| Member Since | 5/31/2006 | | Band Website | www.nationalsundaylaw.net | | Band Members | DEREK (drums, vocals, synth)
DARIN (guitars, keys, vocals) | | Influences | WRITINGS - Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel C. Dennett, Chuck Palahniuk, Christopher Hitchens, Hunter S. Thompson, Victor J. Stenger...
MUSIC- A Minor Forest, Battles, Between the Buried and Me, Behold... the Arctopus, Big Black, Big 'N, Bjork, Black Sabbath, Botch, Breadwinner, Brian Eno, Can, Candiria, Castor, Cave In, Chavez, Converge, Crowbar, The Cure, Darkest Hour, Dazzling Killmen, Dillinger Escape Plan, Do Make Say Think, Don Caballero, Dysrhythmia, Ennio Morricone, Failure, Faith No More, Fredrik Thordendal, The Fucking Champs, Goblin, Godflesh, Godspeed You Black Emporer, Hawkwind, Hella, Helmet, Houston, Hum, Hurl, Intronaut, Irepress, Isis, Jawbox, Jesu, Jesus Lizard, John Carpenter, Juno, Kayo Dot, Killing Joke, King Crimson, Kool Keith, Kraftwerk, Laddio Bolocko, Le Orme, The Life and Times, Lustre King, Lynx, Maudlin of the Well, Mastodon, Megadeth, The Melvins, Meshuggah, Mogwai, Mouth of the Architect, Mr. Bungle, My Bloody Valentine, Neurosis, Opeth, Ornette Colemen, Oxes, Painkiller, Pelican, Pig Destroyer, Pink Floyd, Rachels, Red Sparrows, Rush, Shellac, Shudder to Think, Shiner, Slayer, Slint, Sonic Youth, Stars of the Lid, Tangerine Dream, Tomahawk, Tortoise, Traindodge, Trans Am, Unearth, The Who, Van Halen, Voivod, Zombi ......
COMEDY/TV/FILM - BILL HICKS, George Carlin, Family Guy, Howard Stern, Mitch Hedberg, Mr. Show with Bob and David, Patton Oswalt, Penn and Teller, Sarah Silverman, The Simpsons, South Park, Brian Posehn, Trailer Park Boys, John Safran Vs. God, Dexter, Metalocalypse, George A. Romero, Dario Argento, Michael Haneke, Lucio Fulci, anything about Cannibals or Zombies....
FOOD - Philips BBQ on Crenshaw, Woodey's BBQ, Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles, In 'N' Out Burger, The Burger Stand, Hamburger Habit, LAX tacos, Odelay taco truck, Taco's y mariscos numero 1, Tacomiendo, The Coop, Vinny's Pizza, Thai Dishes, Pollo Ala Brasa, Aunt Kizzy's Back Porch, Flossies Soul Food, Honey's Kettle Fried Chicken, India Sweets and Spices, Carneceria Sanchez... | | Sounds Like | Unframed art absorbing the vibrations and sweat of the nubile underground. Within this musky setting, the two-piece National Sunday Law brought the faces on the walls to life using their meaty, psychedelic, bad assery of sounds. I didn’t know what to think – seeing the drummer set up his little kit with one mounted tom, one floor tom, two cymbals, a snare and a bass drum I was not expecting too much. This man EXPLODED on the opening note. A bearded powerhouse, he worked that kit like he was a junior high school nerd turned Ron Jeremy at the Playboy Mansion’s housewarming party. And the guitarist…creating spacey drones that could switch abruptly to abrasive & unpredictable rawk grandiosity….my want list was complete. Metal, melody, thrash, weirdness, melancholy, interplanetary and ethereal beauty were all seamlessly bound together sometimes within the same song. Gloriousness would erupt from the spheres and wrench you out of your little box of existence - pummeling you with brutality only to softly caress you back into a gentle interlude of cloudy bliss. I kept having visions of Sigur Ros making out with Neurosis as a slightly more evil Cocteau Twins looks on while King Buzzo tries to brush out his hair. Headbang all of it thoroughly with a weirder but working-class prog vibe and you’re left spent in a doomy, warm afterglow. Mmm. (Tiina Teal - LA RECORD) | | Type of Label | Unsigned |
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