Dorian Gray

Bio:

.. .. .. .. .. .... "Dream pop fits snugly as a definition of the music... the dark swirl of guitars and soft-shoed rock rythms accompanying millers melodic singing conjure up memories of such groups as Lush and My Bloody Valentine..." ~billboard magazine**** "...the graceful female vocals really caught my attention!..into experimental feilds and thats why they sound so different and more covincing.."~ sideline magazine, Belgium**** Album recorded and produced by Keith Cleversley of Verve, Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev, Hum, Drug Store, & Spiritualized fame. Also Wendy Schneider producer of Braid & The fire bird band.**** Played with Luna, Oceanblue, Porcupine Tree, Tonic, 12 Rods, Colfax Abbey, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Tom Spacey, Super Deluxe, Elliot Smith, The Unicorns & Calla.**** Played Chicago: Metro, Double Door, Elbow Room, Thustons, Robys, Empty Bottle, Morseland, Phyllis, Nevin Live,**** Milwaukee: Globe, Cactus Club, The Rave, Shank Hall,**** Minneapolis/ St. Paul: 7th street, 400 bar, Fine line, Loring cafe. UMM.**** St. Louis: The Red Sea, Upstairs Lounge**** Cleveland: The Symposium. Among many other places.**** Visit label at WWW.SILENTFILMSOUNDTRACKS.COM

Member Since:

May 28, 2004

Members:

Maria~ Vocals Guitar/// Gil~ Guitar/// Mike drums/// Nick~ Bass not on these recordings/// Side Note... Ex Members featured on some of the recordings... /// CORY O. on bass (sonar and recluse, those are his vocals the male ones) was in Tom Spacey, Hoss, & Airiel, now doing music in Chicago. Michael Crow~ on bass (too blank) plays back home in the UK and doing his own thing as "The Backspace Kid". All these bands can be found up here at Myspace.

Influences:

In No order of love, this is what our band likes.... Death cab for Cutie, yo le tengo,Gang of Four, The Smiths, Roxy Music, The Cure, Juno, Riddle of Steel, The Shins, Coheed and Cambria, Prince, Azure ray, Cursive, Elliot Smith, Ida, Shiner, Detachment Kit, Do Make Say Think, Mogwai, Verve, A Perfect Circle, Tool, My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, Jeff Buckley, Catherine Wheel, Low, Codeine, Red House Painters, Postal Service, The Twilight Singers, Afghan Whigs, Paik, My Education, Brief Candles, The Silence, Calla, Streamliner, Hoss, Hum, Tom Spacey, Airiel, Talk Talk, Flock Of Seagulls, PJ Harvey, Tori Amos, Bjork, Iron & wine, psychedelic furs, Dismemberment Plan, Old skool Hip Hop, Old Funk, Disco, Classic Rock, 80's New wave, Wire, Depeche Mode, Nick Drake, Syd Barret, Bowie. New Order, Joy Division, Interpol, Mercury Rev, Flaming lips, Radiohead, Broken Social Scene, Blur,The Walkman, White Stripes, U2, Mars Volta, Grandaddy, Deftones, Failure, the wrens, Guided by Voices, Ride, Spiritualized, the Doves, Ryan Adams, Sunny Day Real Estate. My Morning Jacket, Idle Wild, Duran Duran, Trail of the Dead, Explosions in the Sky,Swervedriver, ELO, Pink Floyd, Devo, Pale Saints. Bauhaus,the police, the cars, godspeed YBE, The Stills, Stereolab, Built to spill, At the drive-in, Super Drag, Sonic Youth, RUSH, The Church, Muse, Killing Joke,The Microphones, Pixies, Tram, Elbow,outcast, fugazi, these arms are snakes, smashing pumpkins, Lift To Experience, Brian Eno, Calexico, Wilco, Tears for Fears, Ganger, The string and return, Catfish Haven, BRMC, J&M Chain, Rollarskate Skinny, Mazy Star, Colfax Abby, Wheat, Trespassers William, Modest Mouse, Adrian Crowley, Traindodge, Arcade Fire, M83, Bloc Party, Stars

Sounds Like:

who cares! just listen, everyones got a different thing to say about it.

Record Label:

Silent Film Soundtracks

Label Type:

Indie