HOUSE LEVELERS: Grayson Capps, Sterling Roig (1988-1992);
NOISECANDY: Paul Distler, Rhodes Hawk; Eric Haarbauer, Thad Dennison, Steve Hess (1993-1997);
JOY POP TURBO: Jody Garner, Steve Hess, Heather Savoy (1996-1998);
STATE FLOWERS: Corrina Repp, Martin Thiel, David Yeager (1997-1999);
KING BLACK ACID: Daniel Riddle, Sarah Mayfield, Scott Adamo, Sean Farrell; Erik Alley (1999-2000);
NATIONAL ANTHEM: Rob Scrivner, Michael Lambright, Christian Wadlington (2000-2002);
LISA & HER KIN: Lisa Miller, Ian Miller, John Dorn (2002-2003).
THE STRANGE EFFECTS: Brent DiElmo, Mike Mank, Thom Sullivan (2007)
Influences
The Beatles, Cheap Trick, Bob Dylan, Guided By Voices, Teenage Fanclub, Neil Young, the Velvet Underground, The Monkees, Neutral Milk Hotel, Pink Floyd, The Jayhawks, Violent Femmes, R.E.M., the Kinks, Tom Petty, the Byrds, Liz Phair, Big Star, Replacements, the Rolling Stones, Radiohead, Grandaddy, Ramones, Midlake, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Badfinger, Yo La Tengo, Wilco, Elvis Costello, Arcade Fire, Sam Cooke, the Meters, Jonathan Richman, Wild Tchoupitoulas, Buddy Holly, T. Rex, Nick Drake, the Clash, Lily Allen, Pixies, Camper Van Beethoven, XTC, ELO, Robyn Hitchcock, Queen, the Smiths, Bruce Springsteen, the Shins, Randy Newman, the White Stripes, Steve Earle, Hank Williams, James Brown, Irma Thomas, Phil Spector, Marvin Gaye, Elvis Presley, Howlin' Wolf, CCR, Jellyfish, Elliott Smith, Husker Du, Buck Owens, the Flaming Lips, PJ Harvey, Feist, Art Brut, Lucinda Williams, Mazzy Star, Sufjan Stevens, Belle & Sebastion, the Zombies, Emmylou Harris, Johnny Cash, M Ward.
Over the past 15 years (in New Orleans and Portland) Pete Ficht has played in numerous bands, and also as a solo act, in a wide variety of styles. Equally adept as a frontman (singer/songwriter on guitar/bass) or sideman (bass/keyboards), he began with the primitive thrash-folk of the HOUSE LEVELERS, onwards through the pure powerpop of NOISECANDY, the indie rock of the STATE FLOWERS, the co-ed alterna-pop of JOY POP TURBO, the drug-riddled space rock of KING BLACK ACID, the rootsy violin and accordion-driven NATIONAL ANTHEM to the straight country of LISA & HER KIN. In 2007, Pete was the bassist of the, STRANGE EFFECTS, playing garagey, psychedelic 60's pop.
Vampires and Werewolves fucking and fighting...........oh my! Our new single "Let's Burn" is out now on the UnderWorld 3 soundtrack, available on i-tunes.
Hey Fete Picht,you ever wonder what it sounds like when five super skilled wizards do battle with a herd of sexy unicorns all juiced up on teenage sugar wolf pills? Well our new set of material is all about that shit my friend....It's heavy like a chevy with more hooks than a f *cking pirate convention! We hope you show up with no pants.
I should be there too. Should be a fun party. who are the Black Lips??? should I know them??? and actually your comment contained 3 things, not 2... FYI.
Hey, we waved both times we were at the airport. Did you see us? Who knew they won't let you pump your own gas in Oregon? I wouldn't mind that law here...
Oregon is the most BEAUTIFUL state in the world! I always wondered why you guys liked it so much; now I know. White water rafting in Maupin, micro-breweries along the Columbia, rolling hills of wine in the valley and a shoreline that puts the southeast to shame. I saw a whale dive!
Rogue Dead Man rocks! So does Adelsheim. And the coffee... holy crap, it was all good!
We're coming back ASAP. Next time, we must get together with you. We haven't done Portland yet!
FROM OUR NEW CD OUT OCT.
