| Influences | bands we like... Nick Drake, Deerhunter, The Cure, Toxic Lipstick, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Shelter, Quicksand, U2, Bad Brains, Angelo Badalamenti, the Doors, Talking Heads, the Adicts, Pink Floyd/Syd, Skinny Puppy, Ogre, David Bowie, Janes Addiction, Spacehog, the Cramps, M83, Bjork, Dr. Dog, Portugal the Man, Pelican, The Police, Deftones, The Bouncing Souls, Interpol, Deconstruction, Slick Rick, Pixies, Slayer, Danny Elfman, Mirah, Mars Volta, Fantomas, Tomahawk, The melvins, Tiny Vipers, TV on the Radio, Primus, Thelonius Monk, Tricky, Massive Attack, Leonard Cohen, Sunny Day Real Estate, Led Zeppelin, Depeche Mode, The Presets, The Rolling Stones, Fela Kuti, Devo, Ratatat, The Jesus & Mary Chain, The Beatles, Helmet, Boston, Wesley Willis, Dingleberry Dynasty, Kool and the Gang, Patsy Cline, Black Kids, Flaming Lips, Hall and Oates, Fugazi, The Future Sound of London, Johnny Cash, zip code rapists, Spiritualized, James Brown, Chromeo, The Verve, Dick Dale, Mogwai, Butthole Surfers, Daisy Chainsaw, Oingo Boingo, Damon & Naomi, the Specials, Chris Isaac, Tangerine Dream, Hoovrphonic, Ministry, Frank Sinatra, Faith No More, Porno for Pyros, The Smiths, Muse, Op Ivy, 7 Seconds, Coconut Records, N.E.R.D., George Clinton, Sugarcubes, My Bloody Valentine, Autolux/Failure, Parliament/Funkadelic, Air, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult (Hit and Run Holiday), Daniel Johnston, Adam Ant, The Beta Band, Killing Joke, Mindless Self Indulgence, NOFX, Arrested Development, Tears for Fears, NIN, Portishead, Duke Ellington, 8-bit Nintendo music, XTC, old Michael Jackson, Primus, Queen, Ween, and any band that screams from their soul passionately. Non-Musical: The Oxygen for the Arts family, Mark Ryden, Emek, Salvadore Dali, John Everett Millais, our brother Rick (without him, none of this would have ever been conceived), Andy Kauffman, Dale Beitzel, Andrea Pozzo's Trompe l'oeil cupola, Chuck Palahniuk, Robert Rodriguez, David Lynch, David Fincher, Charlie Kauffman, Michel Gondry, The Mighty Boosh, and any other artists/thinkers that expand their minds and crafts beyond convention. |