Howard Kluger - Drums, Brian - Guitars/Vocals, John (Doc) Taylor - Guitars/Bass/Vocals, Ian Wilson - Guitars/Bass/Vocals
Influences
Anything with a Dead Beat Groove:
Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, Luna, Galaxie 500, XTC, Kurt Vonnegut, The Jam, The Beatles, The Byrds, The Monkees, The Hollies, The Beach Boys, the Who, the Stones, the Zombies, Andy Kim, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Teenage Fanclub, Teenage Head, Teenage Symphonies to God, The Long Ryders, Billy Bragg, The Cure, Cocteau Twins, The Smiths, Television, U2, Guided by Voices, Robert Pollard, Tobin Sprout, Echo & the Bunnymen, REM, The Talking Heads, Andrew Cash, the Skydiggers, Miles Davis, Wes Montgomery, The Nazz, The Clash, Sex Pistols, Ramones, New Order, Joy Division, Men at Work (that's right Men at Work & you just stop your snobfest because they are awesome) 1960's/70's REGGAE/SKA, Los Lobos, Big Country, The Pretenders, Cat Stevens, Cat Power, Squeeze, Prefab Sprout, Scam Artists (2nd best Toronto band ever), Sour Landslide (also the 2nd best Toronto band ever), Violent Femmes (and not so violent ones), Joni Mitchell, Mitch Mitchell, Sing along with Mitch and the Guy Lafleur learn to skate Disco LP in Ozzie's closet. And books...lots of books see.
Oh, and Robert Buck's guitar...10 000 Maniacs
Oh, and i forgot our manager Imad Chaudhary...who's disapperance from the face of the earth is correlated with the non-arrival of our Factor Cheque. Which isn't meant to imply he took it and moved to the Fiji Islands...correlation does not equal causality....Howie?...How? Howard? (sorry for the inside jokes...no not the music...just trying to see if Howie reads this far...)
Sounds Like
like a bunch of self taught, melodic, energetic, joyful, sad chaps
actually what do you think it sounds like?
post anarchist new punk that's hip with the biggies.
also sounds like THE (lack of) COMMITMENTS
Toronto band circa 92-98. Released Hip with the Biggies CD in 96. Some College Radio play and some reviews.
Reconvened at a secret location in 2007 to jam and orchestrate full spectrum dominance or some such thing...or maybe we just ended up agreeing to release some old tracks...I'm not sure at this point...very late at the time of writing...it's all a little hazy...losing power...must be. Shine on.
Well then, our line up was/is/seems to be:
Howard Kluger-drums, monkey shines, skylarking, multi-tasking (while drumming), meticulous (but not as much as Doc) and hyper. Brings a lot of joy. Update: June 16/08: A man so Handsome that Pete Best kicked him out of his band (on grounds of being too handsome of course). Will that do Howie? now stop flooding my email.
Brian-guitars, vocals, insomnia, the vision man the vision...and drums on 2 tracks i'll have you know, not so meticulous (unmeticulous) but also hyper.
John (Doc) Taylor-guitars/bass/vocals, insomnia, vocal melody whiz kid, meticulous, comprehensive medical coverage for band members.
Ian Wilson-guitars/bass/vocals, culinary arts, brings something a little different/complementary to the guitar doppelgangery of Brian/Doc. Level of meticulousness undetermined at time of writing. Update: June 16/08: it turns out that Ian is actually poetically meticulous.
If you want a copy of our stuff send us a line. Thanks
Hope you like it and please check other projects:
Rubins Friend (Brian solo project): http://www.myspace.com/rubinsfriend
Anxiety Twins (Brian & Doc project): http://www.myspace.com/anxietytwins
UnLOVED bikes (another Brian solo project, he's very needy): http://www.myspace.com/unlovedbikes
HOWIE IS THE COOLEST MAN EVER TO WALK THE FACE OF THE EARTH (Howie fan based site): http://www.myspace.com/howieisthecoolestmanevertowalkthefaceoftheearth
oh yeah, there will be more. thanks a lot.
We're really impressed by the number of cool musical projects you're in, Brian! This band is great too - your music has got a really nice feel, it reminds me a little of East River Pipe, which can only be a good thing!
I am very, VERY glad to see you've made both "Any Other Day" and "I Wish" available to the public, my friends!!! They are two of my FAVORITE Rosewater Foundation songs and you deserve applause for them!!!
A Dozen Roses I Give To You My Friend A Gift That Seems So Small But They Represent So Much Our Friendship Most Of All A Rose For The Friendship A Rose For The Touch A Rose For The Trust We Share Our Sharing Means So Much
A Rose For The Kindness And The Deep Caring You Show A Rose For The Comfort Given When I've Been Feeling Low A Rose For The Laughter How It Makes Your Eyes Shine A Rose For The Dreams We Share It's Amazing How They Intertwine
A Rose For The Deep Respect You Give To Me With Ease A Rose For The Love We Feel And How You Wish To Please A Rose For Your Compassion That Has Helped Me In So Many Ways A Rose For Bringing Me Sunshine That Has Brightened All My Days
The Last Rose Is The Best For It Stands So Proud And Tall This Rose Represents You My Best Friend Of All Pieces Of Shattered Dreams Shrapnel Through My Heart Left With No Place To Go Nor Life For A New Start
º¤ø¸ø¤º¤ø Love, Peace, Passion & Light ø¤º¤ø¸ø¤º •♥•CHeLsIA RoSe LaMbErT•♥•
Hello Rosewater Foundation Thanks very much for da Add & Sharing the music Nice to meet you through cyberlink! Luv your tunes & keep up da Great Work! Wishes you All da Best in 2009!
Series Two Records released a new 9 CD compilation album. CLICK HERE FOR Full Track list and Purchasing information for the January 2009 compilations by Series Two Records The compilation 9 CD set features 204 artists and 700 minutes of music. The Compilations feature artists from all over the world including bands from (13) states of the USA, Canada, Australia, Spain, United Kingdom, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, France,Italy, Japan, Germany, New Zealand, Ireland, Croatia, Indonesia, Singapore, Poland, Philippines, Brazil, Belgium, Switzerland, and Israel.
Hi brian - Its through Doc that I came to your site. Me and he are old XTC web buddies and in discussing Kurt V way back when he was alive he mentioned The Rosewater Foundation.
sure brian, do give me the heads up! check out my main band, stellarium if u may. and oh yeah, leave the volume levels high, cos the db count on that is quite low. ^^.
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