Hi, I'm Psy, I play guitar in World Is Static. This page is for tracks that never quite made it to the live band for various reasons & maybe the odd work in progress. Some are instrumentals, some have my own out of tune, flat vocals on.
Here's a little about me...
Before WiS I've been in a couple of other bands...
Skin Trench (1996-2001) My first band, quite metal. This was when I discovered the joys of
tuning my guitar down to 'B' & that's where it's stayed ever since (excluding a the odd stint in drop 'A'). We were very
popular in the local scene at the time, this might have something to do with us being one of only a couple of metal bands in
Durham. Kerrang once described us as the next Sepultura... Shame it never worked out, but I still get the ocasional shout
of 'SKIN TRENCH!!' at me from some one I don't know when I'm out & about.
Right click & 'save as...' the song title to hear music by Skin Trench
'Obscene Pieces''Bleed''Ruin'Merrick 1862 (2001-2004) During 2001 the various members of Skin Trench started going thier
separate ways, as did I. I wanted to try something a little different. Merrick wasn't as heavy as the Trench, but it
wasn't meant to be. I was trying to make the make focus this time round on the songs & not just a bunch of cool riffs. The
name was taken from the elephant man, Joseph Merrick & the year of his birth 1862.
Right click & 'save as...' the song title to hear music by Merrick 1862
'Cradle''Clockwork Psychos''Experiments Of Terror'Recording
I do the odd bit of recording for other artists here and there. I've done stuff for... Heather Frances, For The Others, Diablo 66 (I recorded the 'Pirates Of The Underground' EP for them in the barn where they practise) & helped mates out with various college & university recordings.
Musical Influences Currently my music is influenced by the likes of Nine Inch Nails, Tool, A
Perfect Cirlce, Jimmy Eat World & Jonah Matranga.
This isn't all that I listen to, merly the bands I feel have the biggest influence at the moment. I also like (deep
breath) NOFX, Reel Big Fish, Foo Fighters, Funeral For A Friend, Type O Negative, Skinny Puppy, Sisters Of Mercy, Rammstein,
Anthrax, Extreme, Manic Street Preachers, Finch, Coheed & Cambria, Terrorvision, Sepultura, Machine Head, Fear Factory, The
Wildhearts... & many, many more.
