| Member Since | 5/13/2008 | | Band Members |
OUR LINE-UP (JULY 2008- TODAY) :
Amine Daher : Drums and percussions
Abed Kobeissy : Buzuk, electric guitar, bass, duduk, Mona Cool, kazoo, toy whistle, xylophone
Fadi Tabbal: Electric, acoustic guitars, marimbas, bass, keyboards, harmonica, programming, jewish harp, percussion and xylophone
Serge Yared: Acoustic guitar, tambourine, drums on the "Damned Don't Cry", kazoo, monkey dance
| | Influences | Serge: Here are the main ones for this mini-album: Robert Wyatt , Lou Reed, Brian Wilson , Moondog, Tom Waits, Scott Walker, Sparks, Randy Newman, Daniel Johnston, Stephen Jones and Suburban Kids with Biblical Names.
And because I can't help doing some guilt-free name-dropping, here are the other names you'd fine in my playlists: Curtis Mayfield, Donny Hathaway, John Cale, Bowie, T-rex, Danielson, the Who, Interpol, Lee Hazlewood, Johnny Cash, Peter Gabriel, Dr. John, Amadou & Mariam, Scott Walker, Yo La Tengo, Willie Dixon, Ry Cooder, Sons & Daughters, Don Carlos, , Mrs. Mills, Bruce Springsteen, the Meters, Jack Teagarden, Fairuz, Nina Simone, Dean Martin, Joannah McGregror, Moondog, Parliament, the Slits, Marianne Faithfull, Quincy Jones, Yma Sumac, Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, Lili Boniche, Patti Smith, Sam & Dave, Alarm Will Sound, Trashmonk, Chris Farlowe, Brassens, Aretha & Erma Franklin, Al Green, Grant Lee Phillips, Love, Wilco, Talking Heads, Flaming Lips, Big Star, Bill Fay, Juliette Greco, Evan Dando, Charles Mingus, Dusty Springfield, Moog Cookbook, the Bird & the Bee, Serge Gainsbourg, the Rolling Stones, Justin Timberlake, Glenn Gould, Todd Rundgren, Smog, Kate Bush, Morrissey, Feist, Joanna Newsom, Cat Power, Bryan Ferry, Shelby Lynne, Balanescu Quartet, John Cage, Brian Eno, Caetano Veloso, Sparklehorse, Alain Bashung, Asmahan, Blue Niles, B 52's, Blondie, Blur, Captain Beefheart, Dionne Warwick, the Residents, beat happening, belle & sebastian, bjork, do make say think, fly pan am, guided by voices, woody guthrie, the hidden cameras etc...
Fadi : Euf... It s too long to enumerate. I think I have it somewhere on my facebook account.
| | Sounds Like | Fadi: like something that Paul McCartney, Syd Barett, Tom Waits, Brian Wilson and David Byrne would have made together but... without their genius
Serge: At least we tried.
| | Record Label | Incognito (Distributor) www.incognito.com.lb | | Type of Label | Major |
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