Billy Bragg, Levellers, Joni Mitchell, bense' , Paul Kelly, Riot folk musicians, OI, punk and reggae. Carla Bruni, the libertines. babyshambles, the strokes
the bushfires, man vs machine, badtown allstars, 69 spirit
Sounds Like
Sounds like me playing acoutic guitar with a harmonica, melodica, mandolin and drums occasionally. sort of folk punk, urban folk indie, post punk and reggae with a little ska thrown in. confusing? i dont know just have a listen
KEEPING IT REAL ON THE MYSPACE COUNTER. NO FAKE HITS HERE. IT'S ALL YOU BABY!!!!!
Some K-ras related quotes
k-ras : "so did you listen to the cd"
unnamed party : "yeah i think i did once"
Todd : "kris has got his own tv show!"
Shark attack : "yeah, he's in his own little world."
Wez : "i love that babylon song!"
Dad : "TURN THAT AMP DOWN!!!!!!!"
Derek : "K-ras is the next pete murray."
With this new myspace stats thing i can see that ppl are actually listening to my music. i dont many messages or friends request but now i know i m gettin a little bit of traffic, so thanks for listening to my tunes hope you like the new songs. cheers
I picked up the guitar when i was 18 and figured out some chords. i didn't play it for a while and did some travelling. picked it up again when i was 20 and bought a bass as well.
Started a ska band called Badtown Allstars. when that band finished i played bass guitar in another band called Delta Sun. got kicked out. had a solo reggae project called Section8 . started up a folk punk band called the bushfires. jammed on an anarcho punk jazz thing called The Sidecars and did an e.p. and i started an acoustic project called Whiskey jar which none of the recordings came out any good cause i was messing around with time signatures and strumming, it got a bit messy. started an Oi ska reggae band called 69 spirit. I worked on some acoustic stuff. i had another band that lasted a month. i got 2 cds worth out of that baby(man vs machine) and i started a reggae dub project i was gonna busk with. i might start busking with this stuff. so you might see me out in penrith. Then i stated this indie project with some new folk songs too. have a listen to the songs and drop me a line if you want. i like meeting new ppl.
wow, those are some good bands. you just need to get a target aduience (if you wanna try to sell it) me ..im just giveing it away...peple like free shit, so they'll listen to it, if they like it they will come back, if not ...they still listened to it..you know what I mean
were gonna work on a new split with the kruds soon. the show last night was sick, I pissed off a bunch of hardcore kids. then I played 1 song for the kruds(I played bass for cosmetic plague by rudimentary peni) all n all was a sick little shin dig. so is your new album gonna be DIY??
nothing much...working as a dishwasher, hanging out with some cool people ya know, doing a couple of show's....thats it... nothing exciting. glad to hear your "move'in on up... to the eastside...to a delux apartment in the sky" ha ..old tv shows anyways keep on making that skanin beat..I really like stock broker, kick ass song man. ~Jim(E)
Hey there! That's awesome that you are doing some acoustic stuff too. It's a lot of fun, eh? Anyways, best wishes to you and thanks for seeking out my page! Cheers from Canada!
YEAH MAN!!!!!!!!!!! awesome!! we might be up soon, maybe a few months, and we can play shows together!!! and if not then definately on our next tour. january febuary! with my dog! i got him yestrerday. german shepherd puppy! just like will smith in that movie! haah. i didn't really like it that much. the movie i mean. i love german shepherds and i love zombie films but it was so annoying that all the zombies were really shit computer graphics zombies that all looked the same and could leap and almost fly and do ridiculus shit. 28 weeks later is my favourite! welllllllllll i'll be in touch! all the best! love chris xxxxxxxxxx
Hey K-ras, how are ya? Thanks for getting intouch. I like the spoken word bio. Thats a great idea. Enjoyed the music also! All the best. Hope to see you around. Cheers, Nick
KRIS COLLINS!!!!!!!!!!!!! how are you! I've been away for a while and then when i got back my laptop charger had disappeared. so i havn't been on a comptuer for ages long enough to write you proplery and i'm sorry but this is another such occasion. BUT! i've bbeen listeining to all your new songs and they are fucking amazing! i love the one in this video! maybe you should come with us and play some shows when we tour again! at the end of this year some time! i gotta go now cause this isn't my comptuer or my house or anything and i need to leave 10 minutes ago! i'll talk to you very very very soon! LOVE CHIRS XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
HEY KRIS!!!!!!!! sorry i;m so bad at keeping in touch! we don't have intneret at our house yet and i've ggotta go right now but when i get it i will write you properly and tell you evertyhign! aND We can talk on msn FOREVER XXXXXXXXXX what a wonderful eternity it will be xxxxxx
hi kris i've only been in the mountains since august so i'm not terribly familiar with the scene. I approached the clarendon because it's the only place i'm familiar with but i mostly travel interstate to gig. good luck rb :)
Dude your song freaking rocks man! Its got an optimistic/looking forward feel to it. You'll have to send it to me so i can crank it out in the car/apple store. Nice work mate.
Hi yer Kris " Thanks for hooking up on this myspace thing and for sharing your music with us, its great stuff & plent of venom. its great to be in contact with yer. Drop us a comment and stay in touch. Love & peace to you from Devon’s most fiery raucous and hairy rocking folk band The Dambuskers. A legend in their own lunch time And rebels without a clue. Keep Music Live and keep it real!!!. -
