Voice - Minna
Other Voice - Ashley
Guitars - Nigel
Drums/Beats - Scott
Influences
augustus pablo, joe meek, sneaker pimps, far too loud, elbow, the trashmen, baby ford, clinic, moloko, artificial arm, martha reeves and the vandellas, roxiller, battles, plaid, blonde redhead, coldcut, television, roland appel, thirteenth floor elevators, lee scratch perry, the shadows, simi nah, dead kennedies, john coltrane, duran duran, bo diddley, trentemoller, the velvelettes, os mutantes, steve reich, king crimson, agoria, the noisettes, link wray, the united states of america, siouxie and the banshees, magoo, Nathan Fake, pentangle, portishead, ruby, davy graham, the julie dolphin, plump djs, leonard cohen, gwen stefani, deftones, buddy holly, martina topley-bird, lamb, joy division, Mr Oizo, radiohead, dj shadow, gene vincent, massive attack, gyorgy ligeti, the stone roses, happy mondays, the doors and JEFF WAYNE'S MUSICAL VERSION OF WAR OF THE WORLDS oh yes.
www.myspace.com/genericguydan did these he is an absolute gent.
"THIS is how it is done...dirty..." Playmusic Pickup Demo of the month
"When you hear the opening cut ‘under your skin’ you’ll understand fully why we’ve been much smitten." Losing Today
"One Dollar Peep Show mix the discordant with the lush- with a sassy frontwoman singing with clarity and nobility behind virtuoso wah wah guitars, brooding samples and pulsing beats... This band have a captivating presence- they draw people with a silent strength, not saying anything during the songs, just being-it's a cap that fits them well." www.bbc.co.uk
"Mesmerising...Full of sonic noodles. If you missed it, more fool you." m-reading.co.uk
"Superlative dirty elecr(on)ic rock 'n' roll noise-pop" blah blah
"...similar to Garbage in their heyday, with a bit of Goldfrapp thrown in. Worth a listen, but not your usual kind of rock band." Matt's Blog Spot
WHAT WE SAY...
Scott:
"The first time I saw Nigel play was at the Old Trout in Windsor where he was on stage with a band bowing a cymbal with a cello bow.
There was something quite remarkable about what he was doing for two reasons.
One was the fact that he looked a lot like a tiny, completely mad, multi-coloured leprechaun and secondly because the noise he was producing with this cymbal and bow was f*****g terrible.
It was only later when I met him that I found out he played guitar."
The duo played in bands together for years until, in 2003, they relinquished the live scene and retreated to a small, sweaty room in Reading. Armed only with a computer they found in a skip, they set out to create dirty pop music the like of which had never been seen before.
They were not entirely successful.
Singer Minna Harris completed the lineup in 2004- and suddenly it all made sense. Minna's style-one part Martina Topley-Bird to two parts Annie Lennox-strangely suited the boys' ramshackle creations and they took to the road, playing only three gigs, all of which sold out, before splitting up.
Literally minutes later Chris Britton asked them to record an album for his achingly hip Weird City Electric Company Label. The band enthusiastically agreed before splitting up again.
Undeterred by this, the trio eagerly set to work on the opus, mangling guitars, synths and occasionally fire extinguishers into the mix. As the studio descended into anarchy Chris eventually had to resort to banning Scott and Nigel from the premises in order to finish recording Minna's vocals.
Ashley White, a schoolfriend of Minna's, was requisitoned by da 'show to sing backing vocals (B.V.'s) at this stage, and they liked her so much that they did not allow her to leave (but only just got round to mentioning her on here. *Ahem* sorry, Ash). Ashley is now an essential component of the One Dollar Peep Show live revue.
The Peeps are currently beavering away at their debut single, hopefully due out early 2008, or whenever they have the cash to release it.
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Hello peeps, sun ra! KUDOS. mayhap we shall engage in real time live physical encounter some time soon much as we did at montague. Nice page! May the river of life flow in azure glory through the meadow of your minds. Cheesus.
jus wanna say i loved you at the fez on wednesday <3 blaaaates my fav band of the nite! i knew you would be tho :] i've rly liked your music for aaaages now, since you last played at the Fez wen i was still workin there behind the bar hehe was a proper gd nite..
considered findin you afterwards to buy your CD buuuut... well its kinda here on your page ;p
CLUB VELOCITY prersents this Friday December 7th at Rising Sun Arts Centre Silver Street Reading Berkshire RG1 MR FOGG/BLUE FLAMES/MIDIMIDS WEST READING GALAXY DJS Doors 8pm £4
Thanks for your friend request and lovely message. Cool space here! Dec 17 we will play in London. Will you be there? Let's keep in touch. Greetings from ... Rome, yes we are already in Europe.
To all my friends in Reading (or those passing through) I'm moving down to Bath on 8 Dec. and to celebrate, I will be at the Scratchy Apache sunday social, Sun. Dec 2nd at the Oakford social club... from about 4. Come and loll about with me drinking beer on sofas xxxx
(oh wow! you're playing! that's great personal service that is)
Hey Nige and Scott, how's it going? It's Steve(Burt). Glad to see you're still playing and doing well. I've been living in Prague for 3 yrs but still doing lots of music. Went to visit Brett in London Last week and he told me you had a band so i tracked you down! Hope all is well. Say hi to Chris(Britten) for me next time you see him. Steve
