KEITH WILSON : GOBZ n' STRUMZ - Electric and acoustic guitars, ukulele, harmonica, pneumatic drills and organic verbal remedies.
JAY IRVING : BINGZ n' BANGZ - Drumz, claw hammer, all things all-bang and equestrian statue.
MIKE SMITH : PLONKZ n' BLOWZ - Vital organs, casual Sax, two-man wood saw and moveable arms and legs.
RODDIE GILLIARD : PLUCKZ n' SLAPZ - Bass, turk's head, origami sushi and time-served undercoat.
ALEX BARANOWSKI : STRINGZ n' THINGZ - Orchestration, Xmas cake and three bar electric fire.
Whichever way the wind blows the grit of absurdity, this handsome pick n' mix assortment continue to produce cool, satisfying, multi-faceted, pigeon-hole defying, enigmatic aural pleasure for ears of all shapes and sizes.
Influences
Thomas James Wilson, Jonny Wilson, Syd Barrett, Big Star, Spike Jones, Velvet Underground, the kumquat, Wreckless Eric, Bill Shankly, John Peel, Viv Stanshall, rare cheeses, The Small Faces, Bowie, Grimms, Zappa, Ian Dury, horned-rimmed glasses, Lou Reed, Dwight Twilley, those Beatles, pink-rimmed Island records, The Flaming Lips, Dr. Strangely Strange, Captain Beefheart, flip-flops, Stiff Records, Jeff Buckley, Led Zeppelin, muffins, Marc Bolan, Adrian Mitchell, Stan Laurel, Adrian Henri, The Liverpool Scene, Vivienne Westwood, Leonard Cohen, wooden coathangers, MC5, Neil Innes, Alex Harvey, liquorice, The Kinks, The Pink Fairies, Patti Smith, Catweazle, tippex, Sparks, John's Children, The Only Ones, Bill Nelson and the city of Liverpool.
Sounds Like
The Ruts and The Bonzos assembling a rather troublesome deckchair accompanied by The Banana Splits, a pair of kazoos and a steam driven ukelele.
Chipperfield's Circus, Led Zeppelin, Girls Aloud, Take That and Sooty – these are some of the people Keith has never worked with. Undisturbed, this handsomely-wrapped guitarist, poet and author of peculiar songs has seen active service with the MUTANTS (SEE BLOG), GEISHA GIRLS, AFTER A FASHION, THE EXPLODING HAMSTERS, SPIDER MONKEYS and most recently THE LOVETONES. Keith is also a co-conspirator and occasional member of cult 60's Liverpool band THE SCAFFOLD.
As a headline act (both solo and with his band THE METHYLATED SPIRITUALISTS), he has toured extensively throughout the UK and Europe, and during a hailstorm of former lives has opened for numerous acts including the Jam, the Buzzcocks, Ultravox, the Police, Big Country, Nik Turner, Paul Weller, Elvis Costello, The Damned, Blondie, The Stranglers, Joe Strummer and Billy Bragg.
No stranger to the dressing-up box, Keith has written and performed a veritable smorgasbord of eclectic delicacies for theatre, television, film and radio and has worked for every major broadcaster in the UK and Ireland. He has put words into the mouths of numerous actors including James Nesbitt, Colin Salmon, Paul Kaye, Danny Dyer, Phil Daniels, Kevin Whately and Leo Gregory. Often wearing a casual yet distant look due to his additional commitments as a writer, broadcaster and film maker, his most unusual blast up the cathode ray tube was as co-presenter and comedy stunt man on Channel FIVE'S crime-busting series 'McINTYRE'S BIG STING' (2006/7) with undercover reporter Donal McIntyre. Since 2007, Keith has been writer-in-residence and a leftfield presenter for the innovative television sports channel SETANTA. Dip in for a fine selection of one-size-fits-all tactically astute footie shorts before most live games or tune in to the 'FOOTBALL MATTERS' show each monday night and marvel at his collection of facial contortions, creative linguistics and cool vintage overcoats.
In between doing showbiz, opening supermarkets and launching battleships, he managed to squeeze out the debut solo album 'SLIP OF THE TONGUE' with producers Roddie Gilliard and Steve Powell in 2008. Featuring musicians who’ve worked with Jools Holland, The Magic Band, Arthur Brown, Ike Willis, Napoleon Murphy Brock and Steve Winwood, this isn’t simply words and music - this is poetry in commotion. Including an a la carte menu of moans, groans and rhythm methods more usually associated with the Karma Sutra, this seductively packaged pot pourri of well-versed aural stimulation has already startled many a horse. Also enviously packaged, the mini skirted follow up album 'RAPSCALLION BOP' is now on street corners looking for business. For those in awe of the French Horn heed this warning - wear sensible shoes and assume the recovery position consistent with indecent exposure, as this esoteric long player contains a sackful of nuts, full frontal brass rubbings and a sizeable but humane dose of orchestration. It is however, lovely on the lobes and very suitable indeed for the lapsed vegetarian.
In addition, as well and also, the eagerly-anticipated travelogue soapy-doc-opera almost poetry book 'IRRITABLE VOWEL SYNDROME' (SEE BLOG) will be blowing its cover and tingling its spine during the autumnal flushes of 2009. Tuck in your shirts and prepare the rubber gloves - 'tis a warm handful indeed. And to ward off any potential of the circus running away with him, Keith is currently writing a musical in black biro with ex-Scaffold, Grimms and Tiswas starlet John Gorman. Purse your lips, light the blue touch paper and stand well back.
A more fullsome biography and a curious selection of exotic flowers and candles in jars can be found casually draped on the lavishly-tooled website www.therealkeithwilson.com
DROP IN, DROP OUT AND FIDDLE WITH YOUR OWM AESTHETIC
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ALSO APPEARING, THE LEGENDARY DAVID VORHAUS & MARK JENKINS’ WHITE NOISE!!
Thankyou for adding Sonic World Festival, 4/5th September 2009. Tickets are available from www.sonicworldfestival.co.uk and www.myspace.com/harveybainbridgemusic as well as our own myspace site. £30 for the whole weekend, indoor toilets, free showers, free camping, bars, bar meals and restaurant, indoor venue. Please check out our blogs.
Hi Mike, I have a pretty good Mutant story. We were with you guys at the Chester studio when you recorded Bossman. Wrote about it here. Any addition to the story appreciated. http://whycontrol1977.blogspot.com/2008/03/bombsite-fanzine-1977-mutants.html
Ever wondered what to do in the event of a nuclear threat?
A while ago I found stuff that inspired me to make this film:
Living Under the Shadow of the Nuclear Umbrella
Both artistic (ensure you get the background music!) and educational, it primarily comprises official British government civil defence advice.
Though source materials are quite aged, much remains relevant today.
I encourage all to visit the YouTube page to learn more (Show support! Rate! Comment!) and responsibly circulate as widely as possible, here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaIim3Rj7L4
To stand a chance of winning a top prize, listen to any of the shows over the St Georges weekend giveaway...
Thursday 23rd April 8pm til midnight... classic rock night
Friday 24th April 8pm til midnight... 80's and cheesy music night
Saturday 25th April 8pm til midnight... Dance and mixed music
Sunday 26th noon til midnight... unsigned bands rock, metal and indie all day giveaway! (email purebikerfm@gmail.com for your bands musci to be played live on air)
You need to be listening to any of these shows to win prizes as we will be giving loads away all weekend. Don't miss your chance to win and its all FREE OF CHARGE on Pure Biker FM.
The new album 'Coolgilly and the Freakshow' from Centascope is now available worldwide from CD Baby and directly from the merchandise page of the official website.
You can also get the album from Apple iTunes, MSN Music, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon and many more.
HI KEITH... HOPE LIFE AND MUSIC IS GROOVING ON...#
SENDELICA
NEW ALBUM OUT ON RAIG RECORDS APRIL 24TH
“THE GIRL FROM THE FUTURE WHO LIT UP THE SKY WITH GOLDEN WORDS”
TWO TEASER TRACKS UP ON OUR MYSPACE PAGE NOW!!
GO AND LISTEN… J
FULL T/L:
STANDING ON THE EDGE – MANHOLE OF THE UNIVERSE – HAZELNUT – DARK DISKO – THE GIRL FROM THE FUTURE – GLORY BEE – SEVERAL SPECIES OF FURRY HUMANS GATHERED TOGETHER IN A CAVE GROVING LIKE GROOVY PICTS.
Also will be available as a limited edition (100 copies) which come as a collectable CD+DVD edition with the "SleepWalker Fever" movie by Grant Wakefield. DVD: 8 tracks - 51 min.
Good to have you as a friend! So great to see the internet in action this way, shortening distances between people.
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Uncle Harry says do the Portobello Shuffle!
Portobello Shuffle - Deviants and Pink Fairies - a forthcoming tribute CD and testimonial to Boss Goodman
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