Johnny Minkley (vocals, guitar), Michael Vivian (lead guitar), Tristan Hill (drums), Rishab Baruah (bass, backing vocals)
Influences
Suede, Oasis, Radiohead, Bernard Butler, The Divine Comedy, McAlmont & Butler, The Beatles, Coldplay, David Bowie, Ash, ELO, Paul McCartney, Guns N' Roses, Foo Fighters, The Pet Shop Boys, Supergrass, Jeff Buckley, Manic Street Preachers, The Tears, Paul Weller, The Verve, U2...
Unashamedly melodic and resolutely mainstream in approach, Gunstar Heroes’ sprawling soundscape sweeps from the snarling pop-punk of React to the riff-fuelled nihilism of The Light Of Ancient Mistakes; from bitter-sweet ode to human regeneration, Sunrise, to the wide-eyed optimism of Zippos-aloft crowd favourite Brain In A Jar.
For musicians who cut their teeth during the rise and fall of Britpop, there’s no brazen attempt to cling on to the latest scene, nor is there any breathless bandwagon jumping - just an ingrained conviction that there will always be a place for great songs without gimmicks.
1/4 of Les Natrels is part of setting up a little label called Needle Soup. We'll be releasing off-kilter 'outsider' music for want of a tag and the debut release is by the infamous Sudden Infant and titled 'Three Puppets EP' - a brilliant collection of bristling tracks.... The sleeve is specially designed silk-screen prints on watercolour paper so it looks and feels as special as the music itself. Release date is April 20th 2007 and there is a strict run of 100 copies only. You can order the cds at £3.50 each here....help us get the label off the ground and support alt. arts - you dont have to be wealthy to be a philanthropist! x Jenny
