Tim Napalm - lead vocals, lead & rhythm guitar, with various musicians across various line-ups.
Influences
Any band featuring Johnny Thunders, The Stooges, MC5, T-Rex, Sex Pistols, The Clash, Rolling Stones, David Bowie and the Spiders From Mars, Buzzcocks, Generation X, Ramones, Dead Boys, Manic Street Preachers, Hanoi Rocks, Cheap Trick, savage young Elvis, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Little Richard, Eddie Cochran, The Yardbirds, Howlin' Wolf, Slim Harpo, the early Who, and probably tons more.
Sounds Like
"A twin barrel shot of old school zoom-punk, like Fear mudwrestling the Heartbreakers....: - David Fricke reviewing the 1st Hormones 7-inch in Rolling Stone, 1995.
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Hi, I'm Tim. I used to be a Hormone. Then I was a Napalm Star. (Hence, the surname.) Now I'm solo. Here's where to hear stuff from all my bands.
I'm currently on musical hiatus, and just moved to Los Angeles, where I will start a new band. LA musicians? Please get in touch.
I recommend checking out the blog on this page for progress reports and liner notes for the tracks posted here. this blog is the liner notes for the current tracks, and this one documents the four tracks I started this page with and had posted for several months.
Here's a clip of the live version of "Sell Out Young" from The Hormones you can hear on this page, taped at Stubb's BBQ about ten years ago:
Here's the video for Napalm Stars' "Rich Kid Radio," directed by Scotty B. Napalm:
Oh yeah, and here I am singing the Dead Boys' "What Love Is" with their guitarist, Cheetah Chrome, in Las Vegas, 2006....
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We're playin our Texas brothers, Spies Like Us and The Bandulus! I hope you can make it! @ Flamingo Cantina Austin, Texas Saturday, November 7th! 9pm 18 + thanks! C1
THANX FOR THE ADD, I SEEM TO REMEBER YOU USED TO BE A WRITER OF SOME FORM AND YOUR WORK WAZ REALLY FUUNY OR THOUGHT PROVOKING. DO YOU STILL BLOG? HAVE A GROOVY ONE MAN. ROCKET