Elliott Shannonhouse [guitar], Bob Mannion [guitar], Mike Miranda [drums],
Edgar San Gabriel [bass],
Influences
Hank Marvin, John Barry, Woody Woodpecker, Bernard Hermann, Jeff Beck, The Ventures, Dick Dale, Danny Gatton, Roy Buchanan, Albert King, Albert Collins, Freddy King (especially instrumentals), The Chocolate Watchband, Pink Floyd, Charley Hagan, Brendan Earley and the Mutants, Michael Belfer, and especially The Frank Hymng Band with Tono Rondone (www.piscesbooks.com), with whom I collaborated in my first noteworthy original band in San Francisco.
Sounds Like
A surf band with Danny Gatton and Jeff Beck sitting in on guitar
San Francisco's The Neighbors grew out of a partnership between guitarists Elliott Shannonhouse and Bob Mannion, two veterans of San Francisco's punk/new wave scene of the late 70's and early 80's. With such diverse influences as rockabilly, surf, and soundtrack music by the likes of John Barry and Bernard Hermann, they started a collaboration with Charley Hagan, original bassist for the Mutants, in one of the city's most entertaining cover bands, playing everything from Mancini to Captain Beefheart. Years later they were still playing together in Bob's living room, writing tunes and learning songs by the Shadows and other instrumental groups. With the addition of Mike Miranda on drums and Jamie Ayres on bass, they set out to play a diverse set of instrumentals that covers a range of instrumental music from Hank Marvin to Jeff Beck. Determined not to be pigeonholed into a style or movement, or just repeat what has been done before, their original tunes cover a wide range of moods and styles. Part surf, part psychedelic, and even part country, they will then whip out a wicked slow blues number just to keep you on your toes.
Please come out this Wednesday night (May 9th) to Bottletree to see Japanese avant noisemakers, Mono. Just to give you an idea, Godspeed You Black Emperor are huge fans of this band. Their live shows are careening in fields of volume and agonized sound that thunders against club walls and human skulls. This may sound obvious, but it is always a bit extra of a stretch to bring a band from Japan over to the Alabama, and your support helps us pay for the extra expense that is figured into bands' cost of making the over seas journey. Basically, we will love you forever if you come out to what will surely prove to be one of the finest mid-week mindbenders of this century. Thank you graciously for your support and enthusiasm
HERE IS MONO'S BIO INFO:
Throughout their six-year career, MONO has ascended consistently in both popularity and critical acclaim, with record sales and live show attendance corresponding. But still elusive to the Japanese quartet has been the successful translation of their powerful and violently beautiful live performances to their recordings. Despite their albums' masterful subtleties and majestic walls of noise, the consensus has remained that their transcendent live show is simply incomparable.
If there is any chance of breaking that spell, it lies in You Are There, without a doubt the prime contender to unite the live and recorded worlds of MONO. Once again captured to tape by Steve Albini at his Electrical Audio studios in Chicago, IL, the album extends the cinematic drama of 2003's Walking Cloud and Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered and the Sun Shined (also recorded by Albini), while surpassing the sinister heaviness of 2002's lauded One Step More and You Die.
If Walking Cloud was a nuclear winter, then You Are There is the post-war rebirth; steeped in an ominous creation-via-destruction atmosphere not heard since Neurosis' landmark Enemy of the Su
TIGHTEN YOUR BELTS, PEOPLE; SECURE YOUR CLOTHING AS YOU PREPARE FOR PYSCHEDELIC ROCK KINGS ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE FROM JAPAN. WE KNOW YOUR FACE HAS ALREADY HAD ITS NINE LIVES AND HAS BEEN MELTED OFF FOR GOOD AT RECENT SHOWS. ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE WILL TAKE CARE OF THE REST OF YOU.
JOIN US FOR TOTAL ANNIHILATION.
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DVDS, CDS, COMIC BOOKS, MUSIC EQUIPMENT OF MINE FOR SALE TOMORROW AT BOTTLETREE.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Milwaukee is expecting 8 inches of snow this weekend. We're not. Come enjoy the spring weather on the patio and look for a few goodies to take home with you.......or make some money! Vintage tees and clothing, plants, art, books, records, etc. will be on the patio for your rummaging pleasure.....from 12- 4 this Saturday. FREE TO SET UP (NOON) AND FREE PARTICIPATE! you can swap or sell! Please email me and let me know if you want to be a part (merrilee@thebottletree.com) or just show up!
The Barbwires
Hot exotic surf from the land of cold and darkness
Upcoming California 2007 Shows
Mar 22 2007 Clint Beachwood Surf Music Radio Show (live), San Diego
Mar 22 2007 The Tower Bar with Monsters from Mars and Mr Neutron, San Diego
Mar 23 2007 The Blank Club with Pollo Del Mar, Mr Neutron, The Pyronauts, San José
Mar 24 2007 Axle's Pre Viva Las Vegas show 2007 with James Intveld, Riverside
Mar 25 2007 Purple Orchid Tiki Bar with The Insect Surfers and Mr Neutron, El Segundo
Hey -- thanks for the Add. We love your guys' songs. It's obvious why you're opening for the Mermen. We'll have to hook up sometime before too long and put a show together.
Any band with a song named after 5-0's finest has GOTTA be great...and you are!!Sack the drummer-I'm on my way!!!Kiddin', but I do looooooooooove your sound!!Love from da U.K., JC
Shack this!
