fia milone - vox/gtr/pno
leon scott - kit/vox
joel roberts - bass (sgl/dbl)/vox
Previously on GeEkgiRL
circa 2001 - 2003
jo meava - guitar/bass/vox
in previously incarnation of a duo
circa 2003 - 2008
ted - kit/mdln/vox/gtr
To book GeEkgiRL for a gig please contact Ant:
bookings@rocketfuelledrecords.com
To book Fia Milone for a solo gig please use the same address.
Influences
From Kim Carnes to Mozart, and back again.
Oh ok, here's a list then, so we'll come up in the searches:
PJ Harvey, Tori Amos, Ani Difranco, Patti Smith, John Lee Hooker, Tegan and Sara, K's Choice, Marianne Faithful, Le Tigre, Fiona Apple, Tracey Chapman, P!nk, Liz Phair, Elvis, Bikini Kill, Imogen Heap, Electrelane, Pink Floyd, The The, The Rolling Stones, Cream, The Darkness, The Polyphonic Spree, The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Lamb, anything with James Jamerson on Bass, The Happy Mondays, Fila Brazillia, Aimee Mann, Air, Alanis Morissette, Ash, Back to the Blue, Beastie Boys, Belle & Sebastian, Ben Folds (five), Ben Kweller, Beth Orton, Bill Caddick, Blink 182, Blondie, The Clash, Boards of Canada, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Brendan Benson, British Sea Power, Cafe del Mar, Cast, Ocean Colour Scene, Chilled Ibiza, Coldplay, Cosmic Rough Riders, Ten Years Later, Steve Hillage, Cousteau, Curtis Mayfield, Damien Rice, Motown, David Bowie, David Gray, Death In Vegas, Rubberneck, DJ Shadow, Doves, Edie Brickell, Eels, Elbow, Eliza Carthy, Elliot Smith, Eminem, Eva Cassidy, Faith No More, Feeder, Franz Ferdinand, Garbage, Stereophonics, Gomez, Tower Of Power, Elvis Costello, The Byrds, Bill Withers, Spinal Tap, Otis Redding, Ozomatli, Goldfrapp, Gorillaz, Green On Red, Hot Club of Cowtown, House Of Love, I Am Kloot, Indigo Girls, James, James Yorkston and The Athletes, Jamiroquai, Jeff Buckley, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Smith, Joan Osborne, Joe Satriani, John Martyn, Simon & Garfunkel, Kings of Convenience, Kruder Dorfmeister, Lambchop, Led Zeppelin, Lemonjelly, Lou Reed, Low, Madonna, Martyn Joseph, Mary Coughlan, Etta James, Massive Attack, Mo Wax, Morcheeba, Mull Historical Society, Muse, George Gershwin, Mussorgsky, Mozart, JS Bach, New Model Army, Nick Harper, Hawkwind, Nina Simone, Nirvana, Ozric Tentacles, Paul Weller, Pavement, The Pixies, Placebo, Pooka, Aqute Couch, Portishead, Primal Scream, Puressence, R.E.M, Radiohead, Rage Against The Machine, Tackhead, Red Right Hand, Reef, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Richard Thompson, Sarah Vaughan, Sheryl Crow, Sigur Ros, Sixpence None the Richer, Skunk Anansie, Sneaker Pimps, Stanley Clarke, Weather Report, Starsailor, Stevie Wonder, Kate Bush, Tenacious D, The Cinematic Orchestra, The Coral, The Erotic House of Wax, The Flaming Lips, The Soundtrack of our Lives, The Unabombers, The Vines, The White Stripes, U2, Van Morrison, Violent Femmes, The Zutons, Beck, David Holmes, Grandaddy, Joni Mitchell, John Squire, Matthew Herbert Big Band, Miles Davis, Royksopp, South, The Stone Roses, The Stranglers, Sunset Ibiza, Talking Heads, Nizlopi, Dodgy, The Avalanches, The Beach Boys, The Bees, The Beta Band, The Charlatans, The Cure, The Damned, The Doors, The Egg, The Future Sound of London, The Streets, The Jam, The Smiths, The Sundays, The Webb Brothers, The Beatles, The Who, The Wonder Stuff, Turin Brakes, The Woodentops, Yo La Tengo, Spearhead, The Only Ones, Zero 7, Mother Earth, Kula Shaker, Inspiral Carpets, Spin Doctors, Dogs Die in Hot Cars, No Fat on a Turkey, Jah Wobble, Blur, The Police, Freakpower, Chic, Fleetwood Mac when Peter Green was still in them, Charles Mingus, Groove Armada, Bjork, Manic Street Preachers, Anything with Double Bass in, Kate Rusby, Kelly Joe Phelps, The Sugarcubes, Neil Young, Queen, Queens of the Stone Age, Thin Lizzy, Smashing Pumpkins, The Gods of Good Living, Disco, Roy Harper, Motorhead, The Whiskey Cats, The Presidents of the united states of america, Bloc Party, KT Tunstall, The Pipettes, Jaco Pastorius, King Crimson, and loads of stuff I've forgotten
Please note: These are just people we all like, and therefore must be influential, rather than we sound like them!
We're pretty eclectic as you can see, just like our music.
Sounds Like
If you have any good comparisons/suggestions of who you think we sound like then please let us know, we have no idea how to answer this!
GeEkgiRL's hightlight so far has to be supporting The Gossip, and playing Main stage in Trafalgar Square last year! We also welcome new drummer Leon, and sadly wave goodbye to Tedly Edly. Much love.
"Geekgirl have grown from shy beginnings as an acoustic act into the band they are... - a true outsider punk outfit cherished by a generation of Manc music misfits. [Their album] 'May Contain Traces Of Boy' sounds like the most unhinged, electrifying thing to come out of the Manc underground scene for yonks. Thrashing with PJ Harvey-meets-Throwing Muses fire and purring with hectic pop, it's a breakneck crawl through messy relationships and modern Britain." David Sue, MEN
GeEkgiRL are a three-piece punk/pop/rock type band hailing from Manchester, England. They own their own record label together with their producer and live engineer Tracey Browne. Their first release off this label was the album "May contain traces of boy" which is a reference to the fact that there are boys in the band, which still shocks many people.
To date GeEkgiRL have played alongside the likes of Charlotte Church (yes, really), Ari-Up of The Slits (fi sang with her on stage, we don't talk about it), Nizlopi, The Bodyrockers, The Hedrons, David McAlmont, Horse, Liz Green, and even The Gossip (some of you may have heard of them, Beth is smaller than Fi, believe it or not).
For a full list of previous appearances, more sounds and for anything else you need to know, please visit the official site.
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