Michael Salas - Vocals, Guitars, Harmonica, Keys
Michael DeBe - Vocals, Guitars, Mandolin
Douglas Freyre - Bass, backing vocals
Alan Combies - Drums
Influences
Dylan
Beatles
The Dream Syndicate
Velvet Underground
Bowie
Tom Waits
Nick Cave
Television
Tom Petty
Frank Black
Elvis Costello
Richard Thompson
Steve Earle
Vic Chesnutt
T.Bone Burnett
Richard Buckner
Nina Simone
Guided by Voices
Geraldine Fibbers
Thelonious Monster
Jefferson Airplane
Afghan Whigs
Blind Willie Johnson
Curtis Mayfield
The Band
Green on Red
Sonic Youth
Ali Farka Toure
Julian Cope
Howlin' Wolf
The Who
Joe Strummer
Yo La Tengo
Mott The Hoople
Bettie Serveert
Buffalo Springfield
Throwing Muses
Bert Jansch
The Kinks
Camper Van Beethoven
Son House
SParKleHOrsE
Wilco
X
The Replacements
REM
Jazz, Punk, Bluegrass, Folk, Blues, Paisley Underground
"The more I see of men the more I like dogs." --Madame de Stael 1766-1817 French social leader.
"Satellite Dogs play cut-the-crap emotion gurgling from great big slimy rock 'n' roll. There's rasp in the voice, tremolo, and slide guitar enough to fix the rock 'n' roll addict, and truth that can be felt better than ciphered." - Billy's Bunker
"a country indie rock sound to them with a little bluegrass twang"
-Long Beach Underground
"The Satellite Dogs play a brand of folk punk, Green on
Red style alt rock."
- Mike Martt
Satellite Dogs based out of the South Bay/Los Angeles area. With eclectic tunes stemming from folk, punk, alt .country, psychedelic rock, coming from both singer/songwriters Mike Salas & Mike DeBe, always melodic but never sounding like just one of these genres.
The just released CD titled "Showdown at Big Dalton" is a result of exactly that, a showdown between the band and Big Dalton studio owner/producer Mike Halby (Hound Dog/David Hidalgo, Canned Heat, John Mayall's Blues Breakers) and engineer Ken Raines (sessions with Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett) which left all parties laying in the dust, waking up wondering what happened....the result - A great F$cking Record!
Recorded mostly live in the studio, no Pro Tools and nare any effects in just a few days. Yeah, these guys taught us the old school way of recording the band live all in one room using old tube amps and vintage mics going direct to 2" tape through real plate reverb and an old Amek/Neve board. Mastered by Evren Göknar (Iggy Pop, Grand Funk Railroad, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Duran Duran, Throwing Muses) at Capitol Studios. Several songs from the album have been chosen for the indie film soundtrack "The Waiters"
Satellite Dogs, Please note the new RecordScout.com website is live! We have so many new features all aimed at unsigned, and signed bands looking for valuable exposure. Previously it was just a directory for unsigned bands but our new launch includes MP3 and Video exposure as well as photo galleries. Encourage your fans to sign up and vote for you. When we go live with our national radio coverage the charts will be announced weekly! Unfortunately previous bands and artists will have to set up an new account from scratch but it is worth it!
Allright! Due to popular demand, my unfinished masterpice is now available for yer listening pleasure! When I get around to it...Hi Midee!! Hows it brudda? Meet me at the Pike brah!!
We had great fun in London last week. Here is Sid Griffin & The Plastic Ryders, aka The Plastic Pals at The Windmill Brixton playing The Long Ryders Final Wild Son:
comming along... just not as smooth as my humbolt studio though. we are trying to be ready do do some recording within another month or two. But you can come down and rehearse when every ou want : )
Hey guys. I like the new pics in your "photogenic" album (well, they're new to me). Y'all look like rock stars! Well, you know, cute ones...Not like Steven Tyler or anything... :)
Riding out of the west coast neo-psychedelic Paisley Underground in the '80s, True West went on to record three albums and be part of what the UK press dubbed "The American Invasion" in 1985, returning to tour the States with REM later that year.
Last year, Atavistic/Touch And Go Records released Hollywood Holiday Revisited, a CD collection of True West's first two albums Hollywood Holiday and Drifters, along with three extra tracks produced by Tom Verlaine of Television in 1983.
Friends of the Perros - see the talents of Mike Salas as he joins the party on stage. If you're in the Claremont area. Hell, even if you're not - come on by and check it out.
