees track from 1966 that i added electric guitar, piano, and drums to - the picture is about 20 seconds of video, randomly stretched out
donnie and mike - another video about the monkees...
just passing thru:
hunter
kristina carrara
tim roust
special guests:
david m. curry
jonah sacks
Influences
the jesus and mary chain,
Bill Gage, Syd Barrett,
kraftwerk, the shaggs,
Buddy Holly, the ramones
this is john, better known as a guitarist in the band BILL, and Bill Gage's brother
for new visitors, please note that i do not spam, and i do not use friend-adding software of any kind... i probably added you from your participation in BILL's page
i started bleat in 1993 in order to make any kind of music without restraint under one umbrella
after one lp of warped technopunk ("igloo") and a children's rock lp ("spirograffe"), bleat expanded to a trio with daren follower on bass and darryl leonard on drums
together we made the tumbleweeds-and-pixies "spoke", and the more straightforward "ugly kisser"
a bleat 45 was released in 1996, and a cd in 2001
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the songs on this page:
laffed (from 'spirograffe') - kelly dobson and meg mcardle sing, jill doucette plays flute, and jennie johnson plays violin - bleatbox currently also performs their own version
love can make you happy 2-22-2002 (from 'igloo singles')
daren - bass, synths
darryl - glockenspiel, vibra-tone, toy squeezebox, harmony
john - snare, tambourine, jew's harp, triangle, singing, ukulele, synth
david m. curry - slide coat-hanger bass
jonah sacks - cello
buick audra - background vocals
little toad (from the 'little toad' ep) - darryl sings this
4 songs from 'this is john' 9-song ep
(outtakes and accidents from 'spirograffe')
tangelo - this is a manipulated sub-mix of a gary glitter song on spirograffe, with jill doucette on flute
you and me - i thought i was putting down a harmony idea for a new song but i had the chords wrong, so it's something else
b tru 2 yr skoöl - i'm going for the narrator (like the antagonist) being 'some loud braggart' (and a drunkard) with that vocal, on an outtake that gets the full 'spirograffe' treatment: lead vocal and acoustic guitar laid down first (live with no click), everything else piled on top - also, kelly dobson & meg mcardle sing la-las and annie johnson plays bongos from another planet
scenester - if it isn't obvious, i am making this up as i go along, later adding accordion and david m. curry on viola
Think nothing of it... thank you for the kind words. I'm honored to be on your friends list. Your band BILL is fantastic. Wishing you the best of everything, Thom.
Hello...I didn't have time to listen this afternoon. But I stopped by just now, and I really like your material. I don't make comparisons, I just like what I hear. Cheers!
Thank you for adding me...my accent is neither fake nor English. It's Scottish. There's a difference, to be sure. But, I supose we all look and sound alike to Americans, right?
How wonderful to meet you! Thank you for taking the time to listen, I am flattered :) It certainly is a pleasure to get acquainted with the magic of your space!! Really cool sounds here!
Wishing you a fantastic day filled with light, joy and happiness :)
In Dreams .. ..
Améthyste
P.S.: I am curious to find out how you came across my profile?
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