Richard Burge: Bass/Backing vocals/Programming/Synth.
Danny Walley: Guitars/e-bow/sounds.
Influences
In no particular order: The Mars Volta, Jane's Addiction, Massive Attack, Amon Tobin, Polarbear (LA), Tom Waits, Blonde Redhead, The Young Gods, Mr Bungle, Leftfield, Melvins, Mogwai, Brainiac, William Burroughs, Blade Runner, Melt Banana, Battles, Jim Jarmusch, Murcof, Captin Beefheart, Phillip K Dick, 65 Days of Static, Ween, Dean Martin, God speed you! Black Emperor, PJ Harvey, Miike Takashi, Public Image Ltd, Mono, Fugazi, Sinatra, Masami Teraoka, Led Zepplin, Fantomas, Roots Manuva, Billie Holiday, Boards of Canada, Secret Chiefs three, Primus, Fernado Mierelles, Leonard Cohen, Prince, Faith No More, Jeff Buckley, Stanley Kubrick, Hella, Rowlf (muppets) Nine Inch Nails, Cat Power, Autolux, Messer Chups, The Cure, Radiohead, Charles Mingus, OTT, Zappa, Lynch, Porno for Pyros, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Herbie Hancock, Coen Brothers, DJ Shadow, Deconstruction, Pink Floyd, Shane Meadows, Brian Eno, John Zorn, Caffeine, Killing Joke, Jenny Agutter, Alex Gross, Sly & The Family Stone, Autechre, Sammy Davies Jnr, Oceansize, Neil Young, Tool, Bootsy Collins, Can, Hallucino - Genetics, Odd Nostdom, Joy Divison, Fingathing, Jah Wobble, Funkadelic, Sleepytime Gorilla museum, Ed Wood, Terry Gilliam, Bad Brains, Bill Hicks, Diamanda Galas, Hendrix, Kronos Quartet, Stooges, John Waters, Bordoms, Butthole Surfers, dEUS, Meters, Handsome Boy Modeling school, Omar Rodriguez Lopez, Explosions in the sky, Johnny Cash, Gustaf Klimt, Saul Williams.
DRUMMMER WANTED: We’re looking for someone experienced and creative to be a full time member of the band (not a session player) who is tight, percussive and has a great sense of dynamics and groove. we're looking to record/gig ASAP and take things as far as possible. infl: The Mars Volta, Massive Attack, Jane's Addiction, Mogwai, Tool, Battles, 65 days of static, Amon Tobin, Mono. Mid-twenties to early-thirties London based Own kit & transport. Ability to groove in odd time signatures. Click friendly (we use sequenced synths, loops and samples, so this is essential) These demos are amoung twenty or so written and are rough (bedroom styley) and have developed quite a bit since they were recorded... and obviously need live drums. please send examples of your playing/links/stuff about you
THE RETURN OF THE BAT
Specimen will bring their special brand of glam mayhem, The Batcave to London again.
After last year’s wildly-successful 25th anniversary Batcave event, The Batcave returns to its original spawning ground of London’s West End on Sunday July 19 for another night of blasphemy, lechery and blood.
Specimen (Fresh from a fantastic show at Leipzig’s Waves Gotik festival), the original Batcave instigators will headline the lurid frolics at the Embassy Club, (29 Old Burlington St, London W1S3AP) Also on the bill are original Batcavers Sexbeat, with DJs Hamish and Cavey Nick, cavorting from decks to decadence with the usual brutal, trouser-dropping surprises & suitably confronting & barbaric entertainment.
The 2009 Batcave will feature installations from exciting new artists of the ‘Dark London Underground’ and visuals from the upcoming ‘Welcome To The Batcave’ book, along with this year’s bitcrushed message from the creature in the Batcave Pram. All set in a spooky Bladerunner environment!
So dress to kill … prepare for a thrill & Expect the unexpected!
The Batcave will be open from 10pm till 3am. Tickets £15 available from www.ticketweb.co.uk and Resurrection Records.
More info at www.specimenbatcave.net
Miss it at your peril!
Salut les amis, vous pouvez désormais trouver notre premier album sur itunes...pour ceux qui n'ont pas itunes contactez nous nous trouverons une solution... Hi friends, you can now find our first album on itunes...if you don't have itunes please contact us we will find a solution...
Prost… Ich habe neue Liedereien im player. Alles Edit-Versionen vom jetzt erhältlichen und köstlichen Stück Hinterschinken „Metropolis“. CD kann man kaufen …bei mir, bei HIPHOPKIOSK.de oder demnächst bei hhv. Außerdem wichtig: 24.7. Benefiz-Konzi im 4rooms (Täubchenweg 26, Leipzig) mit Rasputin, Target, Häuptling, Crunch Time, Massai. Und letzte Info: Das hübsche Mach(t)werk von mir und Dixie Burner kommt noch dieses Jahr auf CD. Feat: Art Official (California), Basstard (Berlin), Boba Fettt (Berlin), Boddn (Leipzig), Choleriker (Leipzig), Commander Soso (Leipzig), Existereo (California), Farbstoff (Berlin), Foul Habits (California), G.Capella (Karlsruhe), Hektik (Leipzig), Jmega (California), Kilo85 (Karlstadt), King Orgasmus One (aka Orgi 69, Berlin), Krisz Date (Leipzig), Kronisch (Leipzig), Lun (Leipzig), Matlock (Chicago), Main Moe (Schönebeck/Magdeburg), Namor (Marseille), Nocak (Berlin), Orbit MC (Dresden), Pierre Sonality (Leipzig), Riddlore, Rifleman (California), Russian Morgan (Karlsruhe), Sianard (Strasbourg), Target (Leipzig), Tonedogg Raw (California).
I just wanted to stop by to say hello and give you a little update on what Blood Root Mother is up to! We will be recording an EP of new music in August, and we recently finished recording a live DVD. The DVD is currently unreleased and I actually just saw it for the first time a few days ago. It features the last two performances with Tony Ellis still alive, and some footage from the tribute show we played on the night of his funeral.
There are some cool covers, as well as some NEW music that will be on our upcoming EP. We're very excited about the new music and we'd like to share a sneak peak with you. Here's a link to the video for a new tune called Run Bobby Run:
I thought I'd drop by to let you know about the upcoming I Have Clones UK tour this July! Dates are up on my page now but basically we're playing everywhere from Glasgow to Torquay and if you can get down to a show it'd be awesome to hang out.
The Facebook event for the tour is here:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=91453049599
If you're on it and are planning on coming down click attending...
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The shows should be pretty awesome, so keep in touch and see you on the road!
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