Andy / all keyboards, samples
michell / bass guitar
Vit / drums and percussions
Influences
our music influences include: The Beatles, The Who, David Bowie, Black Sabbath, The RHCP, the work of Jimi Hendrix, The Ben Folds Five, Coldplay, Blur, early Oasis, Led Zeppelin, Sly & The Family Stone, Mr. Bill Withers, Joni Mitchell, Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young & co., the work of Mr. Frank Zappa, The White Stripes, The Rolling Stones, The Ark, many modern movie music composers and ... many more...
08-04-__ - a 3-track March '08 demo session is released for on-line listen on the band's Myspace profile; new single, hopefuly backuped by a video is to be released later in 2008 (early autumn ...?)
08-02-11 - well this was a pleasant way to start new season; after promising gig in Rock Café, Prague, Sunflower Caravan is welcomed in Roxy (Prague) by circa 800 people in the audience
07-12-31 - after almost two-month hiatus, Sunflower Caravan gets a splendid invitation from Glen Hansard - to play as The Frames' guest on their NYE show in Dublin; accepting the invitation, Sunflower Caravan plays at sold-out Vicar Street in Dublin to welcome the promising year 2008
07-10-01 - first real tour - European tour with Swedish friends The Ark; Sunflower Caravan as the opening act plays 11 gigs in Paris, Milano, Berlin, and elsewhere, including Prague. Glen & Marketa happen to be guests at the Paris show ...
07-09-25 - Sunflower Caravan goes on tour with fellow CZ band Southpaw to open for them on 5 gigs in Czech Rep and Slovakia; this tour includes an unplanned 'surprise' gig where the gang meets Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova and play kind of a jam session with them and members of Southpaw
07-07-20 - the biggest festival experience so far - Pohoda Festival in Slovakia, with 25 000 visitors in 2 days; Sunflower Caravan proudly opens the festival on the main stage
07-06--- - summer 2007 begins, Sunflower Caravan is going to play over 12 gigs, partially at big Czech festivals; July 5, Rock For People, one of the first notable appearances at a major festival event
07-06-24 - mastering the second 2007 promo-single "London Dancing"
07-03-01 - performing for Czech TV for the 2nd time (Ladí Neladí, broadcasted June 15), this time in Ostrava; SfC meets the head organiser of the famous Slovak festival Pohoda
07-02-17 - recording sessions of the new single 'Sympathetic' begin (single mastered on Feb 26)
07-02-07 - SfC are nominated for the TV Ocko (cable music channel) music awards 2006, the ceremony evening takes place in a big hall of Prague..s Lucerna
07-02--- - nomination in cathegory "Surprise of the Year" for music award of the magazines Rock&Pop and Spark
07-02-05 - the year 2007 starts great; Sfc play their to that time probably most successful and remarkable gig (Roxy, Free Mondays event, 400+ people)
06-01-17 - after two remarkable articles/interviews and a concert review in major Czech music magazines, SfC gets a nomination in Filter magazine music awards; although not winning officialy, the band ends first in a readers poll
06-12-09 - so far the last gig in Akropolis; Under the wings of Future Line programme; SfC played 14 times there in total
06-11--- - By November 2006, over 5 years after getting together, Sunflower Caravan is officialy represented by respected promoting/booking agency
06-11-04 - D_Smack_U books us for a live performance and talk-show in the renowned TV music programme Noc s Andelem - SfC's FIRST TIME ON TV (national TV)
06-10-24 - after a dull and doubtful summer time, and few days before another gig in Akropolis, D_Smack_U Promotion contacts SfC for the first time and agrees to meet the band soon to talk about possible cooperation
06-06-20 - David Urban from the booking/promoting agency D_Smack_U Promotion visits SfC gig in Akropolis
06-05-24 - the third Swedish tour begins (Malmö, Helsinborg, Växjö)
06-04-09 - Prague gig with The Ark takes it's place in Akropolis (within the Euroconnections programme)
05-12-03 - the Future Line 2005 finals; Sunflower Caravan were set out as a most succesful band of the programme with gross attendances about 200
05-09-27 - Sunflower Caravan play a gig in Akropolis promoted as a release party for the Talkin' About b/w Industry of Cool single; the single was produced and released by Sunflower Caravan and only about 250 copies were ever made
05-08-20 - works on first promotional single called Talkin' About start in a studio near Prague; Sunflower Caravan meets their existent sound-engineer. On September 1st, the band works on their first promo-photo series, for the upcoming release of Talkin' About
05-06-21 - back in Prague clubs; this was another successful gig in Akropolis, first remarks in CZ newspapers occur by then
04-12-20 - Sunflower Caravan in Sweden again (Jönkoping, Stockholm, Malmö), this time to support two release parties of The Ark's new album State of The Ark
04-10-09 - the first Swedish experience (Malmö, Helsinborg, Goethenborg) begins in KB club in Malmö supported by members of The Ark DJing as Stereo Explosion and The Animal Five onstage. The tour gets some attention from local newspapers and Swedish national TV broadcast a spot with Sunflower Caravan and Martin Axén comments on the whole event
04-06-04 - two members of the famous Swedish band The Ark happen to see SfC in Akropolis and after the performance invite them to play in Sweden
04-01-27 - on a 'real' stage for the first time; Sunflower Caravan gets involved into "Future Line" programme in one of Prague's most prestigious clubs - Palac Akropolis, and plays there repeatedly every two or three months; as seen now, this was a very important point of the band's career
01-12-20 - most likely the first public appearance of the trio; since then, SfC is occasionally performing across Prague clubs and venues
01-10--- - The very first rehearsal of Sunflower Caravan in present formation happened in October 2001.
panove tak kdy vas ukecam na tu plzen? :) chci ty sympataky uz konecne taky videt nazivo :) bude novy video jakoze jo?! no tak to se tesim moc! to by skoro mohlo znamenat ze pak bude uz i deska jakoze? :) ne nic uz mlcim hlavne zustante porad takovi jaci ste, porad bozi :)
Takže, v první řadě díky za add. Za tričko vám poděkovat nemůžu, žádný jste mi jaksi nehodili, a tu zelenou paruku mi vzala ta "určitě-příjemná-ale-v-t-u-chvíli-tak-trochu-hysterická" slečna "déééj-to-sem-to-je-mojééé".. No nic, uvidíme se na RFP. ... Těším se.
Ahoj, diky za add a vyborny Planet festival. V neposledni rade moc dekuji za tricko a klanim se pred Vasi presnou muskou a dokonalym odhadem, co se tyce damskych krivek-M je presne moje velikost:D At se Vam dari a doufam, ze se velice brzy opet uvidime (zase M prosim!;):D ). Ahoj!
no... jako autora prezdivky by te to skoro mohlo naplnovat hrdosti :-), ale jinak je to zatim 50 na 50. nejvetsi propagator maria je v tuto chvili (prekvapive) Andrzej. bud aspon ty rozumnej :-))) Hadzi (!)
