Michael Patrick - lead & rythmn guitar, bass, & lyrics
Influences
My mum was a dj for KSJO and KOME in the 70's....and so of her wild record collection I have listened to everything from the Cream, Mountain, Jimi, Janis, Jim, Jim Croche, ELO, Queen, the Doors, Canned Heat, Donovan, Dylan, LOTS of rock n roll... 80's stuff...Blondie, the Cars, Pat Benetar, etc...the Cure, early Ministry, the Bauhaus, Skinny Puppy, Leather Strip, (all gothic music) 90's Music...Jane's addiction, STP, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, Korn, Filter, NIN, etc... Techno types like Meat Beat Manifesto..(LOV IT)...Underworld, Orb, Tangerine Dream, etc...
My greatest inpirations are Bowie, the Cure, Morrissey, NIN, and Ministry
Simply, I am a solo artist who seeks shows in the Reno, NV area. I have full gear and I am ready to go. My project is called the The Blue Cell.
A "blue cell" is a type of cancer, and it is also represented as a form of biology mixed with insanity or depression. The Blue Cell is a state of mind like a prison of the mind....a heart needing release.....
I was reviewed by Zero Magazine back in 2001 in the April issue,....(the venue was in Columbia at the Gold Mine winery near Sonora...) the night of 4/20 ...(*rolls eyes...lots of smoke that night around me...) and they said it was a "bastard creation bringing the sounds of NIN and the Cure to a mood swinging manic dark rage. Could be the next Trent Reznor.." *Shakes head*
played many underground venues when I was younger and really couldn't sing. A large gothic camping deal where about 7 bands from San Francisco came up to San Andreas and camped...played music for 2 days and 2 nights..... I think I was known as "Dazzle" at the time,....bloody David Bowie inspired nicknames.....and I got up in a black witches dress and played some pretty dark shit....
Played in Sacramento at Old Ironsides a few times....and in Sonora at the Coyotee Creek resteraunt...(used to be there....now a bank stands there)....In Seattle, I played at The Vogue and in Everett, WA at Jimmy Zs a few times.
