Mark Lyons - Acoustic Guitar, Vocals,
Dionne Taylor - Lap Steel Guitar, Banjo, Backing Vocals
Tamasin Taylor - Violin, Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Rob Collins - Bass, Backing Vocals,
Ivan the terrible-ly talented - Drums,
Influences
Just a few...
REALLY OLD STUFF -
Some Things to Listen to: Milton Brown & his Musical Brownies, Bob Wills, Washington Phillips, Louis Armstrong Hot 5s & 7s,
Some things to Watch: "Sunrise" "Pandoras Box"
Some things to read : Conan Doyle "Sherlock Holmes" stories, Carl Barks Disney comics, Classics Illustrated, The big Victorian novelists : Dickens, Bronte, Hardy, Elliot
OLD STUFF -
Some Things to Listen to: Fats Domino, Maddox Brothers & Rose, Hank Williams, George Jones, Professor Longhair, Big Joe Turner, Freddy Cannon, Homer & Jethro, Webb Pierce, Hardrock Gunter,
Some things to Watch: "Shaddow of Doubt" "Written on The Wind" "Rio Bravo" The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet,
Some things to read: Raymond Chandler books, EC Crime Suspense Comics,
NOT SO OLD STUFF -
Some things to Listen to: The Louvin Brothers, Bill Anderson, Porter Wagoner, The Everly Brothers, The Osborne Brothers, Dolly Parton, Joe Tex, The Beach Boys, Dylan and The Beatles (of course)
Some things to Watch: 77 Sunset Strip, Planet of The Apes, Nashville,
Some things to Read: Spider-Man by Stan Lee & John Romita, Blueberry by Moebius,
Sounds Like
If you want to know what we sound like go to our record label's website to hear more songs and it's also the only place people living outside of New Zealand can buy our albums: www.lilchiefrecords.com
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The Nudie Suits first album Songbook was released in 2003 on Lil Chief Records and contained many demos from the previous four years of the bands life span that had been student radio hits.
Once again written and produced by singer/guitarist Mark Lyons, their second album Sweetacres was a scrapbook of psycho-nostalgic tunes recalling a childhood spent in the West Auckland suburb of Avondale. Its palette swung from the folk-pop feel many fans think of as the Nudies sound, to lush arrangements reminiscent of FM rock radio of the 1970s, and many points in-between.
The striking coloured-pencil artwork, also by Mark, presents a guided tour of the geographical locations that inspired each particular song, from the beloved corner dairy At The Old Dairy to the confectionary factory Sweetacres that gives the album its name. The enclosed booklet also features childhood snapshots and newspaper clippings of prize-winning sketches by Mark from the Sunday News childrens page.
Since returning to New Zealand from three years abroad in 2004 (perhaps the motivation for writing songs about childhood and home on the Sweetacres album), the Nudie Suits core members Mark Lyons, Dionne Taylor (steel guitar) and Tam Taylor (violin/keyboards) have enjoyed numerous support slots in the past year or two including Cat Power, Jolie Holland, Ken Stringfellow, Calvin Johnson, Wild Billy Childish, The Mountain Goats, The Magic Numbers and Kelley Stoltz. They have also been joined by a new rhythm section Rob Collins (bass) and Ivan Hyphen Johnston (drums).
The Nudie Suits debut album Songbook received excellent reviews Something of tremendous, charm and enormous vitality. - Chris Knox, Real Groove Magazine. The Nudie Suits have strong enough songs to lift them above being just another bunch of too cute irony-singers. Grant Smithies, The Sunday Star Times. exudes the vintage charm and warm glow of an antique valve radio. Russel Baillie The N.Z. Herald.
Their sophomore effort Sweetacres proved to be a worthy successor to Songbook with its sublime harmonies, crackling steel guitar solos and phantasmagorical artwork. Not to mention some fantastic songs!
The third Nudie Suits album currently in production and due for release in early 2009 expands on the Sweetacres theme of a west Auckland childhood to reveal secret family stories that tell of migration a hundred years ago and continue through the decades to paint a picture of evolving family life in New Zealand. Some new instruments also make their appearance for the third album with Dionne taking up the banjo and Mark the mandolin.
VIDEO: LITTLE TOO LOOSE THERE from the first Nudie Suits album "Songbook"
Ahoy there! Check out our new EP The Inland Sea here - You can also listen and buy at www.theinlandsea.co.uk Enjoy xxx
“A call to arms from the perilous waters of the Island. Kinfolk cower in their homes as wild squalls rage fury on us. A far cry from the glassy seas and towering swells from which we profited only a few days ago. Respite cruelly prized from our grasp, our hopes of reprieve in calmer seas lie tattered, at least for now. Scathed but not scarred, we persist through relentless gales and cloudbursts on the fringes of the ocean, passing the church in the bay where many a reveler and mourner has been left stranded at high tide. Through fortune and fortitude we reach the shore and are greeted by warm fires, zestful ales and hearty tales shared with our good friend, (sadly soon to depart us). For the storm has abated and the bow has settled. We wipe our blinkered eyes, ravaged and weary; the majestic scenes enveloped by the Island in a blind rage, ever imprinted in our minds”...
The Inland Sea is inspired by the isle of Anglesey, a place that has always been close to The Mekkits’ hearts... It was recorded and produced at "Studio Los Mekkitos"... in Manchester, and will be followed next year with the ecclectic debut album!
Bonjour Thanks for the friendly add I like your musical universe and your so good sounds Best wishes from France (Follow me on twitter.com/pascal95 ) Pascal
This message is kinda directed solely at Ivan: Hey man you probably really don't give a shit but I was like "zomgnoway" when I found out that you were the drummer. Coz I had known of le Nudie Suits for quite a while but then I found you guys here and saw you were the drummer and that's mint coz I love what you guys are doing! We may've met once or twice (I play percussion in the Aotea Youth Sinfonietta, and I think we might've talked briefly at one or two of the joint concerts aaaages ago) and I saw you play with Ben in the 80s Jacket Club aaages ago (I'm friends with Ben's brother (Jonno)) and you might know my sister (Danielle). ANYWAY. You guys are great! Keep it up :D
Hey thanks for being our friend, check out our songs and let us know what you think. We'd also love it if you could help spread the word and tell some friends about us. Thanks again. -Tyler e.
If you drink copious amounts of Whiskey, Brandy, Beer, Gin, Bourbon, Vodka, Wine, Moonshine, or Porter, then check out my new song DELIRIUM TREMENS. It's about drinking copious amounts of Whiskey, Brandy, Beer, Gin, Bourbon, Vodka, Wine, Moonshine, and Porter.
If yes, you should play it at the Lil Chief xmas party.
the best cookies we ever made had milky bar, peanut butter and dark chocolate m&ms melted into the mix. Delightfully sickly they were. You should try it, if you're keen on a weeks worth of sugar. In a biscuit.
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