FRED LAIRD...GUITARS,VOX, BOUZOUKI, RECORDER, BASS
JON BLACOW...DRUMS AND PERCUSSION,
JOE ORBAN....KEYBOARDS,
STEVE DA BASS ON.....BASS
Influences
MUSIC WISE....CAN, FUNKADELIC, HAWKWIND, ASH RA TEMPEL, JULIAN COPE, MAGMA, 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS, GROUNDHOGS, AMON DUUL 1&2,
POPUL VUH, TODD RUNDGREN, SYD BARRETT, PINK FAERIES, DOCTORS OF MADNESS, THE FALL, OS MUTANTES, TODD TAMANEND CLARK, THE FLOWER TRAVELLIN' BAND, ROYAL TRUX, GEORGE BRIGMAN (JUNGLE ROT), BLACK SABBATH, BLUE CHEER, WALTER WEGMULLER'S 'TAROT', SONIC YOUTH (BAD MOON RISING AND DAYDREAM NATION ONLY), NEU!, COSMIC JOKERS, JOY DIVISION, WENDY CARLOS, RANDY HOLDEN, SPEED, GLUE AND SHINKI, ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE, THE MOODY BLUES, FAR EAST FAMILY BAND,
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FILM WISE....VALERIE AND HER WEEK OF WONDERS, COME AND SEE, BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA, AGUIRRE WRATH OF GOD, COBRA VERDE, BLACK SUNDAY, THE WICKER MAN. HOUR OF THE WOLF, THE WILD ANGELS, THE BIG SILENCE, STOSZCEK, APOCALYPSE NOW, A CLOCKWORK ORANGE. KURENECKO, AKIRA, THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER, THE BIG LEBOWSKI, PIXOTE, VANISHING POINT.
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LITERATURE...GUSTAVE MEYRINK, WILLIAM BLAKE, BRUNO SCHULZ, ARTHUR MACHEN, PHILIP K. DICK, H.P LOVECRAFT, CORMAC MCCARTHY (BLOOD MERIDIAN), ERNEST DOWSON, ARTHUR RIMBAUD, STEPHEN WRIGHT'S MEDITATIONS IN GREEN, ROBERT ANTON WILSON
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DRUGS...IM NOT TELLING
EARTHLING SOCIETY WAS FORMED IN JAN 2004.
INSPIRED BY CAN/FUNKADELIC/ASH RA TEMPEL/13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS/AMON DUUL2 AND SYD BARRETT, E-SOCIETY SET OUT BUILDING A SMALL RECORDING STUDIO WITH THE INTENTION OF RECORDING LO-FI KRAUT-ANGST ACID EPICS.
LYRICALLY INSPIRED BY WILLIAM BLAKE, PHILIP K. DICK, GUSTAV MEYRINK AND ARTHUR MACHEN, E-S RECORDED THEIR 7 TRACK DEBUT 'ALBION' JUST FOR THE SOLE SATISFACTION THAT WE HAD THE ABILITY TO DO SO.
CHAMPIONED BY ARCH-DRUDE JULIAN COPE IN THEIR EARLY DAYS OF THEIR DEBUT ALBION, E-S HAVE NOW RELEASED 4 ALBUMS TO CRITICAL ACCLAIM IN THE UNDERGROUND PRESS.
E-S CONTINUE TO RELEASE THEIR OWN UNIQUE VISION WITHOUT COMPROMISE OR FOLLOWING CURRENT FADS
Issue
2 of Thee Big Black is out now and free to download. In this issue we
have live reviews of Sunn 0))) and Alice In Chains, advice for bands on
managing their online fan base, tales of the apocalypse, Victorian
villainy and much more. Click here to download a
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(approx) BACK DROP with original artwork of your choice... £350
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It's The Garden's wonderful Midwinter Wassail, Friday 18th ..the Blue Room @ PJ McGintys, Ipswich.
Winter tunes and madness with the truly amazing OWL SERVICE, NANCY WALLACE, THE NORWICH HARP SOCIETY and as ever, The Garden DJ's bruising your minds eye. 8pm, £4.
This will celebrate the end of a great psychedelic year, big love and thanks to all the fellow Gardeners!
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