Matty Sheets. All tracks and instruments, with the exception of..... Eating the Invaders are: Marshall Owen-guitar, vocals. Barry Staples-drums, percussion. Mikey Roohan-bass, vocals. Jason Voss-guitar. David "Driveway" Moore-harmonicas, percussion, kazoos, vocals. Matty Sheets-vocals, guitar, ukulele, hand claps.
Influences
"Strangers" by the Kinks. "Queen Bitch" by David Bowie. Tom Waits. Bob Dylan. Mikey Roohan. Tim Betts. Davey Wilson. Kristen Leigh. Mark Mothersbaugh. Wayne Reich. Marshall Owen. Jason Voss. Barry Staples. Driveway. Mozart. the Ramones. my Mother. John Lennon. George Harrison. Son House. Robert Johnson.
Matty Sheets is a singer/songwriter/musician currently residing in Greensboro, NC. He fronts the band EATING THE INVADERS, a group of singer/songwriter/musicians who play their own brand of gritty rock and roll/ folk music. Sheets also works with MONKEYWHALE PRODUCTIONS, a web based multimedia organization full of writers, actors, photographers, environmentalists and musicians. His duties with MONKEYWHALE include, film score composer, actor, writer, and idea batter arounder. Sheets plays slide guitar with another group, COME HELL OR HIGH WATER, currently on hiatus due to the leader/singer/songwriter's maternity leave.
You may remember Sheets from such bands as.... BIG RED ROOSTER, THE DEVILED EGGS, THE DUMBELLS, ROBOTIC ARM, LOVE HANDLE, THE TREE DOGS, THE HOMELESS, SOFA KING TALL, FUNKY STATIC, and LOOSE TOOTH, but probably not.
YES WE ARE HAVING ANOTHER SHOW @ THE RECORD STORE!!! WED. MAY 20TH
Tonight we have...
AMERICANS IN FRANCE (Chapel Hill, NC)
FASTER DETAIL
Americans In France practice down a long dirt road, near a pond in
Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The original three piece has been playing
shows and writing music together for three and four years, respectively.
Their songs are compared to an absurd amount of rock-and-roll genres including: punk, psychedelic, indie, art, garage and prog.
The band's contemporary influences include: Lil' Wayne, Whatever
Brains, Eddie Current Suppression Ring, DC Snipers, The Spiderbags,
Blank Dogs, The Limes, Pinche Gringo and Blood on the Wall.
They have recorded one LP, "Pretzelvania" with mysterious engineer
Brian Paulson. It is due out May 15th, 2009 on the Chapel Hill label
Odessa Records.
Just so you know: points go back to zero today; you're my hero (not in a gay Mariah Carey sort of way, but more like a cool Rick in Casablanca sort of way); and I adore you big time.
