Creating music, performing, traveling, living life to its fullest, and although it's a cliché, we epitomized the lifestyle of sex, drugs, and rock & roll.
Robert Johnson, Brian Jones and his Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson / Canned Heat, Kurt Cobain's Nirvana, Badfinger, Minutemen, The Gits, Hole, De Facto, Dyke and the Blazers, Triumvirat, James Brown, Pink Floyd, U2, Ryan Adams, Wilco, Death Cab For Cutie, The Roots, Herbaliser, Rage Against The Machine, Nick Drake, Aphex Twin, Black Crowes, Lamb, Soundgarden, Propellerheads, Otis Redding, Amon Tobin, Taj Mahal, Nightmares On Wax, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Cassandra Wilson, Norman Jay, St Germain, Sonny Rollins, Keb Darge, Blind Boys Of Alabama, Avalanches, Courtney Pine, Nuyorican Soul, Sia, Bill Withers, Talvin Singh, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Aretha Franklin, Alice Russell, Suba, Allman Brothers, Beastie Boys, Led Zeppelin, Jackson 5, Charles Mingus, John Martyn, Backini, DJ Food, PJ Harvey, John Coltrane, Orb, The Doors, Pink Floyd, Angie Stone, Erykah Badu, Orbital, Van Morrison, Phi Life Cypher, The Fun Lovin Criminals, Beck, Stevie Wonder, Frank Zappa, Curtis Mayfield, James Brown, The Pharcyde, Jurassic 5, Sly & The Family Stone, Syd Barrett, Gangstarr, A Tribe Called Quest, Nina Simone, Cinematic Orchestra, Quantic Soul Orchestra, Zero 7, Jay-Z, The Beatles, The Hollies, Carlos Santana, 4hero, Air, Aim, Breakestra, DJ Shadow, Daft Punk, Funkadelic, Boards Of Canada, Bob Dylan, The Specials, Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Buffalo Springfield, Gil Scot Heron, Marvin Gaye, Death In Vegas, Led Zeppelin, Grand Master Flash, Afrika Bambaataa, Herbie Hancock, Free, Gorillaz, Stone Roses, RJD2, DJ Premier, Dangermouse, Miles Davis, Al Green, Jeru Tha Damaja, Gilles Peterson, DJ Format, Will Holland, Fourtet, Ultramagnetic MCs, Biz Markie, Santana, The Meters, Radiohead, Galactic, Freestylers, Kid Koala, Ray Charles, Fila Brazilia, Ozric Tentacles, Coldcut, The Band, Rahzel, Portishead, Cut Chemist, Funki Porcini, Fela Kuti, Roots Manuva, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Ella Fitzgerald, Hexstatic, Squarepusher, Janis Joplin, Mother Earth, Red Snapper, Ike & Tina Turner, Wagon Christ, Mr Scruff, Ozomatli, Life, King Curtis, Primal Scream, Nostalgia 77, Duke Ellington, Toots & The Maytals, Eat Static, JTQ, Mr Bungle, Creedance Clearwater Water, Antibalas Afrobeat, Dr John, Kinobe, Massive Attack, Jeff Buckley, Average White Band, TM Juke, Pest, Dr Rubberfunk, The Who, Nina Simone, Bjork, Derek & The Dominoes, Faith No More, Ben Harper, Bonobo, Billy Cobham, John Peel, Douglas Adams, George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, Hunter S Thopmson, Banksy, Big Daddy Magazine, Oliver Wang, Ben Templesmith, Peanut Butter Wolf, David Axelrod, Z-Trip, Bush
Movies
The Search For Robert Johnson, Woodstock, The Monterey Pop Festival, Woodstock, We Jam Econo
Myspace Contact Tables
Television
Books
Nietzsche's "Birth of Tragedy," Jack Kerouac's "On The Road," Hunter S. Thompson
Heroes
Dionysus, Pan, and the rest of the Greek gods and demi-gods
The 27s: The Greatest Myth of Rock & Roll available NOW!
What began as a modest project, an artistic tribute to The 27s, has grown to a 312-page book complete with visually enticing pages packed with original art, mood setting illustrations, and a thought-provoking revelation than runs throughout. The story of The 27s read like a mini-history of rock & roll.
The 27s permeate across genres and although, say, D. Boon and the Minutemen haven’t sold as many records as Janis Joplin, he is no less important than the Queen of Rock. D. Boon showed that "our band could be your life" for fans across the country—fans that include members of R.E.M., Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Sublime. MySpace’s power to break bands is in part an extension of the fanzine/tape/word-of-mouth/grassroots scene that the Minutemen, Black Flag, Hüsker Dü, and other post-punk/hardcore bands were an integral part of—a scene that paved the way for the great alternative/grunge movement that dominated the 1990s.
The media makes music into a popularity contest and in that framework Jimi, Janis, Jim, Kurt and Brian loom larger than the rest, but the way we look at it each 27 have contributed to the history and development of rock & roll. Read it and you’ll discover how and why.
The 27s is a visual feast quite unlike any other music book out there. The story flows like a gushing river, celebrating the lives and legacies of an extremely talented yet rather unknown clique of artists who managed to change the sound of rock.
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Josh & Eric
Samadhi Creations
(Where did our 27s bios go? Expanded and improved here.
Beginning April 7th, 2009 we are excited to announce worldwide distribution of The 27s through North Atlantic Books and Random House. Get your copy today, here.
Who I'd like to meet: People who love our music and are intrigued by our lives and legacies.
Just wanted to let you know that we've taken 10 of the best Paradox songs including 'Lame and Languid' and 'Downward Spiral' from both albums 'Sacred' and 'Circle of Growth' and made them available for FREE Download at Open Pot. Here's the Paradox page - http://www.openpot.com/PARADOX All you have to do is register as a user and you can download 10 Paradox songs for free.
Dropping by to wish you the best day ever and tomorrow do the same. If you have the means please give a couple of dollars to charity. Be it to fight Diabetes, Asthma, Cancer, Hunger, AIDS, or any other cause that touches your heart. I know of no better feeling than what you feel when you make another person’s day a little better. Bill
I look to you when I need to find away to let my inner feelings show, when words are rushing quietly through my mind like a beautiful river as it flows. Holding you in my arms I move my fingers up and down your neck, I plug you in just to turn you on while deciding on the perfect effect. Finding within us the message to awaken their awaiting senses, while making them believe they're walking through lush green meadows, maybe being surrounded by little white fences. As I touch and move your strings you respond with the magic of your caressing sound, inspiration is lending itself from every direction, only needing me to be aware of what we together may have found. Speak to me easy my six string image of beauty, let me hear yet another dream that will share someone else's weight that they alone are still trying to carry.... ~Nick Nichols~ Have a great day my talented friend, enjoy the poem I wrote.... They say it's your birthday, well happy birthday to you.... :) Many miles of smiles to you, ~Nick~
Whats good .. I aint been on ya page ina minute.. and you havent been on mine :P I got some new tracks on there HOT HOT HOT Blame it on d alcohol and Aint I remixes ready to keep you on your feet! Im really jus here to show ya page a lil swagga but head to my page .. check out d songs and PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT ON WHAT U FEEL BOUT D SONGS AND SIGN THE GUESTBOOK! to suppport us ~Byrd