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Toys From Hell

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Released: Jan 1, 1991

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Toys From Hell
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Homemovies
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Cut The Grip
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Road Back To You
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Exodus
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General Info

Genre: Acoustic / Indie / Other
Location Lansing, Michigan, US
Profile Views: 3401
Last Login: 2/6/2012
Member Since 2/27/2006
Website www.DenPreston.com
Record Label I just signed with Illegible Records.
Type of Label Indie
Bio
I'm reallllly picky (READ MY BLOGS) on what friends, connections and comments are placed on my page... I have my reasons (READ MY BLOGS)... After all it is MY Space (READ MY BLOGS). Just thought I'd let you know ahead of time in case yours doesn't show up on here (READ MY BLOGS). I became interested in music in high school. You can find out about my Garage Band days by going to www.MyFirstBand.com. Find BEAST in the bands list. Also at that time I was designing concert posters. Go to www.DenPreston.com to see some of those. Check out some of the links there too. Anyway... after I stopped being in bands I got into playing more instruments, writing songs and doing some home recording with my brother. I recorded an album in 1976 with some friends but the studio left town with the master tapes. I only had a cassette of rough mixes to show for that project. I recorded another album during the years 1987-1991. Toys From Hell was originally going to be a joint project with my brother. A few of his songs are in the CD bonus tracks. There are quite a variety of musicians playing on that album and a wide range of music.... acoustic folk to world beat to bluegrass to heavy metal. Some of the musicians were from bands who's album covers I had illustrated. The album received airplay on public access and college stations in the states and on a few European stations too. In 1993 I began to home record again but this time on a much better recorder. I did all the vocals and instruments... so that's all me singing and playing you hear on the basement tapes songs featured here. Sometimes I was also able to record with my brother which was cool because he lived on the East Coast and I didn't see him often. Some of the Basement Tapes 1993-95 were recorded at his place on Cape Cod. Since then I've done a little recording. I think there's enough home recordings to make 3-4, 80 minute CDs. And... click on 2prestonS below to hear what two Prestons sound like.
Members
Den Preston: vocals,instruments,lyrics,composer
Influences
Just some of these are influences but all are what I like: -The Beatles -Jimi Hendrix -Crosby, Stills & Nash (first album, most of the CSN&Y first album and some of their solo work too) -Neil Young (some stuff) -Phil Keaggy (most stuff) -Mike Roe/The 77's -The Choir (some stuff) -Paul Clark (some stuff) -Terry Taylor/DA/Swirling Eddies (some stuff) -Michael Knott/LSU (some stuff) -Spirit -Pink Floyd -Fleetwood Mac (before Nicks & Buckingham but some of those albums too) -The Move -King Crimson (first 3 albums) -Procol Harum (especially the A Salty Dog and Broken Barracades albums) -Bruce Cockburn (some stuff) -Dave Matthews (some stuff) -Nick Drake -Beck (some, but mostly the Sea Change album) -Joni Mitchell (some stuff) -Touch -Blind Faith -Cream -Traffic -John Mayall (The Turning Point and Empty Rooms albums) And some of these guys' stuff: -Led Zeppelin -Over The Rhine -Jethro Tull -Jade Warrior -Quicksilver Messenger Service And I like some but not all of these folks' music: -ELP -The Nice -Jefferson Airplane/Hot Tuna -The Doors -The Rolling Stones -Van Morrison -The Moody Blues -The Lost Dogs -Michael Hedges -Sufjan Stevens -Beth Orton -Natalie Merchant -Norah Jones -Tortoise/Brokeback -Sigur Ros -Laura Veirs -Iron & Wine -Ray LaMontagne -It's A Beautiful Day -The Flock -Gentle Giant -Family -Ella Guru
Sounds Like
I sound like me though some folks don't even realize that this art guy can even make these sounds.