Philip Whitehouse - Rhythm guitar, lead guitar, bass guitar, drum programming, synths.
Influences
Hatebreed, Killswitch Engage, Trivium, Metallica, Slayer, Crowbar, Opeth, Pantera, and a shitload of other bands.
Sounds Like
An amalgamation of my favourite riffs by my favourite bands, filtered through a hamfisted attempt at writing something different and my own musical incompetence.
Not so much a band as one guy holding his dick, A Life Spent Waiting (formerly known as Destroy Something Beautiful) is the one-man home recording vanity project of Philip Whitehouse, Ultimate Metal contributor and top dataloader in the Walsall branch of electrical contracting company, Lee Beesley.
After having spent six months or so as part of the woefully incompetent metal laughing stock that was Wolverhampton's Rose Petal Funeral, Phil escaped from the band's breakup, miraculously retaining some desire to be part of the music industry in some small way. So, armed with a Maverick X-1 electric guitar, a *cough* unofficial *cough* copy of Adobe Audition and some shareware drum sequencing software, he set about conjuring up riffs and learning about EQ theory and parametric equalisers and other such arcane mixing techniques to cobble together home demos.
Intially intended to form the templates of songs to then shop around to potential bandmates, the riffs have since continued cascading out of the Whitehouse abode depending on how much time he has to spare. Each riff has a different feel, more than likely dependant on what album Phil listened to immediately before the riff's conception. With the artificial rhythm section now bolstered by the inclusion of a bass guitar (thanks to ex-girlfriend Jenni's Christmas generosity), A Life Spent Waiting continues it's jerky, stumbling path towards total word apathy.
This isn't related to the music, but it is one of the funniest things I've ever heard:
And here's a link to my friends in Murders In Memphis - I mix their shit up, yo:
And finally, here's something to keep you all appraised of the current level of Zombie Threat...
Hellomyspace peeps – breaking news for me just in – my conscience has
finally told me if I don’t start telling people about my gigs no one will ever
know and I will just end up performing my heart out to empty venues – so fate
has had it that I need to start telling all you music fans about my gigs – my music
– and my perfomance - i am playing the Actress and Bishop on the 7th of
November - really looking forward to the gig now - if you can make it would
really appreciate it - my band site is www.myspace.com/thedirtyknecks - i have
videos on youtube too -
If you havn't yet checked out our new 4 track EP - you can listen to
it on our band page - and we have videos on you tube - below are 4 videos from
4 different venues - Madhouse Asylum 2 - Nicoles Jewelry Quarter - Actress
& Bishop - The Station Kings Heath.
hey people - my new band is the dirty knecks -
this is live gig footage from my latest gig - video comments welcome - page and
picture comments welcome - tell me which song or video you like the best -
thanx (p.s. more videos on my page and links - my band are in my top friends -
add friend requests more than welcome - i just want to get the songs heard by
people - that's why i do the music - thanx
Haha! ok, i lied about the mystic meg bit but i can guess some numbers for you if you like? you never know lol. However, you will have 2 sign a contract stating that half is mine if the numbers are successful lol. Yay got your address! myself and beer will be knocking on your door soon! xx
Hahaha! LMFAO! Aww your not that bad! I always knew you'd make it as a world famous rock star, keep faith Dillio, trust me, i'm Birminghams answer to mystic meg lol.
Actually i cant remember the exact address :S but i'm sure its something to do with bell? lol. So could you mail it me please, i wouldn't send it in a comment i dont know what freaks may try 2 stalk u off my friends list lol.
That all sounds very clever Mr Dilly lol. Haha I remember how much you used 2 hate that job lol. Aww bless you! I think I may just do that sometime, it was fun fun drunk times! Could do with a catch up :D
sorry about the very delayed reply! ooh what u doing at college? I'm good thank you, well, now i am anyway. I haven't been up 2 much in all fairness, i'm a gay ass lol. I have got one kick ass nearly finished half sleeve though, woop! lol. I'm so excited about it, seriously, i tell EVERYONE about it hehe!
EASY. Fuck me, went to alton towers monday, short people really shouldnt go on gigantic hurtling metal death machines. mind you, that may make a decent band name. Further consideration required.
hey man was good seeing you the other day hope everythings good bro. will have to pop up and catch up sometime soon. heres my band link btw dude. www.myspace.com/theodessamassacreuk
awesome, i really want to start using different things, but at the mo ive got a basic protools setup, for drums im programming them in reason, but thats it, i cant get a really good guitar tone, all the plugins in PTs suck major hole!
WELL MY DADDY LEFT HOME WHEN I WAS THREE AND HE DIDN'T LEAVE MUCH TO MA AND ME JUST THIS OLD GUITAR AND AN EMPTY BOTTLE OF BOOZE, NOW I DON'T BLAME HIM BECAUSE HE RUN AND HID BUT THE MEANEST THING HE EVER DID WAS BEFORE HE LEFT HE WENT AND NAMED ME SUE, (HAHA LOL) WELL HE MUST OF THOUGHT IT WAS QUITE A JOKE............
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