Devon E. Levins - Guitar, Vocals;
Tim "PieBoy" Blankenship - Bass, Vocals;
Dion "Dr. Gein" Thurman - Drums;
Cochemea Gastelum - Sax;
Robert "Stretch" Walter - Keyboards, Samples;
Rob Crow - Keyboards, Samples, Vocals
Influences
Black Flag Dead Kennedys Velvet Underground Faust Magma Neu Can Minor Threat Fugazi Minutemen Massacre Frank Zappa Naked City Masada Zorn Slint Bastro Bitch Magnet Grant Green George Lewis De La Soul Tribe Called Quest Anthony Braxton Herbie Hancock Helmet John Coltrane Miles Davis Negative Approach Necros Albert Ayler Sam Rivers AACM Iron Maiden Slayer Meshuggah Sonic Youth Marion Brown Die Kreuzen Negative Approach Necros Government Issue DYS Jerry's Kids SSD Replacements David Bowie Wire Buzzcocks Klezmatics Marc Ribot Fred Frith Adolescents Amon Duul Social Distortion The Damned Misfits KISS Army Nirvana Green River Cluster Stooges Bad Brains Firehose Mr. Bungle Discharge Firehose Mongo Santamaria Rush Leo Sayer Eddie Harris Sly & the Family Stone Parliament Funkadelic Sun Ra Lee Morgan Ramones Gang of Four Pink Floyd Hank Mobley Lee Morgan No Means No Pitchfork Victim's Family Rudimentary Peni Nels Cline Astor Piazzola Eddie Palmieri Antonio Carlos Jobim Harmonia Redd Kross Slayer King Diamond Painkiller Venom Godflesh Meshuggah Cannibal Corpse Replacements Husker Du X The Meters The Pixies Devo Sebadoh Ween Buzzcocks Steel Pole Bathtub Bill Laswell Terry Bozzio Nick Drake Steve Martin Ennio Morricone Lalo Schifrin Palace Brothers Tom Waits Drive Like Jehu Three Mile Pilot Heavy Vegetable Powerdresser aMiniature Skinbus Elegant Bachelors Arto Lindsay Rat At Rat R Live Skull Swans Foetus Band of Susans Booker T David Bowie Brian Eno Cluster Napalm Death The Longmont Tapes Ed Gein John Wayne Gacy Ted Bundy The Zodiac Killer Wild Kingdom Faces of Death David Lynch Fast Times At Ridgmont High Seven Samurai Once Upon A Time in the West Star Trek Julian Pie Company Nekromantik Evil Dead Phantasm The Haunted Mansion Kiss Meets The Phantom Taxi Driver Ultraman Godzilla Evil Knievel Steve Austin Donald Wilson Oscar Goldman The Haunted Mansion Guns and Roses Dennis Hopper Crispin Glover Dahmer Albert Fish Dr. Chico
Creedle, an avant-jazz-punk-art-damaged band based in San Diego, California was formed in 1992 and released three full length albums on Cargo Music/Headhunter Records in the 1990s along with numerous 7" singles. The band was primarily composed of Devon E. Levins aka Devon Goldberg (guitar/vocals), PieBoy aka Tim Blankenship (bass/vocals), Dr. Gein aka Dion Thurman (drums), Stretch aka Robert Walter (keyboards and samples) and Cheme aka Cochemea Gastelum (saxophone). Members of the band continued on to record and perform with The Greyboy Allstars, Morricone Youth, Pretendo, Pillowhead, The DaoSon For, Fluf, Robert Walter's 20th Congress and Sharon Jones and the Dap Tones. Contributing members include Angie aka Scraps, Rob Crow, Scraps, Peeair, Pete Skinbus, Rob DeMolay and Toastmaster Heatlog aka Kyle Avise. Cochemea, Devon, Tim and Dion reunited for a show on December 30, 2007 at the Casbah in San Diego with Rob Crow as the Fifth Creatle on vox, keys and samples. A new album and tour are being discussed.
DISCOGRAPHY
ALBUMS:
Half Man Half Pie (Cargo/Headhunter Records - 1992)
Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars (Cargo/Headhunter Records - 1994)
When the Wind Blows (Cargo/Headhunter Records - 1996)
EPs:
Bad Radio (Cargo/Headhunter Records)
Trip 3 split 7" with Deadbolt "Bicycle Moto Cross"(Trademark)
It's Not Cool To Like Green Day Anymore (Rhetoric)
COMPILATIONS:
91X Mas "Wake Up Baby Jesus"
Musica Del Diablo - "Maiden (SD Version Live)"
Saint Doug - "Takin' Dick to the Bridge"
IMS I'm A Mess
Videos from the reunion show:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6096654590372226670&q=creedle&total=14&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=2
http://youtube.com/watch?v=BPTb0kdDWVQ
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZVHWSSeEyxw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFNJRDsXbfo
Jeez I'm way at the bottom of your friends list. But I have something I bet that no other Creedle fan has... A copy of Lynyrd Skynyrd's "One more ..for.. From The Road" on vinyl, signed by the WTWB lineup of Creedle. If you don't remember, I said I wanted a record signed by Creedle and since WTWB wasn't coming out on vinyl, this would have to suffice. If you can't read it, it says, "Rock on! Dion" "Rock, Southern Style! Peace & Love & Skynyrd Dude. Your favorite porn star, Tim" "Keep on Smokin' Poles- Devon 11" "Rock for Christ!! ☮CG '96" Tim's is from back when rust used to stay at my friend's house on tour and we used to joke that they all looked like porn stars and that Tim looked like Buck Adams.
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Here's a video of an interview I did with renowned photographer Bob Gruen last year. He talks about the early days when he was taking pictures of Ike and Tina Turner, John Lennon, the New York Dolls, the Sex Pistols and the Clash. Check it out!
HELLO CREEDLE'S!!! Hello from Finland! It's a name-dropping FRENZY!!! I just released my new cd featuring Alejandro Escovedo, Mark Lanegan, Steve Berlin (los lobos), Chris and Carla from the Walkabouts, Peter Case, Scott McCaughey (YFF, REM)and Jim Roth (built to spill). CD has liner notes by Biographer Charles R. Cross (BackStreets-Springsteen...Heavier than Heaven-Cobain...Roomful of Mirrors-Hendrix...etc. Also I have finally put "Passing Thru" on my site as well for you to hear...this is the one with Eddie Vedder, Victoria Williams, and Carla Torgerson trading verses with me...it has not been availablé for a long time, and I also have it on i-tunes, etunes, amazon and rhapsody. Okay...I hope you are doing well!
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