| Member Since | 9/17/2004 | | Band Website | www.samsparro.com | | Band Members | Sam Sparro - Vocals, Keytar, Guitar, Synths, Programming
Jesse 'Golden' Rogg - Synths, Keys, Programming, Jesus Beard
Laura 'Ratatat' Fares - Drums
Charlie 'Jukeboxxx' Willcocks - Keys
James 'Stevo' Stephenson - Bass
Vula Malinga - backing vocals
Sharlene Hector - backing vocals
Ladonna Harley-Peters - backing vocals
CONTACT INFO:
-- Management:
Raye Cosbert at Metropolis// raye@metropolismusic.com
-- Europe booking:
James Whitting at Coda Agency// james@codaagency.com
-- US booking:
Tom Windish at Windish Agency// tom@windishagency.com
-- for promotional inquiries:
Caroline Cabral at Purple PR// caroline.cabral@purplepr.com>
| | Influences | DFA, Hot Chip, The Gap Band, Daft Punk, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Versatile, Bob Marley, Blondie, The Rapture, Minnie Ripperton, Ella Fitzgerald, Billy Holliday, Sarah Vaughn, Nightmares On Wax, Loleatta Holloway, Basement Jaxx, Moloko, Justice, DJ Mehdi, Cassius, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Tribe Called Quest, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, The Avalanches, Dizzy Rascal, Kano, Boney M, New Young Pony Club, Chromeo, Munk, Whomadewho, Gorillaz, Bugz In The Attick, Nightmares on Wax, Portishead, Erykah Badu, D'angelo, Raphael Saadiq, Jill Scott, Chaka Kahn, Prince, Rick James, The Mary Jane Girls, Common, The Roots, Bahamadia, Sade, Ben Watt, Gilles Peterson, Roy Ayers, Chet Baker, Masters At Work, Shirley Bassey, Grace Jones, Kraftwerk, DJ QUICK, George Clinton, Parliament, Afrika Bambata, Bootsy Collins, Donna Summer, Stevie Wonder, Patrice Rushen, James Brown, Funkadelic, Sly and The Family Stone, Zapp, Earth, Wind &; Fire, Teena Marie, Felix Da Housecat, Blackbox, Hang All DJs, Scissor Sisters, Roots Manuva, SWV, Shugie Otis, Stereolab, Les Rhythm Digitales, Eric Satie, Air, Franz Ferdinand, David Bowie, Curtis Mayfield, Quantic, Sa-Ra Creative Partners, Le Tirgre, Tiga, King Brit, Jazzy Jeff, Amy Whinehouse , GB, The Pretenders, Joy Division, Zap Mama, David Bowie, Queen, Alan Braxe, Rolling Stones, KRS-1, The Clash, GrandMaster Flash, The Doors, Serge Gainsbourg, Sergio Mendez, Burt Bacharach, Beck, Angela McLuskey, Roisin Murphey, Matthew Herbert, Dr. Rocket, Michael Jackson, Mirwais, Kelis, Outkast, Missy Elliot, Bjork, Madonna, The Sugarhill Gang, Ganstarr, Jamez Bowen, Aretha Franklin, Madonna, The Supremes, Jacque Lu Cont, Kenny Dope, Little Louie Vega, Eric B &; Rakim, Roy Hargrove, Neptunes, Nina Simone, Blackalicious, The Fugees, Roberta Flack, Donnie Hathaway, Peaches, Steely Dan, The Killers, Depeche Mode, Bauhaus, Tiny Giny, Kanye West, The Soft Pink Truth, Sonar Kollective, Jazzanova, Modus Vivendi, Ubiquity, MIA, The Chapin Sisters, Love Grenades, MSTRSKRFT, Metric,The Gossip, The Faint, Heavy D, Mos Def, Petula Clark, Freddy Mercury | | Sounds Like | Ice melting/Ass Smacking
 | | Record Label | Island Records (UK)/ Modus Vivendi Music | | Type of Label | Major |
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