Christopher Harrison-vocals,guitars, mandolin, synth.
Joe Theiler-Bass.
Bob Ackerman-Drums,percussion.
Influences
Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, ELO, Supertramp, underground 80's, Irish folk, most Brit pop, Americana (love the Jayhawks), REM, U2, Pixies, The Pogues, The Frank and Walters, The Tragically Hip, The Clash, Wilco, The Hothouse Flowers, Stone Roses, Echo and The Bunnymen, Supergrass, The House of Love, Catherine Wheel, Shane McGowen, The Cure, The Smiths, Peter Murphy, Billy Bragg, Bauhaus, Teenage Fanclub, The Charlatans, Beck, Moby, Air, The Elected, Sparklehorse, Guided By Voices, Cracker, Dave Lowery, Camper Van Beethoven, Talking Heads, The Church, Steve Kilbey, Marty Wilson Piper, World party, Karl Wallinger, Geoffrey Oreyema, Mike Scott, The Waterboys, matt Johnson, The The, Morrissey, Oasis, T-Rex, Donovan, Belle and Sebastian, Texas, James, Travis, Coldplay, Lush, Belly, Blue Rodeo, Roger Waters, David Gilmour, The Eagles, Alan Parsons Project, The Levellers, Neutral Milk Hotel, Elf Power, Olivia Tremor Control, The Cult, Sarah McLauchlan, Tori Amos, Styx, Queen, Sweet, Elton John, Bob Geldof, Ultravox, Little River Band, 10cc, Warren Zevon, Kraftwerk.
Sounds Like
Me!,British Indie rock, The Waterboys, Robyn Hitchcock, World Party, Radiohead, David Bowie, Pink Floyd, The Pogues, REM, James, New Order, Sinead O'Conner, U2, Belle and Sebastian, The Wonderstuff, Julian Cope, Midnight Oil, Echo and The Bunnymen, Ian McCulloch, The Doves, Travis, Brian Eno
I’m originally from London, England. My family imigrated to South Georgia when I was a kid. I started Tone Deaf Radio back in 1995 in Athens, Georgia after moving down there from Montreal, Canada where I used to be a busker on the underground and down the old town. I had a couple of albums worth of songs spinning around in my head at that time and I was dying to get them on tape so I enlisted the help of some great local musicians and headed off to a couple of local studios to record my first two CD’s "Skitso In The Watershed" and "Mowahi Mohladi". I made loads of friends along the way and got to record with some very accomplished players. Among them Aaron Perett (who was so bloody cool he had Son Volt play his backyard) and George Norman who had toured on R.E.M.’s "Green’ tour back in 89’ on mando. Athen’s taught me much and I attempted to steal as many songs from the hole in the sky that exists above it as I could! Unfortunately life in Athen’s can also consume a person and I was getting swept up in the haze so I decided to move down to Saint Simons Island in South Georgia in 2001. I got together with my good friend Bob Ackerman and fellow underground music lover Joe Theiler and we started doing shows as Tone Deaf Radio. That has now evolved into another project called "Konichiwa". I have recently moved up to Chapel Hill, North Carolina with my wife Elena and our 3 dogs Tex, Blue, and Happy. I hope to begin recording some new music soon and am looking for a mad violinist to round out some of the songs! Tone Deaf Radio is basically a melange of all the things I find interesting. There’s mythology, shamenism, human sexuality, traveling , politics (I’m a big John Lennon fan), surrealism, history, conscious dreaming. Lyrically I hope people find it’s a bit like Salvador Dali meeting with Carl Jung, Gore Vidal, Joseph Campbell and Noam Chomsky in a public toilet. Throw in some Lord Byron, a bit of Roger Waters, add a touch of Oscar Wilde and make me a woman! Voila! Lots of good weirdness. I write songs for and about whales, space, trains, monkeys, intertubing, horses, boats ,love, the sky, kafka, H.G. Wells, and Cervantes, physics, art, Mary Shelley, mother universe and her satellites.I believe in dreaming. That it should be part of ones reality. I’m against anything Bush administration and I even believe the US probably attacked itself in order to control the Middle East and it’s oil. I also think the Catholic church is not a good thing. I proudly support Greenpeace and Sea Shepherd in all they do. Like I said I’m a bit political. I’m an agnostic pagan type who loves life and music. I hope you enjoy my songs as much as I enjoyed creating them. Cheers big ears, Chris
Hi, I've read your bio and smiled ;) I'm listening to Here's to war, at the moment. I dig your inspiration. Nice page, music & layout. And ideas, of course. Wow, so many words just to say: nice to be your new musical friend!
Hey! "Ghosts of American Cowboys" has an echo in the title song from my current CD "The Spirit of Andy Devine" I hope you and your friends here will listen on CD baby -- Here's a link. Also, message me and I'll tell you how to get free tracks as well! Honest as a boy scout! Cheers. Bob
Hey Tone Deaf Radio, thanks for being my friend. I like your tunes. You should check out Glen Hansard and The Frames (myspace.com/theframesofficial) and also the Irish film "Once." I didn't notice those on your list but I think you'd love them. Finally, my buddy Justin Pittman (myspace.com/tobypittmanjr) writes songs that I think you'd dig. Good luck and good day! -MDH
march 3 in chapel hill jose gonzalez w/ mia doi dodd. you must go, i'm going to try to make it. check into it. i really think you'll love his music. peace,D
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