Innovation in music inspires me. Therefore I tend to lean towards arty, progessive and experimental artists. But you can't beat the classics either.
These artists (in the specific eras) are some of my all time favorites: James Brown (61-74), The Beatles (65-69), The Who (65-68), The Beach Boys (66-71), Pink Floyd (67-73), Jimi Hendrix (67-death), Sly & The Family Stone (67-73), King Crimson (69-74), Curtis Mayfield (70-73), Black Sabbath (70-75), Stevie Wonder (70-76), David Bowie (70-77), Kraftwerk (71-78), Herbie Hancock (72-75 & 83-84), Brian Eno (74-82), Rush (76-81), Talking Heads (77-84), Van Halen (78-84)Prince (78-87), Joy Division (78-80), Gang of Four (78-81), The Cure (80-89), Sonic Youth (82-present), Metallica (84-88), LL Cool J (85-87), Slayer (86-90), Public Enemy (87-91), Godflesh (90-99), Fugazi (90-01), Jawbox (91-96), Shudder To Think (91-97), Helmet (91-97), Mr. Bungle (91-99), The Flaming Lips (93-present), Aphex Twin (95-01)
Recent favorites include: BATTLES, Behold...The Arctopus, Between The Buried and Me, Big Black, The Birthday Party, Blonde Redhead, BLOWFLY, Botch, Can, Cheap Trick, Cluster, Deerhoof, Do Make Say Think, Elvis Costello, Dysrhythmia, Fela Kuti, Goblin, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Hawkwind, Hella, Irepress, Isis, Jesu, Jesus Lizard, John Lennon, Kayo Dot, Killing Joke, Klaatu, Kool Keith, The Life & Times, Lynx, Mastodon, The Minutemen, Mogwai, Neurosis, Pig Destroyer, Rachel's, Red Sparrows, Shiner, Soft Machine, Stars of the Lid, Talk Talk, Tangerine Dream, Time of Orchids, Tomahawk, Voivod, XTC, Zapp, Zombi, The Zombies
Old favorites include: Bad Brains, Bjork, Blind Faith, Johnny Cash, Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, Cream, Miles Davis, Dismemberment Plan, Failure, Marvin Gaye, Houston, Hum, Husker Du, Infectious Grooves, Living Colour, The Melvins, MindFunk (for greg), Bob Mould, My Bloody Valentine, Willie Nelson, The Notwist, Opeth, Shellac, Tortoise, OLD SCHOOL HIP HOP, and a lot more.
Movies
They Live!, The Jerk, Halloween, The Aristocrats, Mars Attacks, Logan's Run, THX 1138, Cannonball Run, Pink Floyd at Pompeii, Transformers the movie, Behind the Green Door, American Movie, American Beauty, Cheech & Chong's Next Movie, Spaceballs, The Big Lebowski, Standing in the Shadows of Motown, Spinal Tap, What About Bob, and Rear Window.
Television
I don't watch much tv anymore. I haven't had cable in years. But I do buy tv shows on DVD. I have Mr Show, Muppet Show, Family Guy, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Chappelle Show, Arrested Development, and The Simpsons.
Books
HFA, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Lost in the Funhouse, Punk Planet.....who wants to loan me books to read?
Heroes
Dead Heroes: Syd Barrett, Jimi Hendrix, Ian Curtis, Bill Hicks, Richard Pryor, Hunter S. Thompson, John Peel, and James Brown.
I think a lot, but not always about what I'm currently doing. I have a lot of friends and I'm always looking to make more.
Many things inspire me. Music inspires me the most. I have an unquenchable thirst for knowledge of all things related to art and culture. I'm nerd, but I can hold a conversation outside of my obsession (thanks Brian Posehn). I'm an independent, do-it-yourself type of musician, who has a 9 to 5 office job.
I can be very opinionated. But I'll always give new ideas or new music a chance.
Making music is a top priority with me, so I try to do it as much as possible. My current and old projects are listed in my top friends list.
National Sunday Law is my current band. We are always writing new music and playing shows. Check out this awesome review of a recent show:
National Sunday Law
LA Record Review - Issue 22
by Tiina Teal
Friday, June 29 – Pehrspace/Echo Park: Unframed art absorbing the vibrations and sweat of the nubile underground. Stubbly young facial hair trying to peek up the striped mini-skirted girlies slinking around in their slouched boots. Within this musky setting, the two-piece National Sunday Law brought the faces on the walls to life using their meaty, psychedelic, bad assery of sounds. I didn’t know what to think – seeing the drummer set up his little kit with one mounted tom, one floor tom, two cymbals, a snare and a bass drum I was not expecting too much. This man EXPLODED on the opening note. A bearded powerhouse, he worked that kit like he was a junior high school nerd turned Ron Jeremy at the Playboy Mansion’s housewarming party. And the guitarist…creating spacey drones that could switch abruptly to abrasive & unpredictable rawk grandiosity….my want list was complete. Metal, melody, thrash, weirdness, melancholy, interplanetary and ethereal beauty were all seemlessly bound together sometimes within the same song. Gloriousness would erupt from the spheres and wrench you out of your little box of existence - pummelling you with brutality only to softly caress you back into a gentle interlude of cloudy bliss. I kept having visions of Sigur Ros making out with Neurosis as a slightly more evil Cocteau Twins looks on while King Buzzo tries to brush out his hair. Headbang all of it thoroughly with a weirder but working-class prog vibe and you’re left spent in a doomy, warm afterglow. Mmm. (tt)
You scored as David Gilmour. You are David Gilmour! You're usually responsible for the sound of a song, but occasionally you write your own and it sounds perfect.
Who I'd like to meet: Intelligent and creative people. People who understand the genius of Bill Hicks and George Carlin. Musicians with good taste. Fun people in LA who will invite me to stuff.
Friends from the past.
Bill Hicks - Waffle Waitress
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Oh I just came on your face. Wait, that didn't sound right, oh it's I just tweeted all over your facespace. Whatever it is I'm doing, there is ectoplasm involved, like real super natural shit!
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Fuck yeah. Before every scene we would all stop and play a National Sunday Law song, but we didn't have a stereo or instruments, so we grunted your satanic portal tones until Jesus from the fifth dimension himself begged us to stop. Then we took a shit.
US TOUR with Protest The Hero, Misery Signals and The Number 12 Looks Like You! Going to be an amazing tour. 4 Cali dates in this tour! Dates on our page.
-Chris
