| Member Since | 2/23/2006 | | Band Website | rossbreen.com (under re-construction) | | Band Members | Ross Breen is sometimes accompanied on record and on stage by a group of brothers called the Kanootzens. Kolmanatron 3000, G.I. Joe, Ciaranye West and It's All Gravy Kanootzen are the main branch of the family but there are others, such as the mysterious Tricky Micky Kanootzen, who only makes rare appearances as he is most difficult to track down. Nobody really knows where they came from or how they came to be. All that is known is that the Kanootzen brothers are a shy people and prefer to stay indoors most of the time as they dislike direct sunlight. This might account for their brilliant musicianship, which, apart from being in the blood, is honed to perfection by years of relentless practise. | | Influences | Tom Waits, Captain Beefheart, Warren Zevon, Rufus Wainwright, Traveling Wilburies, Talking Heads, Bob Dylan, Manu Chao, Frank Zappa, Loudon Wainwright, Beck, Neil Young, The Band, Arcade Fire, Sly & The Family Stone, John Lennon, Electric Light Orchestra, Violent Femmes, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Bob Marley, Pixies, The Doors, Frank Sinatra, Parliament, Paul Simon, Billy Joel, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Nick Cave, Lou Reed, Ian Dury, Jeff Buckley, Leadbelly, Nirvana, Gomez, Badly Drawn Boy, Aerosmith, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, U2, Fleetwood Mac, Leonard Cohen, John Martyn, The Clash, Ray Charles, Nick Drake, J.J. Cale, Elvis Costello, Wilco, Marvin Gaye, Randy Newman, Miles Davis, Eric Clapton, Luke Kelly, T-Rex, Joni Mitchell, Hank Williams, Woody Guthrie, Eddie Grant, They Might Be Giants, The Chieftains, Joan Baez, Thin Lizzy, Led Zeppelin, Gil Evans, Sammy Davis Jr., Janis Joplin, Bo Diddley, Velvet Underground, Howlin Wolf, Muddy Waters, Paul Brady, George Harrison, Lonnie Donnegan, The Divine Comedy, Van Morrison, Don McClean, The Kinks, David Bowie, Buddy Holly, Blur, Phil Spector, Blind Boys Of Alabama, Massive Attack, Jimi Hendrix, Curtis Mayfield, George Gershwin, Dean Martin, Bruce Springsteen, B-52's, Chuck Prophet, Michael Jackson, Damien Dempsey, Creedance Clearwater Revival, Dr. John, Pearl Jam, The Rapture, Feist, Flaming Lips, Rolling Stones, Primal Scream, Faithless, Joe Cocker, John Prine, Tim Buckley, The Waterboys, 1 Giant Leap, Yo La Tengo, Ryan Adams, Kings Of Leon, Richard Thompson, Vampire Weekend, Lightnin' Hopkins, Radiohead, Planxty, John Lee Hooker, Louis Armstrong, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Little Richard, Dire Straits, Modest Mouse, Jamie Lidell, Bon Iver, Sonny Boy Williamson, Billie Holiday, John Coltrane, Supergrass, Rickie Lee Jones, Bill Callahan, Eels, R.E.M., Saul Williams, Brian Eno and David Byrne , Allison Krauss & Union Station, The Golden Gate Quartet, Little Feat, Queens Of The Stone Age, Chatham County Line, Elbow, Goldfrapp, Rage Against The Machine, The Raconteurs, Green Day, Weezer, Cake, Fleet Foxes, Florence & The Machine, Arctic Monkeys, Amy Winehouse, Black Joe Lewis and The Honeybears, Calexico, Iron & Wine, The Black Keys, The White Stripes, M. Ward, The Staple Singers, Alabama 3, Ben Harper, Bjork... | | Sounds Like | (according to some scribes and scholars) - Tom Waits, Tim Buckley, Jeff Buckley, Beck, Divine Comedy, Kinky Friedman, The Beatles, Christy Moore, Jim Morrison and Bob Dylan among others | | Type of Label | Unsigned |
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