Drums – Krank Daddy
Bass – The Big Kahuna
Guitar – Twang
Influences
The Ventures, Hank Marvin, Hawaiian shirts, cowboy shirts, pina coladas, Chuck Berry, Jackson Pollack, The Stooges, The Archies, Marilyn Munster, bikini Twister, Gilligan's Island, dragsters, Louis Jordan, John Lee Hooker, Mickey Dolenz, pinball, The Ramones, Phil Spector (before he started shooting people....) Gregory Peck, Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Sounds Like
The Ramones and The Shadows hanging out together at Frank Zappa’s beach house in between surfing with John Coltrane, Jimi Hendrix and The Monkees. Later, the Ronettes and Ritchie Blackmore will drop in for fondue.
After a long journey from their home planet in the distant Omega Centauri Galaxy, The Del Sonics have arrived on Planet Earth to embark on their "World Domination Imminent" tour! Commencing in Brisbane, Australia, the run of dates will continue until total global power is achieved.
The latest and most potent weapon in their arsenal is their new album release “Destination...Planet Rock!”. Eight rolled-gold total psych-out cuts, recorded in May 2009, showcase the cream of this intergalactic instro/prog/surf outfit.
Don’t be fooled by the wiggy song names – “(No One Likes A) Smart Arsed Robot”, “Funky Chikisho”, and the epic acid-trip of “Speak Cyborg…Or DIE!” – these are killer rock and roll tracks delivered by a band that’s been a sensation on the live circuit the past year.
The engine-room rhythm section of The Big Kahuna (bass) and Krank Daddy (drums) powers like the Starship Enterprise on steroids. Out the front directing traffic on Fender Mustang (and with NASA-grade guitar pedal technology at his feet) is Twang, the one-man tsunami!
Sounds like… hmmmm...The Ramones and The Ventures hanging out at Frank Zappa's beach house with John Coltrane, Jimi Hendrix and The Monkees. Later, Ritchie Blackmore and The Ronettes will drop in for fondue and bikini Twister!
It's surf music, Jim, but not as we know it........
Wow, where do you guys get your art done...outstanding. I think the world is coming around to the kind of ultra weirdo instrumentals that you and me dig....we must teach them to learn
Del Sonics! Thanks so very much for your gracious add and a very good morning to you in rockin' Queensland! You have wonderful music on your page and you have great music influences as well. Have a wonderful week, Wishing you and yours a Very Happy, Healthy, and Safe Thanksgiving, many well wishes, blessings, and inspiration to you, and much continued success to you. All best! Arlene :D http://www.myspace.com/arleneweiss http://blog.myspace.com/arleneweiss
We thank you for the add. We’re just a small band, but we’d be delighted if you listened to our Garage Rock songs and you sent us any kind of comment!! If u couldn’t we’ll be happy if you just let this comment be shown, so that ur fans & friends get to know us. ☠
Brisbane outfit Toy Balloon will release their debut album Toy Division on
November 8 through Lofly Records, and to celebrate will perform an east coast
launch tour throughout November.
Formed in 2007, Toy Balloon was
originally a fledgling two-piece made up by Nimai Etheridge’s uniquely melodic
wall-of-sound guitar and Greg Cooper’s beautiful sequenced electronic
compositions. The band have since matured into a four piece featuring Chloe
Cooper (Mr Maps) on key boards and Ben Green on drums.
The album was
recorded and mixed at the Lofly Hangar in Brisbane, a DIY performance space that
Toy Balloon has been an integral part of creating. Fostering emerging artists
and left-of-centre music, the Hangar acts as a performance space, recording
studio, and meeting place; and has resulted in a record with a rich, layered
sound reminiscent of New Order, Mogwai, Boards of Canada, and LCD
Soundsystem.
Catch Toy Balloon launch Toy Division at a venue near you
this Oct/ November.
TOY BALLOON TOUR DATES:
Brisbane- Thursday 29
October- The Zoo, Fortitude Valley w/ Moon Jog, Tin Can Radio and Doom
Doom.
Sydney- Wednesday 4 November- ‘Upstarts’ at Spectrum, Darlinghurst
w/ Convaire and Black Bear Brown Bear
Sydney- Thursday 5 November- Oxford
Arts Factory, Darlinghurst w/ World Champion and others
Melbourne-
Saturday 7 November- Pony, Melbourne w/ Love Connection and
Aoi
Melbourne- Sunday 8 November- El Joyero, Melbourne
Toy
Division is released November 6 on Lofly Records, with distribution through MGM.
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