Chris sings and plays instruments. Current live group The Hoodrats features Ben Murray (drums), Johny Lamb (bass) and Jenny Macro (guitars).
Influences
Anthony Gormley, June Tabor, Sideshow Mel, Hayao Miyazaki, Rifa Bhunnoo, Bruce Chatwin, Richard Brautigan, Charles Darwin, Haruki Murakami, Burns & Simon, Ralph Ellison, Banksy, Keith Jarrett, the circle line, Mayer Hillman, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Mycroft Holmes, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, William Melvin Hicks, cetirizine dihydrochloride, C.J. Cregg, 'Christmas At The Zoo' by Flaming Lips, Evan Wright, Prokofiev's 'Peter And The Wolf', 'Deschooling Society' by Ivan Illich, Robert Fisk, Magoo, Christina Rossetti, Ira Kaplan, Gustav Mahler, Winnie The Pooh, Dr Gregory House, Arthur C. Clarke, Ursula K. Le Guin, 'London Orbital' by Iain Sinclair, Diego & Frida, Monmouth Coffee (thankyou Sarge), Stephen Fry, Elizabeth Fry, Will Self, Will Geer, Daisy Eel (from 'Secret Water'), 'Silent Running', Regis Debray, People's Songs Bulletin 1946-1949, The Isle Of Man & The Calf Of Man, 'Leon', Terre A Terre.
"As grandiose as The Killers, the suave 'This Gun' and punky 'King Of England' spit hummable fire, while closer '4am' elegantly distils everything that already passed."
JOHN AIZLEWOOD, Q MAGAZINE (****)
"Richly layered both musically and lyrically, songs spin between vitriolic anger, witty self-deprecation and arch political condemnation. Like Kerouac and Wylie, T-T understands what is subversive about love. We should cherish such poets."
ALISTAIR FITCHETT, PLAN B MAGAZINE
"Extraordinary. A terrifying and thrilling experience... as a theme, violence is less an undercurrent and more a seething torrent. Capital's London pulsates with unease."
JAMES WALSH, MORNING STAR
"Another winner. One of the finest and most consistent songwriters this country has seen this century."
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English songwriter. So far: 4 full-length albums, 2 mini-lps, a pile of 7" singles/eps and a live cd. Latest is 9 Red Songs folkprotest mini-lp (2005) and This Gun Is Not A Gun EP (2007). Fifth album Capital is finished and scheduled for release in Feb 2008, by Xtra Mile Recordings.
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Hey Chris... Hope all is well mate... Just thought I'd give ya a quick heads up... Below is a free download link for myself and Dave Hughes 12-track split LP of acoustic punk rock and alt.punk... Please take a listen and let me know what you think!
ROSCOE VACANT / DAVE HUGHES SPLIT ALBUM FREE 12-track DOWNLOAD ALBUM... click HERE to download now!
Great to see you again last night. I really enjoyed the evening, and thanks for the chat and the glow stick. It's rapidly turning into just a 'stick' but it was fun whilst it lasted. See you next at Lexapalooza.
Will be playing one of your songs from the Live Tonight album on my radio show tonight between 9 and 10.30pm. Not sure which one yet though! Tis livewire1350.com (though you may want to zone out whilst the rest of the show is on if you do manage to listen as we tend to talk an awful lot of crap...)
It was a pleasure to meet you and Rifa on Friday and I loved your set...although I did have tears in my eyes with the hedgehog song...so it was a little upsetting. But that's good. Looking forward to seeing you again soon hopefully. Rifa said next time we're in Brighton we can pop round for a cuppa. We fully intend on taking this offer up! Rosie XX
Aye. He's very good, saw him for the first time last night when he was playing with Al Baker in Glasgow. Very impressed and really looking forward to it tonight.
haha, I certainly hope we didn't really decapitate you, but figuratively speaking, I guess that's a big deal! hope to see you back in Austin sooner than later. where them pics at?!
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