Vocal & Percussion - Alson (Rubberneck) Ekoman. -
Bass & Vocal - Dave (the Duck) Bass. -
Drums & Percussion - Dodge Troutman. -
Sprawlin Memphis Guitar - Crazy Peter Hawes. -
Organ & Synth - David Hammond Smythe.
Influences
James Brown & His Funky People, Meters,Kool & the Gang,Booker T & the MG's,Herbie Hancock &/the Headhunters,Pleasure,Ohio Players,Fatback Band,Sly & the Family Stone,Gil Scott Heron,Stevie Wonder,Jacksons,Donnie Hathaway,Bernard Purdie,Idris Muhammad,Steve Gadd,Chic,Eddie Kendricks,Temptations,Pointer Sisters,Don Blackman,Skull Snaps,Lightnin Rod,Johnny Guitar Watson,steve miller Band,
The band first formed in 1998 when four friends: Roger, Dave, Pete & Daryl all music lovers from an early age, and all D.J's came together as a band. We wanted to try creating our own Funky Grooves that we had discovered from "sample spotting" the music we were in to, mainly from Hip-Hop. The band started really well, especially since with the exception of Pete we were all beginners on our instruments. We started with Booker.T tunes and went on to cover blues, jazz, soul, disco all sorts really. Over the next few years the band lost and gained different musicians due to life commitments etc and in early 2007 Roger, Dave & Pete were at loose ends so we started jamming again, turning a spare room into our studio. Later that year we found our singer, Alex & a few weeks later, our bass player, Dave(the bass). And our savage FunkMonster was born!
FUNK (fuŋk);- a form of rhythm and blues popular since the 1970s in which highly syncopated polyrhythms are combined with a prominent, jerky bass line, minimal harmonic structure, and declamatory vocalizing
Saturday June 20th at The Outer Limits we are playing one night only and will be shooting 3 camera angles for our upcoming video for "Whole Lotta Waitress".
Not only do we need to make sure this bar is wall to wall packed for the good of the video, but also to show the owners that we can pack their club.
Click the link above for directions to the bar via google maps. The Outer Limits is located at:
Ez, come check out the new Mindstorm tune "Off The Radar" recently added to the player. This track along with 15 more original bangers will be featured on Mindstorm's second album The Invasion coming this summer.
I found out yesterday that as my barrister and the barrister for the Crown prosecution/persecution service were both pissing themselves with laughter while reading my statement of the facts for the court while the CPS were trying to find my lost file when, as usual, my file had been 'lost' and was eventually found, the judge decided to acquit me of all charges.
A noteworthy point is that the good Lady Warnock telephoned my solicitor and was quite willing to aid my defence.
Sadly, I am to attend Southwark Crown Court tomorrow for more bollocks - the serious organised crime of exhibiting art as per my myspace page photo(the one with me and the free speech door)... I will have their guts for garters mate, have no fear.
I am sick and tired of being arrested for saying or displaying bollocks, being arbitrarily detained and unlawfully denied my liberty.
Harrassment is not cool, especially not by the state and its agents - the CPS, the bent judiciary and the po-lice.
Gemini dreams the clouds of my mind until I gave them wings. Lost my voice for all those years -there were no more songs to sing. The scent of a woman is the smell of a rose - where the hell I come from - I don't know My ship set sail across a sea of time - the horizons of my mind.
Bollocks to the bastard bloooody lot of them - war is a crock of shit and I am prepared to tell any judge on their bent benches exactly that.
Thanks for the comment mate... Glad to see that there are those who dare to think about things in these orwellian times and dare to express themselves...
Music is the weapon of the future -keep on jammin' mate - gives folks like me hope and sooths the soul.
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