Kevin Levang (AKA Kevin White)-Vox&Guitar
Marc Blumenthal-Bass
Paul Smith-Guitar & Vox
Beth Ragland-Percussion&Vox
Influences
Flaming Lips, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Guided By Voices, The Eels, The Warlocks, The Shins, Tom Waits, Spacemen 3, The Black Angels, Minutemen, Tribe Called Quest, Velvet Underground, My Bloody Valentine, Rogue Wave, Love, Built to Spill, Germs, Black Flag, Pavement, J. Cash, Leonard Cohen, Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Greg Shaw, Neil Young, Apples in Stereo, White Stripes, Dinosaur Jr, Steel Pole Bathtub, Ravonettes, Creatures of the Night, Pink Floyd, Beatles, Alice Donut, Dandy Warhols, De La Soul, Parliment, Devo, Grifters, Slayer, Adolescents, Minor Threat, Rush, 80's East Bay Punk, Bright Channel, Echo and the Bunnymen, Psych Furs, Neil Young, Arcade Fire, Viva Voce, Queen, Led Zep, Replacements. The South, The North, The Westcoast, politics and banality. Those who think, try, and do. You, baby!
Sounds Like
There are no safe answers here. I guess hit "play" on the music player and tell us.
Alright Lights began when Kevin(Cosmetic Puffs, Six Volt Amps) hailing form Eureka, CA met Marc in 2005. They wrote some tunes without a drummer for a few months until Beth joined on skins. We practiced in Marc's basement as an instrumental trio until Beth deserted us for NYC in Aug of 2005. Friend Jason took over on drums in Sept and we continued to write tunes without words. Our good friend Paul joined on 2nd guitar in April of 2006, which must have brought us some luck, as Kevin began writing words to our tunes around that time. Stawberries was our first song. We moved out of the basement into Hot L Birmingham to have real practice space. Jason informed us around that time that he was going to leave the band for school. Amazingly enough, Beth had just returned from NYC, wanting to play some drums. We had a few other stragglers along the way, but we were (for about a year) a solid band, playing regular shows around town and recording our music.
Kevin has since moved away with wifey and baby back to California. He was our lead singer and glue so no more Alright Lights. :( Don't stray though... there are more projects in the works. Check back with us!
I edited my profile at MySpaceSupport.com, check out these Myspace Layouts!
We will be taping the show on the 13th for a live album. We are going to be playing brand new material as well as material off of our upcoming album. Come see what's new.
y'all were my soundtrack tonight: i lit a candle for my stationary mystic friends as well as burned some sage in a parking lot slash open field slash graveyard slash park slash volcano as an offering to the goddesses of road trips in general.
anyway, forgive my rambles. sweet sweet sounds though! don't discount the left coast. i think you guys would love it out here.
Man you're working hard. Looking forward to hearing the new songs. I've got some stuff coming but am just trying to work out how best to distribute it when all complete! Digital vs CD.
HEY GUYS! IT'S LAUREN, MELLYS FRIEND. YOU GUYS SEND ME A TAPE AND I'LL PASS IT AROUND TO SOME OF THE BARS HERE IN DECATUR AND MAYBE YOU GUYS CAN COME HERE TO PLAY!! THAT WOULD ROCK!
Thanks for the request! New album, MASTER MUTE IN HAVANA, PEKING, Summer 2007. "The Forked Tongue Knows Sin" appears on THE DAYDREAM GENERATION compilation (Cozy Home Records) available from http://thedaydreamgeneration.googlepages.com/home 3.31.07. Check out ADD Adapter Thursdays @ The Poorhouse, Ft. L, FL
I think it was our best sounding show too. I love, LOVE the sound there; monitors are very nice things. Cheers to Saylor for keeping us in tune, and cheers to our friends and Zenith Pulse and especially Paul, Beth, and Kevin.
