Danny Huckridge: Producer, engineer, basses, keys, drum programming, percussion.
Ollie Parfitt: Main keyboardist, programming.
Cliff Hall: Main keyboardist, programming.
Micky Moody: Drums, percussion, programming
Also featuring :
Dego,
Kaidi Tatham,
Domu,
Bembe Segue,
Graham Atha,
Afronaut,
Mark Force,
Matt Lord,
Andy Ross,
Ralph Lamb,
Echo
Influences
Brand X, George Duke, Frank Zappa, Abe Laboriel, Weather Report, Jaco Pastorius, Roly Wynne, Ron Carter, Michael Henderson, Byron Miller, Marcus Miller, Hansford Rowe, Bootsy Collins, Neil Jason, Quincy Jones, Parliament, Funkadelic, Nova, James Brown, Herbie Hancock, Headhunters, The Eleventh House, Larry Coryell, Deodato, T.M. Stevens, Stanley Clarke, Kerry McNabb, Dennis Brown, Daddy Peckings and family, Supatone Brixton, Duke Reid, Coxone Dodd, Sylvan Morris, Osbourne Ruddock {a.k.a. King Tubby}, Scientist, Glen Brown, Prince Jammy, Linval Thompson, Channel One, Joe Gibbs, Aston Barrett, Carlton Barrett, Augustus Pablo, U Roy, Sly and Robbie, Mad Professor, Keith Hudson, Phillip Smart, Errol T, Yabby U, Niney The Observer, Lee Perry, The Funk Brothers / Tamla Motown / Motown, Northern Soul, Kent, Stax, K.P.M, Goblin, Larry Graham, The Brothers Johnson, Roger Troutman, Jah Shaka, Aswad, Tony Williams Rockers FM, C.J. the D.J. from Wembley, Manasseh, Joey Jay, Ranking Miss P, Stevie Wonder, Lenny White, Les De Merle, Don Blackman, Isaac Hayes, 2Tone, 160 Dial-A-Disc, Jag Shand, Bob Marley and The Wailers, Airto, Flora, Tania Maria, Candeias, Jorge Ben, Azymuth, Banda Black Rio, The Bossa Three, I Gres, Erykah Badu, D'Angelo, Mizell Brothers / Sky High Productions, Johnny Hammond, Donald Byrd, Blackbyrds, Bobbi Humphrey, Dexter Wansel, Weldon Irvine, Dennis Coffey, King Tubby's band, The Studio One Soul Vendors, Sound Dimension and Soul Syndicate Bands, Norman Connors, The Brecker Brothers, Ian Carr's Nucleus, Tunnels, Michal Urbaniak, Pleasure, Terry Bozzio, Chester Thompson, Cozy Powell, Tony Williams, Ramsey Lewis, Johnny Pate, Roy Budd, Lalo Schifrin, Gil Scott Heron, Patrice Rushen, The Skatellites, Dilla, Slum Village, The Crusaders, Roy Ayers, Billy Cobham, Curtis Mayfield, Sly & The Family Stone, Hubert Laws, Jeff Lorber, Stan Getz, Roy Porter, Henry Mancini, Burt Bacharach, Fela Kuti, Femi Kuti, Tony Allen, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return To Forever, U.K, National Health, Gentle Giant, Tangerine Dream, Bob James, The Daktaris, Tower of Power, E.W.F, Cliff Burton, Speedy Keen, Steve Hillage, Otis Redding, Bill Bruford, Jeff Berlin, Jimi Hendrix, Electro Street Sounds compilations, All Boogiefunk, Ozric Tentacles, Gong, The Red Hot Chilli Peppers, The Who, The Jam, The Small Faces, Led Zeppelin, Thin Lizzy, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, The Misfits, Dead Kennedys, Derek Roddy, Morbid Angel, Obituary, Slayer, Anthrax, Metallica, Slipknot, Motorhead, Thunderbirdhead, The Rapids, Frenzy, Sam Sardi, The Ricochets, The Guana Batz, The Stray Cats, Dick Dale, The Ventures, Jake Wherry and all Herbaliser crew, Kaidi Tatham, Orin Walters and all Bugz In The Attic crew, Dego, Marc Mac and all 4Hero crew, Phil Asher, Modaji and all Restless Soul crew, Domu, Mark Force, I.G. Culture, Matt Lord, Brad Somatik, Harold Budd, Gesualdo, Bach, Vivaldi, Meade Lux Lewis, Fats Waller, Albert Ammonds, Champion Jack Dupree, James Booker, King Crimson, Steely Dan, Doobie Brothers, Mark King, Prince, Beastie Boys, Steve Gadd, Harvey Mason, Joe Porcaro, Jeff Porcaro, Rush, Buddy Rich, Bernard Purdie, Simon Phillips, Vinnie Colaiuta, Jan Hammer, Tony Levin, King Curtis, Miles Davis, Mandre, Sugar Cane Harris, Soft Machine, Focus, Magma, Muddy Waters, Nina Simone, Booker T and The M.G's, Squarepusher, Wagon Christ, Beta Band, Super Numeri, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, The Meters, Autechre, John Dowland, William Byrd, Scarlatti, Purcell, Pointer Sisters, Pink Floyd, 23 Skidoo, Procul Harum, Eddie Harris, Gene Harris, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Errol Garner, Guapo, Demon Fuzz, Julius Brockington, Eddie Bo, Sweet Salvation, Ravi Shankar, Boards Of Canada, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Professor Longhair, Lonnie Liston Smith, Traffic, Grateful Dead, Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Johnny Burnette, Carl Perkins, Bill Haley's Comets, Elvis, King Oliver, Scott Joplin, Bo Diddley, Johnny Guitar Watson, The Markeys, The Bar-Kays, Ramnad Krishnan, Osymyso, Alain Goraguer, Basil Kirchin, Jimmy Witherspoon, Shuggie Otis, Cedar Walton, Keith Jarrett, Oscar Peterson and all the musicians, engineers, programmers and d.j.'s we have worked with past and present...
Sounds Like
All the artists mentioned in the influences section above have inspired and shaped our sound
All session musicians, the band was formed between Danny Huckridge and Ollie Parfitt in 2001, after they first met on a session for Modaji to record Flying Saucer. They went on to record together for Bugz In The Attic, 2000Black, Afronaut, The Herbaliser, Modaji, Phil Asher and Restless Soul, also including being in the Neon Phusion band for festival appearances in Europe. It was on the Neon Phusion gigs that Ollie, Danny and Micky Moody first performed together. Ollie and Micky had been long time colleagues in the Herbaliser band and it was agreed around the time of those festivals that the trio would start recording together.
In 2002 Cliff Hall was added to the line up, the studio was built and they began to write and record their new material.
They record and perform individually with many different bands/artists and cover many styles of music, releasing tunes under the names ASSASSINO DANINHA and COSMOSIS, also on the 2000Black label.
They like to feature guest musicians on their recordings, some of whom are listed in the band members section.
Hey Hello, Come and have a listen to the title track, download it free, burn it on
a CD and give it to a friend in Christmas card. Album available in January.
Hope all is well in your worlds and hope to see and hear ya's in the next
decade...Best of to ya. Steve H
yeah it was a blinder... just checked the recording ... on form mate ... Brightons gonna be a good one... I'm slap them skins like they're Tele's head.. Haslet reformed in our room in the form of turtle breath ...
Here's the original of the Dilla sample. Hergest Ridge came out in 74 I think. This album went to no. 1 before Tubular Bells did. People bought this then found Tubular Bells, which had already been out for a year and knocked Hergest Ridge off the top spot. The only artist to knock himself off the top spot. Tubular Bells is still the album to spend the longest in the charts before going to no. 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MObw1XScjZ4
RAT SKATES talks METALLICA on A&E, The Biography Channel
RAT SKATES is one of the featured guests on THE METALLICA STORY, a special airing on THE BIOGRAPHY CHANNEL beginning WEDNESDAY JUNE 3rd at 10:00 pm EST. The special will air for one week on BIO, followed by dates on A&E TELEVISION, the parent network.
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