| Member Since | 1/3/2006 | | Band Website | www.creteboom.com | | Band Members | Patrick Delaney - lead vocals /
Seosamh Ó Cathail - guitar /
Mick Ruane - bass /
Colm Cahill - drums /
Ben Green - saxophone and keyboards.
Wylie Wynne III - piano / organ
Dee Al-Shamaa - vocals /
(occasional guest member) Sean Plunkett - blues harp. | | Influences |
The Beastie Boys, Frank Zappa and The Mothers, The Wu-Tang Clan, Marvin Gaye, Daft Punk, Kevin Rowland and Dexy's Midnight Runners, Howling Wolf, Freddy King, The Pogues, Jimi Hendrix, Common, N*E*R*D, Wes Montgomery, Taj Mahal, David Bowie, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Doors, The Blues Brothers Band, Booker T and the MGs, Fela, Judd Ruane Sr, PJ Duffy, Tommy Murphy, John Lee Hooker, Massive Attack, Rory Gallagher, Super Furry Animals, Money Mark, Chemical brothers, Paul Simon, The Strokes, George Benson, Creedence, Andrew WK, the Shadows, the Animals, Sam and Dave, Luke Kelly, Randy Newman, Charlie Parker, Freddy Hubbard, Dizzy Gillespie, Wynton Marsalis, The Bees, James Brown, Republic of Loose, Otis Redding, Louis Armstrong, The Byrds, Jackie Wilson, The Kinks, The Beach Boys, Love, Muddy Waters, Fairport Convention, Johnny Cash, Outkast, Link Wray, Orbital, Albert King, Sam Cooke, Ian Brown, the specials, AC/DC, Whipping Boy, Duke Ellington, The Proclaimers, Fats Domino, Grateful Dead, Saw Doctors, Kenny Rogers and the First Edition, Black Grape, Hank Williams, Roxy Music, Supergrass, Jethro Tull, Ray Charles, Horslips, Third Leg, Bob Dylan, Elmore James, Van Morrison, Pavement, BBK, Ray Stevens, Chuck Berry. | | Sounds Like |
"Crete Boom...a rocky, poppy, jazzy quintet...laid-back saxy vibes and a singer who fidgets delightfully and manically on the spot while delivering zippy lyrics to zippy tunes - refreshing and moreish" johnnie craig, in dublin
"ehh, a bit jazz" Ken Allen Faction Records
"Too many genres ... Boom of Crete, as a wild and unfortunately unausgegorene Tour de Force by many music be consummated. But the song "Broken Teeth" was built in the 1970s-style psychedelia, even the most convinced, as the band takes a lot of time here. The packages are played and the individual musicians have enough space to prove their skills ... If Crete boom weiterentwicklen their psychedelic game would be a profit." anselm, fudder.de
'everything into a pot to throw, everything in blues, pop, soul and rock 'n' roll was good in the last 50 years. ' - shane brady, interview in badische zeitung
"like a Commitments B-Side...sonic offspring of a Travelling Wilburys/Bruce Springsteen orgy...Deco Cuffe overdrive...faux-soul...Ne’er do Well is an oddity...sounds more Neilstown than Motown" s. o'rourke, drop-d.ie, review of ne'er do well ep
'infinite buckled eight... new verb to feel dancing' - iccous, jamendo.com, review of ne'er do well ep
'catchy melodic rock sounds with plenty of jazzy and fifties rock n roll influences. the more uptempo brass led sounds have a very sixties rock n soul feel about them' roadrecs.com description of Ne'er do Well EP
'indie-pop-catchy, with an incredible lightness and therefore comes loose' audioagency.de | | Record Label | none |
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