Keith Krey: drums, Dave Allen: bass/backing vox, Jan Pauck: guitar, Rich Seymour guitar/vox
Influences
Extended hospital stays, food, LA county, science and technology, my parents, chautauqua county ny, brooklyn, manhattan, the outdoors, WWII, vietnam, the global war on terror (WWIV)
oh but musically... I try not to copy Lee Ranaldo, Sterling Morrison, Mia Doi Todd, Ian MacKaye, Thurston Moore, Lou Barlow, Steve Malkmus, J Mascis, Tobin Sprout, Robert Quine, Bob Pollard, Elastica (1st band crush), New Order, A Certain Ratio, All of the Jamestown NY Bands that I learned from (summed up in the audience), Mom, Dad, Peter Gabriel, The The (J. Marr era, but really any of it), Clinic, Gang of Four, the Pixies, Ikue Mori, o.blaat, lloop, dj olive, djrupture, Bill Laswell, Mike Patton, Badawi, Jason Forrest, Jim O'Rourke, Dosh, Sleater-Kinney, Buddy Holly, Talking Heads, what's played on WFMU umm... yeah... this is really just name dropping, so I'll stop. :-)
MTV 1984-1997, in store radio, lapd helicopters, kids who had good CDs, tapes and vinyl to listen to.
Sounds Like
we've been told: sebadoh, dinosaur jr., the police, calexico
we think: FSOL, KMFDM, the KLF
but seriously, we just wanna sound like we care. 'cause we care a lot.
Seriously though, we sound like bass, drums, guitar, and spastic singing.
Clark 8 is about 1 song away from finishing their second (full band) full length: Snooze!
Too busy <3ing to be hating.
Check out the latest clark 8 cd "School of Expression" here:
Clark 8 "School Of Expression" CD - $5 postage paid
Check out this review: I.E. provides a bedroom no wave with hammering drum machines and halted lyrics, clashing nicely with the indie doo-wop of Clark 8’s Merge-styled “Get Back To It” --- full review: Animal Psi
New LP (or EP) depending coming before you know it. FULL BAND, no exceptions. :-D
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I would've loved to catch a Bobby Conn show, never seem him play. I'm hoping they do bring EO back, even if it's just for a weekend. I'm sure it's pretty risky for Disney even with all of the current support. But I'm keeping my fingers crossed it happens :)
You're too kind! That's really nice of you to say so. I'm totally down with everything going on with this page. Album art, your words, the music, etc. Keep it up! Love, Thee Dandy Lionzzz