I'm not influenced by any particular band or artist as such so i've put down a few tracks that seemed to have penetrated my shell ......
Ween - It's gonna be a long night:
The Dead Boys - Aint it fun :
Bright Eyes - Old Soul Song : Fields - Song for the Fields :
Martin Grech - Open Heart Zoo : BRMC - Ain't no easy way :
HeadSwim - Better Made : Queen Adreena - Medicine Jar : The Dirtbombs - The Underdog : Outkast - SpottiOttieDopalicious :
Roy Harper - Another Day : Jeff Buckley - Eternal Life :
Echobrain - Highway 44 : Ian Brown - F.E.A.R :
Rare Earth - Here comes the night : Led Zeppelin - Over the hills and far away : Zombies - Time of the season :
Betty Davis - If I'm in luck I might just get picked up :
Family - My friend the sun :Ruts - Babylon's Burning :
Nick Drake - Time has told me : Slobberbone - Lumberlung :
Fairport Convention - Who knows where the time goes :
The Specials - Ghost Town :Black Sabbath - Spiral Architect :
Pavement - The Hexx : Captain Beefheart - Circumstances :
Patrick Duff - Elephant Bill : Chris TT - The huntsman comes a-marchin' :
Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manaleshi :
And then there's the other stuff like....
Flesh & blood - Robert Crumb - Banksy - Ivor Cutler - Outsider Art - Frida Khalo - Egon Shiele - John Peel - Geronimo - The Woods -
Speculations on Cosmic Matters (to be continued)
I started out as a DJ in Wolverhampton spinning odd mixes, stuff like . Hendrix -Kraftwerk -War -Zeppelin -Betty Davis -Rare Earth -The Edgar Broughton band -Herbie Hancock's Headhunters -R.Dean Taylor -Funkadelic - Black Sabbath. It was all about the individual song groove, not the band. I eventually formed a band myself WEIRD GIRLFRIEND with Tyla ( Dogs D'amour) we eventually split the band up, moved to London and put together BURNT OUT STARS with Paul Raven (Killing Joke). The next band was KITSCH a wild bundle of eyeliner hair frenzy and riffs. Once Kitsch fizzled out I got together with Nick Hall the ex guitarist from the Dogs D'amour and we created the monster that was THE END an eclectic blend of rock, funk and melancholic frenzy. The album GUSTO was released on Mad Moon Records which was our own label a spin off from Expression, Phil Manzanera's (Roxy Music) independent label. THE END did tours and supports with an odd collection of bands such as The Ramones, Status Quo, Manfred Manns Earthband, The Damned, Gaye Bykers on Acid, Keith Emerson, Dr & the Medics, Cockney Rebel. After a particularly strange tour of Germany THE END eventually did come to an end an so it was time to move on. The next band was Maximum raw groovers LUNASEED with Nick Hall-Matt Hammond-Idris D'angeli and Paul Monkcom. Evolution Superhighway was released on OPEN MIND RECORDINGS and the track Harmony was used in the B-Movie Gangster film HARDMEN.
After LUNASEED had finished recording their album of underground grooves they split . I did my first solo Acoustic outing at Glastonbury festival which was recieved with mucho apprieciation and inspired me to write a whole heap of new songs. I've been testing them out on the London acoustic circuit and now I'm in the process of trying to record my first solo album LIFEJACKETS.
We are finally ready to start promoting my 'I Surrender' single with my album, 'Ella Trip' coming right after -yey!! What d'ya think to the video teaser?
just wanted to let you know we are going to be down at Phonica Records in Soho (51 Poland St ) this Thursday evening (7 May) to celebrate the release of our first album.
we are putting a rather good little soundsystem in. Then we'll mix up some lovely drinks to ply you with, and go and play a few songs around 8pm. If the weather is nice the windows of the shop slide out and we'll be playing out to the street
hope to see you down there...if not I'll drink yours! - especially if I am holding a copy of the finished article (fingers crossed - they are meant to be delivered that day...)
Great big thanks for the add, friend! Lets keep on rockin' together!
There are songs from our upcoming online album available in our MySpace player - check em out and tell us what ya think!
Luv and Roses!
Rose Bandits
This years festival is headlined by Billy Bragg (Friday), Seth Lakeman (Sunday) and Peatbog Faeries (Saturday) with many more top artists also performing incl the award winning The Demon Barbers.
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