Hoffmann are:
Christian Bennett - Guitar/Vocals,
Alex Lau - Drums,
Influences
the cure, the fall, the rolling stones, radiohead, primal scream, interpol, the doves, british sea power, muse, ryan adams, neil young, clap your hands say yeah, arcade fire, david bowie, faith no more, oasis, stone roses, warrant, suede, bob dylan, nick drake, tom waits, the strokes, the stooges, blind melon, mum, hot hot heat, jeff buckley, beth orton, bjork, tori amos, chet baker, miles davies, nina simone, john coltrane, bill evans, thelonious monk, keith jarrett, dallas crane, gaslight radio, augie march, beautiful few, death cab for cutie, spiritualize, buffalo daughter, the knife, pheonix, arcade fire, stars, the ramones, the stranglers, elvis costello,
Sounds Like
the cure, radiohead, joy division, the fall, muse, interpol, Franz Ferdinand
Our four piece rock band formed at the start of 2005, and we are based in Sydney. Hoffmann have been playing live since October 2005 at The Annandale, The Manning Bar, The Hopetoun, The Metro Transit Lounge, Spectrum, The Abercrombie, HQ Bar & The Lansdowne. Weve supported bands like Ooh La La, Miyagi, Glass Army, Tinderbox, The Accidents, Applecross, Pang, Merle Morris, The Inches, The Fumes & British India.
Our first demo was recorded in June 2005 at Velvet Studios with Anthony The.
MEMBERS HISTORY
Christian Bennett:
Christian has recorded a couple of solo albums: ATLANTIC BAY (2000) & COIN A PHRASE (2002). On these two albums, he collaborated with Dave Williams (Augie March), Brett Poliness (Silver Ray), Brett Lockwood (The Specimens) & Andrew Cowie (Blessington & The Morning After Girls).
He also played in The Adam Cole Band with Tony Cornish from Blessington and Anthony Petrucci from Souls on Board.
Alex Lau:
Alex used to play drums in KEVLAR with Dave & Anthony The (currently playing in Skull Squadron. Alex also used to play violin and percussion in Performing Arts and Sydney Youth Orchestra. Alex is a primary school teacher.
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You can download Christian Bennett's solo material at: http://www.myspace.com/christianbennett
Lol! Ok hes gonna add you,..and Im off the weekend of ur party so we are coming for sure! yay! And Ill let you know after Saturday what I work next week! i been doing good with those paid survey things i found online. its doing alright, about an extra 300 a week, and not too much work. just answering questions and stuff online. anyways, you should try it, it seriously so easy:
hey!!!! we just finished recording/mixing/mastering our EP and we have the tracks up on our myspace and triple j unearthed... we would love to know what ya'all think!!! we'll also have our EP out in stores and have a launch soon so we'll keep everyone updated!!! sweet....
hey fellas, couldnt reply to your message as our myspace wont let us do anything at the moment... but anyways i guess this is the only way to reply and you can just delete the comment if you want... the email address is info@mbrmusic.com plus could you cc to management at audioelmo@hotmail.com
cheers for the lineup headsup, looking forward to getting up there
Thanks for the add. Canada likes to tune in. I especially like to tune in to see Peter Mansbridge on CBC's The National. Maybe I should have my own album of songs inspired by that silver fox of the news....I still love your sound Hoffman. thanks for the music- I will drop by often!
Hey. Nice work on the music. I'll let you know when my Songs for PSH are finished being recorded. Totally complete are Love Liza, Almost Famous/Punch Drunk Love, Happiness, Capote. Working on Boogie Nights...
Philip rocks and you rock.
Thanks for swinging by after my invite... yup you guys kick ass! My own PSH theme album likely won't happen. However I've begun an album tributed to John Howard... oh not the Australian PM but rather the famous (and dead) prison reformer John Howard... or Don Knotts... both prolific. Good luck and I'll keep swinging by for new songs. Feel free to play Canada you can stay at F&M's house! I make mean French Toast! Only 17 hours by plane...
You were great in "Capote, " man - show that Clifton Gonzales Gonzales who's boss. Wanto come to The Lansdowne on Friday? We're playing for free at a million o'clock.
hello to our friends at Hoffmann!
How did wednesday go at the Hopetoun? We're playing our first gig there this tuesday (8th) and would love to see your friendly faces in the crowd.
