| Influences | Tatsuhiko:
(1)Late 70's - Mid 80's/New Wave era (aged around 15-22):-
If you were born in 1965 and were a sensitive music fan in your teens, you couldn't avoid bypassing the following artists:-
XTC, Elvis Costello, Squeeze, The Jam, The Boomtown Rats, The Stranglers, The Pretenders, Yachts, Magazine, Rockple, Talking Heads, Shoes, The Knack, The Cars, Blondie, B-52's, Any Trouble, The Skids, The Records, The Vapors, The Undertones(3rd&4th), Simple Minds, Culture Club, Human League, Eurythmics, Mood Six, The Smiths, MIcrodisney, REM, Three O'Clock, Bangles, Orange Juice, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Teardrop Explodes, The Mighty Wah!, The Chameleons, TV21, The Comsat Angels, a lots of post punk outfits, Aztec Camera, The Pale Fountains, The Bluebells, Hurrah!, The Icicle Works, Railway Children, The Style Council, Madness, The Jetset, Makin' Time, The Dukes Of Stratosphear, OMD, China Crisis, Tears For Fears, Ultravox, Prefab Sprout, The Housemartins, The Big Dish, The Blue Nile, It's Immaterial, The Bongos, The Smithereens, Spongetones, That Petrol Emotion, Crowded House, The Psychedelic Furs, The Chills....and many many more artists....
(2)Late 80's - Early 90's (aged around 23-25):-
Just before starting The Penelopes. So the inspiration given by the following artists was so huge!
The La's, Bradford, The Chesterfields, Biff Bang Pow!, Razorcuts, The Weather Prophets, Katydids, The River Detectives, Danny Wilson, The Hepburns, Andy Porak, The Proclaimers, The Stone Roses, The Mock Turtles, Superstar,The Lightning Seeds, Airhead ...(I think I'll add more).
(3)60's:-
The Beatles, The Who, The Kinks, The Hollies, The Zombies, Chad & Jeremy, Small Faces, Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, The Beach Boys, The Move, Idle Race, Beau Brummels, Kippington Lodge, Lovin' Spoonful, The Turtles, The Monkees, The Byrds, Bacharch & David, The Box Tops, Them, Captain Beefheart, Japanese GS and Kayoukyoku, lots of tokusatsu(especially 'Ultraman' stuff by Toru Fuyuki) and anime themes, The Doors, Velvet Underground, lots of girl groups and Motown stuff. Southern soul/R&B stuff...countless.
(4)70's:-
Roxy Music, David Bowie, T-Rex, Be Bop Deluxe, Badfinger, Raspberries, Wings, Pilot, Stackridge, Cat Stevens, Al Stewart, Randy Newman, Andrew Gold, The Band, Stealers Wheel, ELO, Al Green, Bobby Womack, Curtis Mayfield, southern soul, EW&F , lots of Kayoukyoku and TV drama themes.
(5)Others:-
jazz, movie themes, lots of Japanese traditional/folk music, blues, country, ska, raggae, calypso,...from Shaggs to Stockhausen...in short, every kind of good music I have heard has a lot of influence on me consciously/unconsciously.
Chigusa:
Aimee Mann, The Beatles, James Jamerson, Manfred Mann, Talking Heads, YMO, The Police, The Smiths, Ian Broudie, The Beautiful South, Serge Gainsbourg
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