William Daymond (Guitar / Vocals)
Jared Kelly (Bass)
Isaac Mawson (Drums)
Influences
The Chills, The Velvet Underground / Lou Reed , The Byrds, The Beatles, The Clean, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Black Flag, The Ramones, The Beach Boys, The Bats, cats, Pavement, Bob Dylan, Sneaky Feelings, weather, Peter Gutteridge / Snapper, Richard Hell, drugs, Rocket From The Tombs, Andy Warhol, Chris Knox / Tall Dwarfs, The Monkees, The Kinks, The Smiths, R.E.M., ex - girlfriends, The Gordons, live Joy Division, The La's, The Orange, Syd Barrett, Apocalypse Now!, The Great Unwashed, Into The Void, Arthur Lee and Love, Andrew Brough era Straitjacket Fits, Shadow Of The Valley, Coal
Here's what people have said about us:
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------------------------------I reckon The Pickups had just about their best ever show, playing a short set and spiking it with some frantic guitar-runs, noisy moments and even William abandoning the guitar to straddle the microphone stand... - thebigcity.co.nz, November 2006--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Local threesome The Pickups play at the Wunderbar tomorrow night. Formed in late 2004, The Pickups have supported The Bats, The Renderers, The Chills, Mestar and Ghostplane. Their sound has been described as psychedelic pop-rock. The band takes inspiration from the 1960's, in particular The Beatles, The Byrds and The Velvet Underground. They are also influenced by Flying Nun bands such as The Clean, Sneaky Feelings and The Great Unwashed and recently supported The Chills at the Hepatitis C benefit gig at the Media Club. Their four-track demo CD is available free through their myspace.com/thepickupsnz site...This week, the beat highly recommends The Pickups, with The Steffan Van Soest Hit Machine, at the Wunderbar tomorrow night. - Christchurch Press, October 2006------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A wonderful, friendly show in a packed room at the Media Club...Lastly The Pickups capped off the night with some high-energy indie-pop - they're a group thats really getting things together. - thebigcity.co.nz, January 2006
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-------------------Opening the evening's entertainment were The Pickups, three young lads, new to the scene, but with a surprisingly well thought-out, well executed set of original songs. Although a tad lengthy for the support act, they still managed to impress the capacity crowd. - Christchurch Press, June 2005--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A strong (though lengthy) opening set came from new poppy 3-piece rock combo The Pickups. A heavy Chills influence is fairly noticeable in their sound; jangly, country-tinged and guitar driven songs, with excellent, flowing rhythm. A good band to look out for. - thebigcity.co.nz, May 2005
hey guys. i got the tapes let me know a safe place to send them. i will need two of the 3 back tho cause they have some costume tests and stuff from early films i have done.
Hmmm, if i knew how to spell the word Touche, i would say it, but i don't, so i won't!!??! I am so jealous of that t-shirt i punched my hand through a wall (actually just a corragated cardboard box in case of ouchies).
we evolve at first it seems like fucking is the big thing, then after that social conciousness, then intellectual accomplishment, and then after that some fall into religon others into arts. after that begins the gathering of money and after the gathering of money the stage where vwe pretend that money doesn't matter. then it's health and hobbies, travel, and finally just sitting around thinking vaguely of vague things, rooting in gardens hating flies, noise, bad weather, snails, rudeness, the unexpected, new neighbors old friends, drunks, smoking, fucking, singing, dancing, upstarts, the postman and weeds. it gives one the fidgets: waiting on death.
Dear Mr. William, There is no shame in being a fan of the mighty Jeff Lynne. He has done some very fine things. Climb out of that dingy closet and stand proud and tall upon Mt.ELO
you guys are choice. i had a ton of fun hanging out with you guys. i've listened to your cd a bunch and it's ace. also, william - you have the best hair ever. love, matt.
