THAN IS THE DRUMMER FOR BLACK GOLD AND HAS PERFORMED AND/OR RECORDED WITH PEEPS LIKE ADAM FRANKLIN (SWERVEDRIVER), M. WARD, DEBBIE HARRY, TRICKY, THE BOREDOMS (AND 76 OTHER DRUMMERS AT THE EPIC BOARDRUM 77), NEKO CASE, JIM JAMES (MY MORNING JACKET), RACHAEL YAMAGATA AND GRANDMASTER MELLE MEL.
THAN IS SIMULTANEOUSLY IN THE STUDIO AND PLAYING SPECIAL SHOWS AND TOURS AT THE MOMENT. THERE ARE TWO FULL-LENGTH RECORDS IN THE WORKS: ONE WITH BLACK GOLD AND ONE FOR SHUSHSHUSH.
THE SOUND OF SHUSHSHUSH IS, SIMPLY STATED, PREPSCHOOL POST-POP FOR THE NOT-SO-DUMB INDIE ROCK SET.
ON THE FORTHCOMING ALBUM, THAN SINGS AND PLAYS VINTAGE ACOUSTIC AND ELECTRIC GUITARS, DRUMS, BASS, PIANO, ORGANS/SYNTHS AND STRANGE PERCUSSION, ACCOMPANIED BY ONE OR TWO SPECIAL GUEST MUSICIANS FOR EACH SONG:
JASON BOESEL (RILO KILEY, BRIGHT EYES) ON EGYPTIAN TAMBOURINE AND A CIRCA 1920s LUDWIG & LUDWIG TUBE LUG SNARE,
EUGENE (BLACK GOLD, LAUREN HILL, SOLO) ON 1970s FENDER P-BASS,
BENJI LYSAGHT (BLACK GOLD, AMBULANCE, LTD.) ON THE MAGIC CUSTOM YELLOW TELECASTER
JACOB FEINBERG-PYNE (MINOR) ON VINTAGE FENDER P-BASS AND REALISTIC MG-1 MOOG
PLUS
A RARE APPEARANCE BY SHANNYN SOSSAMON AS THE GREENPOINT GIRL.
VIDEO BONUS: BOREDOMS DRUMMER 74!
MORE VID NEWS: PLAYING A HUBCAP, 1920s GRETSCH MARCHING BASS DRUM AND OTHER GOODIES WITH M. WARD ON LETTERMAN (see the full clip in our VIDEOS SECTION):
than! :) what have you been up to? i got to see a week in the life of eric on the bg blog but i haven't gotten to hear very much about what's goin on with you!
heey! how are you :]? i hope you & the guys are doing wel.. so something new ? how were the shows going :D? the bamboozle & the support for panic ones.
do you think youre comming back to Europe this year ? please not only UK haha.
hey than i bet you are in washintong by now ! .. i hope you had a good time in san diego, and coronado... good luck in everything you do, remember any time you are in california you need to call me te cuidas !
I just listened to that podcast,again, loved your dream. X] haha I listened to half of it when it was live but I had to shower and partyy :P bless April though haha.
you should check your myspace message inbox thingy, there's a message waiting for you :]
that podcast was SO cool!!it was really interesting to hear about how you and eric write the songs...and i'll be keeping an eye out of any weird t-shirts!!(but you guys will have to make sure have a show in atl so i can give them to you!) <3 Lauren
hey. how's it going? do you remember me? haha. it was really nice talking to you guys and i really wish we could've been on tour with you a little longer. oh well. you still have that cool picture you took of us ^^ hope to see you again soon. :) ♥ iris
hey than! thanks for the nice answer :D it means really much to me. you are great! today a friend of mine called in at the podcast radio thing ... she said hello from me, i dont know if you remember... :) well i hope everything is fine over there, and you'll come back soon! i'm gonna be there too, if you play here in eruope again! i promise hihi i'm really looking forward to see you all again! xoxo anna
aww thank you! i hope that you soon are comming back to Europe and met the rest of the guys! because the last time.. i couldnt met everybody because of the security from the venue ( they wouldnt let me in again x'D) haha xx.
Seriously T Bone! You can find a decent burrito in New York, and i bet the Cali flight attendants would let you bring a "to go" burrito on the plane for an inflight snack on your way back to NY.... Seriously think about it.
DUDE!!!! hi hi hi and more hi! i miss you and hope you are really doing amazingly well. i loved when you were in portland. will you come back? ALSO.....thank you for the record!!! holy shit! and the painting! you are a sneaky devil and so so sweet. found it a bit ago but am finally saying thanks. i am sorry for the delay. adam and i are going to be in nyc in feb. are you? xoxoxo!
