In no particular order...Syd Barrett (and selected Pink Floyd), Negativeland, David Bowie, John Foxx, The Associates, King Tubby, Raymond Scott, Faust, Can, Sandy Nelson, Harmonia, Gong, Kevin Ayers, The Harry Smith Folk Collection, Suicide, The Beach Boys, John Cale, Lou Reed, Ivor Cutler, The Beatles, Ash Ra Temple, The Seeds, Japan, Ozric Tentacles, Lee Scratch Perry, Captain Beefheart, The Soft Machine, ELO, OMD, The Move and Roy Wood, The Nuggets Box Set, Richard Hell, Kraftwerk, Tom Waits, The Goodies, A R Kane, New Order, Joy Division, Visage, Sex Pistols, Wire, Giorgio Moroder, Bipolar Disorder and Manic Depression, T-Rex, Trevor Horn, Joe Meek, Scritti Politti, Blancmange, LFO, Ian Dury, Jandek, Frank Zappa, Mozart, Debussy, Phillip Glass, Big Star, Steely Dan, Steve Hillage, DMT, The Orb, Simple Minds, Roxy Music, Aphex Twin, My Bloody Valentine, Charles Mingus, Throbbing Gristle, George Clinton, Coil, Caberet Volitare, Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel, The Smiths, The Cocteau Twins, MC5, Tangerine Dream, The Residents, Beck, Marvin Gaye, Tomita, The Frank Chickens, Screaming Jay Hawkins, Ted Hawkins, Blondie, Boards Of Canada, Iggy Pop and The Stooges, Laurie Anderson, James Brown, Vic Reeves, Tackhead Sound System, Led Zeppelin, Bolthrower, DJ Spooky, DJ Shadow, Jimi Hendrix, Jona Lewie, Supertramp, Laurel & Hardy, Lemon Jelly, DJ Steinski, The Fall, Julian Cope, Jean Michel Jarre, Jerry Lewis, Coldcut, Ween, Prince, Bob Marley, Underworld, John Barry, John Williams, Depeche Mode, Thomas Dolby, Public Enemy (and most old school hip hop), Kate Bush, M, The Sound, Stump, Cat Stevens, Talking Heads, The Human League, Heaven 17, The Stranglers, Ghost, Love & Rockets, Renegade Soundwave, Air, Hawkwind, The Clash, The Police, Lene Lovich, Jeff Wayne, The Goons, The Who, The Kinks, Cream, Arthur Rackham, Bill Laswell, Aubrey Beardsley, The Hubble Telescope photographs, Jah Wobble, William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg (and The Beat Poetry movement itself), Charles Bukowski, Dylan Thomas, Kurt Schwitters, Arthur Lyman, Scott Walker, Sigur Ros, Scientist, Mr. Ben, Sun Ra, Buster Keaton, The Wombles, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Cluster, Johnny Cash, Meat Puppets, Elvis, Phil Spector, The The, Elton John, BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Freddy and The Dreamers, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, The Normal, Interpol, Salvador Dali, Love, Sir Francis Bacon, Christopher Marlowe, Christopher Walken, Scooby Doo, Vangelis, Dr. Who, John Peel, Peter Gabriel (and early Genesis), Neu!, Nagarjuna, Leon Theremin, Tiswas, Sonic Youth, Black Sabbath, Nikoli Tesla, Tiny Tim, The Rolling Stones, Bruce Lee, Gerry Anderson, Miles Davis, The Clangers, Charlie Parker, Terence Mckenna, David Icke, Frank Herbert, Phillip K. Dick, J.R.R. Tolkien, Norman Wisdom, Marc Chagall, Test Dept, David Lynch, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Mute/Some Bizarre/4AD Record labels, Spaghetti Westerns, James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, DEVO, E.E.Cummings, Tom Dowd, Monty Python, Ornette Colman, Front 242, Frank Sidebottom, Shuggie Otis, John Wyndham, Soft Cell, Landscape, The Flaming Lips, Pet Shop Boys, Kiss, The Stranglers, Swans, Warner Brothers Cartoons (anything by Tex Avery and Chuck Jones) The genres of Science fiction/Horror/Fantasy (comics, films, books, toys and ideas) and finally but by no means least...Buddha.
Transatlantic convergence artist Sheer Zed started singing at the age of eight. Sheer Zed also showed an interest in audio production, producing experimental tape shows (The "Me" Show!) in his bedroom at the age of eleven and started to write songs at sixteen. With a strong leaning to electronically based music, Sheer Zed recorded an industrial electronic album "Electro-Punk '86" during the 1980's. Sheer Zed has been in a couple of bands, Jennifer Street (a Beatley acoustic pop combo gigging in residence) and The Martians (a London based underground space rock squat band infamously invading numerous urban spaces and venues with their insane and surreal situationist happenings and raves) From peforming in London parties with the likes of Rachel Ayers (Soft Machine's Kevin Ayers daughter) to numerous appearances on TV, film, radio, stage and cable, Sheer Zed has performed in many creative art based engagements. Sheer Zed has also been involved in stand up comedy as a solo and double act. Sheer Zed is also a film maker and has shown his experimental films at The Reel Love Club and The Exploding Cinema. Sheer Zed also became the insane and infamous "Arthur Arthurson" for a couple of years at the world famous London Dungeon, terrifying and sentencing people to death from across the planet. Moving to California in 1999, Sheer Zed released his debut album "Music for Your Head" on his very own outsider electronica label
(SZR) Music. While gigging and performing at the odd poetry slam in Los Angeles, Sheer Zed produced a documentary on a Led Zeppelin tribute band and followed them on tour to Texas. Sheer Zed is also a Digital Music Consultant, Virtual Shop Keeper, Writer, Producer, Painter, Graphic Artist and externalizes his isness in countlessly diverse and creative ways.
Reviews for Sheer Zed’s debut CD “Music for Your Head” are as follows...
Cosmictones.com. “What happens when Trent Reznor and Nick Cave get together and travel back in time to 1980 pick up Ian Curtis and head to a Visage show? Sheer Zed, that’s what! “Music for Your Head” is a collection of 16 diverse sound nuggets… drops of electronica, spoken word and acoustic guitar induce a sense of dizziness that leaves you wondering if the sound is coming from the CD or from somewhere inside your own head as the result of some sort of sonic schizophrenia…all the tracks are strong.”
Cool & Strange Music Magazine. “Sheer Zed is like The Residents and those ‘80s English artsy psych dark synth bands - with touches of eastern religion. And a hint of Sly Stone funk on one cut. It’s a textured Mithraic mix. It doesn’t suck”. TooMuchCoffeeMan Magazine. “I can’t even begin to describe this…some of it sounds like old retarded British men on quaaludes. Some of it sounds like Manhattan Transfer being violently shaken. Every now and then things gel into melodies and harmonies, but I can’t tell if it’s accidental or not”. The Rise and Fall Magazine. “Space cadet Sheer Zed is a one man band on this experimental project. Tons of effects, keyboards and weird shit to keep you interested if not annoyed. The vocals could be very disturbing at times to go along with the spacey words. Peace…love…mantra and morphing? You got it!” Robin Scott. (AKA “M” of the number one hit single “Pop Musik”) “A kindred spirit of artistic convergence deserving exposure too! The track “Sticky Glyph” is atmospheric…the drawings are great. You’re very gifted!” Zeke Manyika. (AKA drummer from Orange Juice and world class session musician) “A genius poet and comedian. God knows what other hidden talents!” Dave Kinnion, Songwizard.com. “You are hugely talented. You do things music-wise that I would never think of in a million years. Your freshness, candor and insight are truly remarkable.”
David Melville, independentshakespeare.com. “Great melodies…coupled with some weird shit…and some of it just makes me laugh my arse off!” Alternative blueprint.com. “Great tunes! I cannot wait for them to be more widely available.” You can also check out Sheer Zed on YouTube at www.youtube.com/Sheerzed and also Facebook ;)
Ahoy there matey. There's a new Outlaws mix CD out, you could hunt down a copy in the real world, in shops and stuff, but let's face it, you'll probably download it from the internet anyway! So to save you the trouble of Googling it, here's a picture of the cover and a link to it:
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