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Grand Ole March

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Released: Sep 3, 2006

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Grand Ole March
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A Cause Worth Celebrating
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Genre: Indie / Psychedelic / Rock
Location CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, US
Profile Views: 17058
Last Login: 4/21/2010
Member Since 6/8/2005
Website www.matadorblues.com
Type of Label Major
Bio
Nice words from the Charlotte Observer: "...Charlotte-based band that can sweep from spacy to dirty, powerful, Stones-meets-Spiritualized rock. Soulful frontman John Morgan lends a Southern howl." - Courtney Devores, "Local Flavor," 01/26/07 ***************************************************************** and Creative Loafing (Charlotte): Matador Blues - Here's a band not easily pegged, which of course is a positive thing in my neck of the woods. At times they evoke Tim Buckley-styled folk rock with a trance-laden psychedelic vibe, at other times they play neck swaying, moody rock. It's a swirl of instrumentation that swells ahead of the vocals, then casually sidles up behind and eventually winds up chugging along. In the end, the haze turns to sunny, echo-laden space rock that's warmly familiar, yet original. - Samir Shukla ***************************************************************** and Swanky Gruel Magazine (Columbia, SC): "I feel like I've heard them before, but I think it's just the crossover of miscellaneous influences that I'm hearing - and enjoying. The wordy, Iggy Pop-ish lead singer provides a nice contrast to the drone-y lead guitarist, who is doing an excellent job with his metal slide bar and pedal work. It's a beautiful blend of catchy, up tempo rock and dreamy-ness...If you watch the 3 guitar players, you can see their parts are distinct enough, and they all blend into an agreeable cacophony... One of the better bands I've seen in a long while." "Matador Blues reminds me of: Cocteau Twins, Stooges, James, Ocean Blue to name a few" - Michelle Smith ***************************************************************** and Connect Savannah (GA): Matador Blues is a Carolina quartet whose originals veer from ethereal folk drones to the gnashed and clenched psycho-garage blues backwash of Iggy and The Stooges. - Jim Reed ***************************************************************** That about sums it up... ***************************************************************** We've been making spacey music for strung out no-accounts to take goofballs to (as Matador Blues) since 2001. We've played with one another for around a decade, assuming vaious lineups and identities. There have been somewhere in the neighborhood of 13 Blueskateers that have churned out racket with us over the last 5 years and have, for whatever reason, fallen by the wayside. But the heart of the operation is still around, plugging along, fighting the good fight. Check our Blog for Merchandise Info!!! ...... Now we know where you live... ........You have been marked on my profile map!......
Members
Sonny - Drums; John Morgan - Vocals, Guitars; David Smith - Bass; Ben Sullivan - Guitars, Keyboards, Sampler, Drum Machine; Michael - Guitars, Synthesizer, Drum Machine, Theremin, Noise
Influences
the Verve, Spiritualized, Spacemen 3, Primal Scream, Radiohead, the Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev, the Warlocks, David Bowie, T. Rex, the Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, Jesus and Mary Chain, Clinic, Grandaddy, My Bloody Valentine, the Rolling Stones, Ride, Swervedriver, Air, Pink Floyd, Spoon, Arcade Fire, Pulp, the Secret Machines ...there're lots more, I guess. This is a good enough list.
Sounds Like
Heaven's Chorus...here are some videos of our show at the Milestone in Charlotte, May 19, 2006. The first one's Sun and Moon, the second one's the Golden Road, the third one's Beauregard (and his renegade band of thirty-four), and the fourth one's a cover of one of our favorite songs in the whole universe, "Blue" by Verve. More're on the way, so keep on a-watchin'! .. width="425" height="350">..........> .. width="425" height="350">..........> .. width="425" height="350">..........> .. width="425" height="350">..........>