Lead Guitar: DANIEL Vocals/Guitar: EMMET Bass: JOE Drums: BRIAN
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Influences
Bjork
Meshuggah
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Mr. Bungle
Secret Chiefs 3
Neil Young
Tool
Luciano Berio
Carole King
Michael Jackson
Dusty Springfield
Jeff Buckley
Roy Orbison
The Beatles
John Zorn
Biffy Clyro
Acoustic Ladyland
Alice In Chains
Tom Waits
King Crimson
Incubus
Jimi Hendrix
Soundgarden
Fugazi
Led Zeppelin
Fantómas
Pink Floyd
Primus
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Tomahawk
Plinth's style of music has (in the band's view) matured and grown into a more unique and complex style. This new way of looking at music came about from listening to more experimental and avant-garde influences. The great Frank Zappa springs to mind and indeed, along with inspiration from groups like Mr. Bungle, Meshuggah and Björk, Plinth developed a far more technically demanding, genre-hopping style of schizo-rock, a style which can jump from be-bop to middle-eastern music, from 4/4 rock to 13/8 polyrhythmical semi-nonsense metal.
This style of music has been adopted for two main reasons, according to the band. Firstly, their love of music is pretty much all-encompassing, and put simply, the band can't really choose one style to play in without getting bored or feeling limited. Call it the manifestation of 21st Century impatience, but they see it as the perfect style of music – one which seeks to celebrate, parody and mimic every musical style out there, while keeping the signature sound of the band which is maintained unconsciously in every song.
The second reason is that it is an unpredictable and exciting playground in which to create. There are no limitations associated with song format, no limitation on the 'listener-friendliness' of the songs – since this is not a main concern to begin with, and there is never a dull moment when you are on your toes listening to an unpredictable band.
In early 2008, Plinth were named as one of five finalists in the Eircom Unsigned Bands Competition with our track Eakombookom.
Do not ask about the song names...
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You know what i'm gonna give you snakes?...I'm gonna give ya till the count of ten to get your ugly yellow, no good keester off my property before i pump your guts full o' lead!! 1....2.....10
If I ever have the glorrious oppertunity to pick the band on before me then I won't hesitate! I'll be launching a label before Christmas but all slots are taken at the moment, however after Christmas we could look at something.
Also, any chance you could forward me a sample of the EP to have on the go?
Its been ages since I checked up on you guys....I'm pleasantly surprised, its even more then I'd come to expect, particularly the quality of the recording! Well done.
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