steve berrett
scott schultz
ammon watene
aaron watene
jana wittren
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peter quinnel
jarond gibbs
ruth schultz
sam schultz
mossi watene
scott windes
sarah windes
sunny chen
ron berrett
and a bunch of others that sat in on shows here and there... i've forgotten some, our lineup was open to friends to sit in live or add a little to the recordings
Influences
indiepop
60's pop
tweepop
shelflife records
frequent flyer (jarond is amazing)
brittle stars (we all fell in love)
Beach Boys (the bad & the great)
Belle & Sebastian (who doesnt)
roger nichols (responsible for us)
free design
the beatles
harpers bizarre (no words explain)
millenium
sagitarious
the arrogants
le coupe
reddy kilowatt
the field mice
trembling blue stars
architecture in helsinki
mojave 3
galaxie 500
luna
damon & naomi
simon & garfunkel
autolux
my bloody valentine
flower machine
ladytron
slowdive
ride
red house painters
paul williams
Rocketship
the carpenters
aerospace
van dyke parks
Low
Burt Bacharach
cocteau twins
The Smiths
the magic numbers
dinosaur jr
the osmonds
Club 8
Donovan
The Aislers Set
pixies
Kings Of Convenience
colin blunstone
the zombies
Of Montreal
echo & the bunnymen
tahiti 80
polyphonic spree
The Cardigans
radiohead
sonic youth
air miami
beachwood sparks
depeche mode
the cure
Beulah
the Olivia Tremor Control
Apples In Stereo
The Radio Dept
The Decemberists
The Shermans
franz ferdinand
Komeda
Ladybug Transistor
the flaming lips
Deathcab For Cutie
Stereolab
pavement
american analog set
bloc party
New Order
lush
harry nilsson
Softies
M.I.A.
Figurine
Postal Service
Pulp
hot hot heat
ray makers
the rapture
the salteens
the clientele
idaho
charming
grandaddy
bread
America
blur
air supply
ambrosia
Eggstone
Magnetic Fields
Arcade Fire
Postal Blue
Astrud Gilbertro
Trembling Blue Stars
They Might Be Giants
Lucksmiths
acid house kings
beck
joy division
dressy bessy
essex green
pizzcato 5
cornelius
pine*am
the shins
from bubblegum to sky
teenage fanclub
air
claudine longet
incredible moses leroy
papas fritas
ben folds five
the high llamas
wedding present
ABBA
Sounds Like
indiepop kids trying to be the harpers bizarre of thier generation.
well its been a long fun ride playing music for so long. I guess it started in the garage in 1994 as MAJESTIC 12. jana wittren joined on vocals and we were a band. suits and coffee shops, playing music. we recorded a bunch of songs and made tapes to give out. later in 96 & 97 most of the songs appeared on 3 different 7" records from indiepop labels shelflife, moonscreen, and quiddity. a CD collection of this era has been slated to be released for some time and i think someday it will actually happen. we had some really good shows and some that nearly made us break up.
NOTHING ON TV
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after we quit playing shows for a while, jana with some friends formed the ARROGANTS. they have some amazing releases and just released a new CD and DVD package available from www.tweekitten.com . The rest of us started home recording new songs and finding a happier pop side that we experimented with in the living room of our messy north hollywood house. We had cubase, a bunch of instruments and a whole lot of time to mess around. Friends came in adding a little here and there, horns, strings and moog, we overindulged in it all. Jarond, Pat, and Sunny from the band REDDY KILOWATT even came over and helped us cover some of thier songs. this year long adventure was released in 1999 on shelflife records titled "live it up" and later released in Japan on tone vendor records. we played a bunch of great shows but had our best time playing in San Francisco, in the indie pop scene. Mostly too many experiences to even start mentioning but it didnt get much better than opening up for ROCKETSHIP when you are a nerdy pop band.
BUB
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we continued to record new songs while playing live shows until we finally released a second album on shelflife in 2001 (in september no less) and on wah! records in Japan. we toured around and had fun, mostly it was just an excuse to take road trips and have something to dowith our friends. we haven't played in a while but we still get together occasionally and record songs for random compilations. an album ot two may still be there waiting to come out, who knows........
ok so one time a drunk guy while watching our show told jayd from the arrogants that "...that guy really needs his ass kicked, he's just too happy"
i guess that really sums majestic up, a little too happy... maybe to cover up the underlying sad.
HARPERS BIZARRE!!!! bizarre and lovely
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GALAXIE 500.......i'm coming home
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THE HEAVY BLINKERS......amazing
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La Casa Azul........wow!!!
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hi there, I have been a fan of your music for about three years and find it very enjoyable. i found it hard to get a copy of your cd but i have it now. when i first heard Majestic i found it really inspirational. i respect you guys.
What are you guys doing now?
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