Miles plays the drums and sometimes pokes the keyboard and ocasionally sings a little back up.
Paul plays lead guitar, as well as some piano, organ, bass and has occasionally sang in the background.
Chad plays with his guitar and sings. He has been known to play some bass here and there and the random organ part.
Christian is now a full fledged member of the band, he will be holding down bass duties.
Influences
Neil Young, Pussy Galore, Funkadelic, Scratch Acid, Black Sabbath, Lee Hazelwood and Nancy Sinatra, Rolling Stones, Lee Dorsey, Redd Kross, Harry Smith Anthologies, Butthole Surfers, Simply Saucer, Stooges, Leonard Coehn, Kinks, Cheater Slicks, LSD, Jesus and Mary Chain, Charlie Feathers ,Beer, Gories, Al Green, Ike and Tina Turner, Flipper, Byrds, Mudhoney, Charles Mingus, Gibson Brothers, Gillian Welch, Flaming Lips, Hasil and Alice, Marijuana, Belle and Sebastian, Blue Cheer, Pere Ubu, Carter Family, Spacemen 3, Elizabeth Cotton, Vaselines, Cormac McCarth, Sparklehorse, Flatlanders, Sadies, Blue Aguave Teguila, Butterglove, George"Possum" Jones, Oblivians, Can, Neu!!, Motorhead, Hawkwind, Jerrys Kids, RKL, Country Teasers, The Fall, Acid Mothers Temple, John Coltrane, High Rise, Galaxie 500, Groundhogs, Flaming Groovies, Devo, Swans, Mercyful Fate, Johnny Cash, Voivod, Doc Bogs, Back From The Grave, Otis Redding,Birthday Party, Jimi Hendrix, Greg Ashley, Lightnin' Hopkins, Bourbon, Harry Crews, Giant Sand, Lead Belly, Alice Cooper Band, Royal Trux, Dead C, King Loser, Sonics, Dahdamah, Bad Brains, Clean, Boss Hogg, The Damned, Hank Williams, Big Joe Turner, Jandek, Bongwater, Lee Harvey Oswald Band, Harlan T. Bobo, Deadly Snakes, Demolition Dollrods, Mercury Rev,Katherin Dunn, Mummies, Feast Of Snakes, MC5, Velvet Underground, Sonic Youth, Bad Seeds, Feedtime, Big Star, Ennio Morricone, Cramps, Gun Club, Dinosaur Jr., Grifters, Thinking Fellers Union local 282, Melvins, Creedance Clearwater Revival, Joy Division, Electric Eels, 13th Floor Elevators, Rocket From The Tombs, Debris, Black Lips, Gris Gris ,and many more.............
We, the Labiators formed back in 1999 as a way to make a racket. The original line up was: Paul, Guitar and Chad, Guitar and Vocals, and Terri Lynn Adams on drums. The idea was to pay homage to everything we were listening to at any given minute, but dumb it down a few notches and add some fuzz and drink beer, expand our minds, become one with the universe, or at least a room full of drunks, etc.. After about a year or so Terri moved on to play with a local girl group, so, we recruited Miles to pound the buckets and here we are in 2006.
Over time we have gotten more psychedelic, I have actually learned to play a little bit of guitar, and we have played with some amazing bands, many of who I am a huge fan of ( most of these are listed on our shows page at our website). Over time we have had a bass player or 2 , but they have mysteriously come down with bizarre exotic diseases and died, which was horrible, but we hobbled forward, more determined than ever to spread the word, Labiators
!!UPDATE!! It would appear that we now have a new, healthy (for now) full time bass player, his name is Christian and he is a Sagittarius. That's about it. Write to us, come see us play, and buy as much of our stuff as you can..
DARLING! How WONDERFUL of you to add me! I mean us… Anyways, do come see the show: RISQUE BUSINESS on May 22nd or May 23rd at the Asheville Arts Center. 100% of profits will be donated to fight breast cancer… but MORE importantly, you can see ME sing, dance and tease for your pleasure! – passionately yours, Ruby D’Amor
Hey! I wanted to let you know that I just posted two new songs from my debut album "Like I'm Beautiful" which comes out in March. I hope you'll check out the music and look for the album when it is released next month :)
we've got a great compilation out i reckon you'll dig, have a preview below ...... it's available in physical and download from whereever you usually get your tunes.
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