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Infected

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Released: Jan 1, 2011

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Infected
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Hey You
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Infiltrate Your Mind-1967
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Genre: Americana / Other / Rock
Location Los Angeles, Un
Profile Views: 42974
Last Login: 10/13/2012
Member Since 8/28/2007
Website thesimonstokes@yahoo.com
Type of Label Unsigned
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After winning a local songwriting contest, Stokes ventured to Los Angeles in his early 20s. Beginning in 1965, Stokes recorded a number of 45s under names such as The Flower Children, The Heathen Angels, Rock Bottom and the Candy Kissers and The Perpetual Motion Workshop who recorded the nugget classic 'Infiltrate Your Mind'. Shortly after, Stokes became a staff writer at Elektra Records. Forming a band called the Nighthawks, Stokes and MC5 signed to Elektra on the same day releasing Simon Stokes and the Nighthawks in 1969. This has been remastered and released by Rev-ola and can be purchaced at www.cherryred.co.uk/revola. In 1972, Stokes released The Incredible Simon Stokes & the Black Whip Thrill Band on Spindizzy Records. The album was a psychedelic hard rock record in the vein of Captain Beefhart and Roky Erikson. Reportedly the first banned LP in the United States (the cover featured S&M scenes showing women being whipped) the controversy created a cult following for the musician, especially among biker groups. In 1977, the Simon Stokes album Buzzard of Love was released on United Artists. Simon has placed music in over 25 films, spanning 3 decades. (Outlaw Riders, Jackknife, Under The Rainbow and Vice Squad to name a few). The list of TV series to use Stokes penned compositions includes The Shield and Mad Men. In 1993 The Cramps, in a rare session with Iggy Pop, recorded the Simon Stokes tune 'Miniskirt Blues' for their record Look Ma, No Head. In 1996, he returned to music circles by releasing Right to Fly with '60s counter-culture icon Timothy Leary. This year saw also the release of Ride On by Conqueror Worm, a group formed by members of various US alternative groups (Rancid Vat, Poison Idea, Alcoholics Unanimous). They covered twelve of Stokes' songs. In 2002, Stokes released a country-rock album titled Honky. Produced by Bruce Duff and featuring members of the Bellrays and Wayne Kramer, the album's sound was compared to outlaw singers such as Waylon Jennings, Billy Joe Shaver and David Allan Coe. Simon's 2009 release, Head, was produced by ex-BellRay Todd Westover and is an exercise in stripped-down, psych-freaky, outlaw country-rock that goes where no man has gone in a long, long time. It has been called a "flat-out masterpiece" by the L.A. Weekly. This year Simon Stokes is back with a brand new album featuring his live brand and his own brand of socially skewered songwriting and one-of-a-kind vocalizing. Musically, Stokes and crew cover a gamut that includes fractured Americana ("Infected"), an outlaw country duet ("Let's Do Wrong Tonight," sung with Blood on the Saddle's Annette Zilinskas), roadhouse rock ("Honky"), and even his sensitive side ("Truth is Stranger than Fiction"). Other extremes include the unmitigated violence of "Down for Death," which makes the Velvet Underground sound timid. Available at Amazon.com, iTunes and CDbaby.com. Contact: toothpickelbow@yahoo.com, www.myspace.com/thesimonstokes ,Facebook.
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