Guitar - Tom 'Hensh' Henshall
Drums/Backing Vocals - Oscar Schumacher
Bass/Backing Vocals - Alex 'Donny' Donora
On the drums and scarily tight drainpipes, Oscar is a hippie who plays the drums. Fortunately for CB he can play the drums damn well, from quick-wristed cymbal cascades to steam-hammer rock beats, always with the feel of the song and always very iimpressive..... and BLOODY loud! John Bonham meets Neil Peart with the power of a pneumatic drill, to put it mildly.
Tom's guitar playing gives the band a real sense groove with that tight 'sloppy' sound that Keith Richards and Izzy Stradlin were masters at.
The skeletal one who sings and plays guitar like a man posessed is Ian. He built his guitar out of spare parts as a subconscious escape from anorexia, has a strange love of cheap glamour and posing with mic stands. Equal parts tortured soul and consummate showman, Ian takes his cues from both Jagger and Richards - Tyler and Perry - DRL and EVH, tearing effortless lead breaks from his hot rodded strat one minute, strutting about the stage with just the microphone the next.
Donny's got a great sense of funk, and his powerful fingerstyle locks in with Oscar to form a truly supersonic rhythm section. Unfortunately he's not into playing lots of gigs in London, so we are looking for someone else at the moment.....
Influences
Chelsea Burns are influenced to some extent by music ranging from the classic rock of Led Zeppelin to the primal sound of the New York Dolls, the searing blues of Muddy Waters to the visceral Hanoi Rocks, and of course Van Halen. All things Rock are given their due reverence, but the band take these classic sounds to the next level, creating a sound that is all their own. Taking vocal cues from Mick Jagger, Michael Monroe, and Steven Tyler (in his dreams), Ian practically gets high just from getting up onstage, with a powerful, manic stage presence (while occasionally overdoing the prancing around and preening). Ian's guitar segues effortlessly between fiery virtuosity to jaw-dropping rock power and back again to laid back blues licks often within a single song, while never losing sight of a classic melody. Underneath this onslaught, Oscar's infectious drumming ranges from ear-bleeding rampages across the entire kit to cymbal cascades and sledge-hammer rock beats. Alex 'Donny' Donora updates the classic rock bass sound with a powerful attack and driving bass lines mixed with the dextrous fills he has made his own, giving the band a unique and powerful sound, dangerous rock songs with explosive impact. Unlike so many rock bands however, CB have a great feeling for contrast and dynamics, taking the listener on a roller-coaster ride from hell through the course of each song, from almost painfully intense, reflective blues through to sing-along anthems within the same set or even the same song! Watch this space.
Sounds Like
A perfect marriage of the visceral and intellectual with a shot of showmanship. The power of rock n roll with intelligent lyrics railing against the crassness of materialism, consumerism, and hypocrisy, and a stage show you'll remember for a long time
For anyone interested, band favourites include Led Zep, The Rolling Stones, Guns 'N' Roses, Juliette And The Licks, The New Master Sounds, Deep Purple, Van Halen, The Libertines, Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jonny Winter, The Small Faces, The Faces, Muse, The New York Dolls, Thin Lizzy, Aerosmith, The MC5, Iggy and the Stooges, The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Ramones, The Black Crowes, Queen, Cream, Porcupine Tree, The Mars Volta, The Ark, Fleetwood Mac, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Free, AC/DC, The Who, Thin Lizzy, Buddy Guy, T. Rex, early 70s David Bowie, Montrose, The Indigo Girls, Amy Winehouse, Jeff Beck, Pink Floyd, Rush, King Crimson, Alice Cooper, Blondie, The Bluesbreakers, er, Regina Spektor, Keren Ann, Frederic Chopin (obviously), Nicolo Paganini (ditto) and many more.
About Chelsea Burns? Well, we’re a quartet made up of former members of Eclipse (don’t worry f you haven’t heard of them) and Hensh. Despite some good gigs together, playing to 1500 people at a slightly strange event in The King’s Road (yes, in Chelsea!) Eventually we quit, mainly coz we were fed up with having a prima donna singer who couldn’t actually sing to save his life. (If this is you, we’re only joking). The other guitarist liked dance music, pop-punk and the old singer, none of which really kept him with us. Fair enough he liked decent music as well, that was something of a joke as well, but it’s true.
So, Chelsea Burns were formed. The story continues...... we worked on our songs a bit, then a promotions agency got in touch with us, giving us the opportunity to play lots of gigs in London. Unfortunately Donny decided that this wasn’t the route for him, so before we can book any more gigs up we’re going to need to find someone else to play bass. His last gig with us will be at The Dry Bar in Smithfield.
So then there were three, united by the three tenets of Peace, Love an’ Rock & Roll, dedicated to spreading the New Bohemia (ok it’s not a bona fide movement yet, but it bloody well will be) and making sweet music!
Hello again, Just writing to inform you there's a new track up, it's called 'Spring Break' and is all about war, not the sex filled holiday season so many teenage Americans look forward to each year. It's a more punky number than our last, come by and have a listen some time... Over and out Stiv
Happy new year to you, keen fan of The Pornographic Daguerreotypes...and what better way to kick off 2008 than with a new song! Head on over to our page to hear the new track 'The Call Of The House Of Escher' and as a bonus our classic track 'Mad Dogs Are Englishmen' is now back up for your listening pleasure. Have fun! Stiv
Hello, cheers for accepting the add, have a listen to the tunes sometime, there's a new one on the way very soon, but don't worry I'll keep you informed!!! Glad to see you finally got a singer Stiv
Hey Guys how's it going? Our debut album is finally out! Would be great if you could support us by buying our album directly from our No Machine Shop (Paypal) on the link below:
Hey Guys how's it going? We're really glad you like our stuff! Checked out your songs and was blown away with amazing drumming and guitar work! Love it! Hope you can make it to one of our gigs! No Machine
If you're anywhere near Edinburgh on Thursday 31st, you should come and see Mystery Juice play at Octopus Diamond with Preston Pfanz and the Seaton SaHellCatnds. It'll be pure marvellous
Hey HellCat
Two new Song Samples from our forthcoming CD “RETROSPECTIVE” are online. Please feel free to comment…. Have a nice weekend!
SILENT MEMORIAL progressive rock/metal from Switzerland
sorry for this unpersonal comment, because of the huge traffic on our site is it not possible to check out all the new friends. We'll try to change this as soon as possible ;-)
there will be more music at our site as soon the mix (Roastinghouse Malmö Sweden) will be done!
We'll keep you up to date!
SILENT MEMORIAL progressive rock/metal from switzerland
you geezers still not found a singer??? the popularity of high energy glam punk metal obviously isn't as high as it should be in tunbridge wells at the moment...still i look forward to the day you get out and start playing, the glammy word needs spreading
