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Chris Shepard & The Astronaut Love Triangle
MySpace URL:
http://www.myspace.com/chrisshepard
Chris Shepard & The Astronaut Love Triangle: General Info
Member Since
8/6/2005
Band Members
Chris Shepard - vocals, guitar
Brian Holt - bass, vocals
Mike "Mudbutt" Nelson - drums
Influences
My Mom, King's X, GWAR, Mr. Bungle, AC/DC, Poundhound, Dave Brockie eXperience, Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, dUg Pinnick, Cream, Jane's Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Galactic Cowboys, Faith No More, Fiona Apple, Soundgarden, Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave, Alice In Chains, Aerosmith, Beck, Nirvana, Corrosion Of Conformity, Blue Oyster Cult, Social Distortion, System Of A Down, Cake, the Brain Surgeons, Moke, Les Claypool & All Related Projects, Jesus Christ Superstar, Johnny Cash, Alice Cooper, John Frusciante, Monster Magnet, Queens Of The Stone Age, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Rasputina, Foreigner, Your Mom ...
Sounds Like
King's X, GWAR, AC/DC, Alice In Chains, Cream, Blue Oyster Cult, Jimi Hendrix, Beck, Soundgarden, Primus, dUg Pinnick, Sierra Dog Romeo, the Brain Surgeons, Pudis, Red Hot Chilli Peppers (pre mellow era), Poundhound, Ween, Frank Zappa, Spacehog, Stone Temple Pilots, Queens Of The Stone Age, Chris Cornell, Alice Cooper, Beatles, Tenacious D, Lenny Kravitz...
Separate and together, they have shared playbills with
Blue Oyster Cult, Edwin McCain, The Dave Brockie eXperience (GWAR), Aztec Trip,
The Brain Surgeons, Theory of a Deadman, Southern Culture on the Skids,
Lazy American Workers, He Is Legend and many others.
“Very cool 'n' loopy, heavy and NYC-ish"
Martin Popoff – Author, Sr. Editor of Brave Worlds & Bloody Knuckles,
Contributor to Guitar World & Goldmine
Combining tight syncopated phrases and hooky riffs that stick to your brain like hot tar with freight train energy and sudden tempo shifts
The guitar is like a second voice for Chris and he speaks through it effortlessly, as if he could tell you the entire story without a word.
Ezra Waller, cincymusic.com
Shepard is a stark-raving lunatic. John Persinger, The Roanoke Times.
Chris Shepard's guitar rock sounds like quintessential American music.
Shepard is definitely a great guitarist, and that is the most important thing to know about Sin & Tonic it has great guitar, the kind of balls-out power chords so many males (and females) are craving.
Andrea Caumont, leftoffthedial.com
This one is different kids! As a solo artist, Chris Shepard gets more mileage out of his ax than a lumberjack in a feeding frenzy. His voice is edgy, his guitar raw and his music is not for the faint of heart. Take my word for it or go to the Chris Shepard Rock Site
Joe Quam, roanoke.com
Sierra Dog Romeo - Crosseyed Loaded
If nothing else, singer/songwriter Chris Shepard has a way with titles. On this disc we've got "I Just Flat Out Can't Stop Smoking Crack," "Hell Is Boring," "Bubba McBubba" and "Donkey Bomb." But do they deliver?
Well, for the most part, yes. This set of rock songs is strong enough not only for a live set, but for an album as well. That, my friends, is an accomplishment.
Sierra Dog Romeo plays like Southern Culture on the Skids but without the quirky frills. Shepard's lyrics have a way of sticking in your head. "Smoking Crack" stuck in mine for days, in fact. The music works to deliver the lyrics and melodies, but doesn't impress much beyond that. It doesn't matter - here, the songs are strong enough to stand on the strngth of the vocals.
Mason Adams, The Roanoke Times
Sierra Dog Romeo • Crosseyed Loaded • self-released • Chris Shepard is the mind behind this rocking and sarcastic band that delivers songs about hippies, skinning dogs, smoking crack and working a 9-5. The guitar riffs are an ode to the roots of rock-n-roll with a driving bass line to go along. The overall sound is a clash of glam and grunge at their worst of peaks. Comparable in nature to the context of Ween, Zappa, Beck and Primus, expect to be entertained by a solid album of some comical songs and sounds. Check out "I Just Flat Out Can't Stop Smoking Crack" and "Down From The Sky" for a taste. Impact Press
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Chris Shepard & The Astronaut Love Triangle's Friend Space (Top 4)
Chris Shepard & The Astronaut Love Triangle has 2679 friends.
WITH FRIENDS If there is one ingredient in which adds warmth and love to our lives ... It is friendship. If there is one relationship to help us through all the others ... It is friendship.
Friends surround us with the beauty of their caring. With friends we can share what we see, what we feel and what we love. Friends help us with our problems because they listen. And as they listen we begin to hear the language of our own hearts.
With friends we can walk along the remembered paths of our lives And completely share our experiences. With friends we can work the soil of forgotten dreams That needed to be tended and nurtured once again.
With friends we can plant the seed of our hearts new dreams. We can always return to a friend like going back to a special place ... And find the same warm feeling unchanged by time or distance.
Life gives us friends so we can share the precious times and memorable moments Of being children, and teenagers, and adults, and parents, and grandparents. Life gives us friends so we can share the growing up ... And growing down and old.
With friends we have a place to go to be accepted and understood. Together we can laugh. Together we can cry.
Our thoughts are heard, our feelings are held in the heart of a friend. With friends our lives are made more full, more rich, More open, beautiful and blessed
WEEKS ALMOST OVER!! HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!! TERESA
