Our Indie Rock & Grunge Rock forefathers:
The Beatles (Revolver, Abbey Road, Help – singled out + all)
Billy Corgan+The Smashing Pumpkins (all)
Depeche Mode (Violator, Songs Of Faith and Devotion + all)
Joy Division (Substance)
Daniel Johns+Silverchair & The Dissociatives (all)
My Bloody Valentine (Loveless)
Kent (all)
Sonic Youth (Goo, Daydream Nation)
The Beach Boys (Pet Sounds)
Stone Roses (all)
The Smiths (all)
Ride (Carnival of Light)
Jesus and The Mary Chain (Phsycocandy, Barbed Wire Kisses)
Richard Aschroft + The Verve (all)
Wannadies (all)
Salt (Auscultate)
Stardog (In Order To Disorder)
The Cardigans (all)
Paul Weller+The Jam (all)
The Cure (Disintegration, Wild Mood Swings)
Super Furry Animals (Guerilla, Rings Around The World)
Slowdive (Just For A Day, Catch The Breeze)
Medicine (all)
Mazzy Star (all)
Teenage Fan Club (Bandwagonesque, Grand Prix)
Slint (Spiderland)
Pale Saints (The Comfort Of Madness)
Chapterhouse (Blood Music)
Suede (all)
Oasis (all)
Ocean Colour Scene (all)
The Seahorses (Do It Youself)
Blur (all)
Radiohead (all)
Placebo (all)
Ash (1977, Free All Angels)
Babylon Zoo (Spaceman)
Sneaker Pimps (all)
Portishead (all)
DJ Shadow (The Private Press)
Nirvana (all)
Pearl Jam (Ten, Vs, Yield)
Alice In Chains (all)
Candlebox (Candlebox, Happy Pills)
Soundgarden (Badmotorfinger, Down On The Upside)
The Nixon (Foma)
Jeff Buckley (Grace)
Dinasour Jr (Where You Been)
Tad (all)
Mudhoney (March To Fuzz)
The Afghan Whigs (1965)
Garbage (all)
Veruca Salt (8 Arms To Hold You)
7 Year Bitch (all)
Hole (all)
Weezer (Weezer, Pinkerton)
Pavement (all)
Kara’s Flower (all)
Sebadoh (all)
Liz Phair and the Material Issue (all)
Our Recent Influences:
Keane (all)
My Vitriol (all)
Abandoned Pools (Armed To The Teeth)
StarSailor (all)
Damien Rice (all)
Missy Higgins (we listen to her through anything!!)
Death Cab For Cutie + The Postal Service (all)
Mute Math (Reset-EP & Mute Math)
Haven (Between The Senses)
Aqualung (Strange n Beautiful, Memory Man)
Coldplay (all)
Hard Fi (Stars Of CCTV)
The Kooks (Inside In/Inside Out)
Delays (all)
Paloalto (Heroes and Villains)
Black Box Recorder (England Made Me)
Addict (Stones)
The Afters (I Wish We All Could Win)
Switchfoot (Nothing Is Sound, The Beautiful Letdown)
Geneva (Weather Underground)
Longview (Mercury)
Secrect Machines (Ten Silver Drops)
Pure Essence (all)
Interpol (all)
The Stills (Logic Will Break Your Heart)
Emilliana Torrini (all)
Asian Dub Foundation (Facts and Fictions, Enemy of The Enemy)
Rufus Wainwright (Want One)
Ray LaMontagne (Trouble)
Gotan Project (all)
Sigur Ros (all)
Mogwai (Come On Die Young, Young Team)
Misc influences:
Kate Bush (Never For Ever, The Whole Story)
Pink Floyd (Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here)
Duran Duran (all)
TOOL (Undertow, Aenima, 10,000 Years)
James Marshall Hendrix (all)
Stevie Ray Vaughan (all)
U2 (The Joshua Tree, Achtung Baby)
Nuno Bettencourt + Extreme (Pornogratifiti, 3 Sides To A Story)
Jason Wade + Lifehouse (all)
Paul Westerberg (14 Songs)
Everclear (Sparkle and Fade)
Collective Soul (all)
Gin Blossoms (all)
Remy Zero (all)
Reef (all)
Natalie Imbruglia (White Lilie Island)
Boomkat (Boomkalatog One)
Atari Teenage Riot (The Future of War)
Grimlock (Song Of Self)
Converge (Caring and Killing)
Adamantium (From The Depths of Depression)
Ian McKaye, + Minor Threat + Fugazi (all)
Refused (The Shape of Punk To Come)
At The Drive In (Relationship of Command)
Theatre Of Tragedy (Velvet Darkness They Fear)
H.I.M (all)
Jodeci (all)
Boyz 2 Men (all)
Stevie Wonder (all)
Allahyarham Tan Sri P.Ramlee
Allahyarham Sudirman Hj Arshad
Aishah, Paul Moss and the Fan Club
Sheila Majid
Innuendo
Associazione Calcio Milan (Zachreen’s)
Manchester United (Zahiri’s)
Movies that inspire us:
Wicker Park
24 Hour Party People
Eternal Sunshines O.T.S. Mind
The Dreamers
Crazy/Beautiful
Heights
Tangled
Trainspotting
The Spinal Tap
Singles
Chasing Amy
Match Point
The Invisibles
The Last Kiss
Laurel Canyon
Closer
Before Sunset
Go
Meet Joe Black
Abandon
Rules Of An Attraction
Reality Bites
Sex & Breakfast
Once
A Walk To Remember
Lock, Stock & 2 Smoking Barrels
Snatch
Law, Order & Obey
Goodfellas
Lucky Number Slevin
Lord Of War
The People Vs Larry Flynt
Across The Universe
Sounds Like
Melodic ’Dreamy Art Rock’ with saccharine vocal harmonies.
Witherspoon's complex soundscapes, matched with surreal lyrics that crosses the boundries between dreams and nightmare, are Zachreen's expressions that came to life after nearly 3 years of absences from the local underground scene in Kuala Lumpur. With this in mind, the quizzical of their debut E.P entitled 'Scapes and Sounds' does make perfect sense. The entire member of this band has been around for nearly 10 years in the local underground scene spawning from various different types of genres and bands from Scorched Earth Policy, Nathrah, Tabaraka, Undead, Forget Me Not, MaybeONEday a.k.a Awaken, Panembrama and many others for the last decade.
Because of their tight relationships as highschool best friends they decided to make a comeback and decided to create something that could evoke the masses with Zachreen's haunting lyrics and dreamy musical landscapes. The intricate shifts and delicate balance inherent in Witherspoon's masterful music, hits emotional chords and affects the subconcious in unknown ways. Essentially reveals its sharp songwriting instinct and unfolding a distinct indie rock influence.
They unveil singular scenarios and refined tunes within the indie/alternative pop/post rock scene together with inspiration from graphic novels and movies like Heights, Wicker Park, The Dreamers, Match Point, 24 Hour Party, 9 Songs, S.L.C Punk, The Spinal Tap, Trainspotting, Eternal Sunshines O.T.S.M, Reality Bites, Tangled, Chasing Amy, Crazy Beautiful, Devil's Advocate, If Anything Else, novels like Light In August, Catch 22, Dolores Clairborne, The Great Gatsby and also from bands of their generation like The Smashing Pumpkins, My Bloody Valentine, Sonic Youth, Depeche Mode, Joy Division, The Smiths, Stone Roses, Ride, The Verve, Silverchair, Jeff Buckley to recent favourites such as My Vitriol, KENT, Sigur Ros, Haven, Keane, Abandoned Pools, Mute Math, Delays, Missy Higgins and many more.
The band is currently in their final mixing/mastering process of their debut E.P which set to release by early Mac 2008 and its been nearly a couple of months since their last show together before they took the time off they needed to finished their mixing/mastering process for this upcoming E.P.
The band is scheduled to play a number of shows soon after the release.
* For those who are interested in purchasing our 'Extended Play', Scapes & Sounds, u can purchased it via these following shops (for now - will be constantly updated):
Record Stores: -Acoustic Music Station - Pertama Complex, KL -Auntie's Store (Kedai Auntie) - Campbell Complex, KL (tel: 03-26917679)
Practise Studio: - System Exclusive (Telebury's Studio) - SS19, Subang Jaya. (tel: 03-5637 2629) - Bakry Music Workshop – Tmn Sri Rampai, Kuala Lumpur. (tel: 019-207 8815) - BlackBrownBlues Music Studio - Desa Sri Hartamas, KL (tel: 03-2300 1454)
The CD is retailed at RM15 per unit. So what are u guys waiting for..come and get em' now..
**If there's desired curiousity, event bookings, love letters or just for the sake of just plain friendship, u can always 'PM' us here or send it via e-mail at: witherspoonmail@yahoo.com
Or u can contact these following individuals for more details & info about us.
Public Relations: Amir Fariq (Klang Valley): 012-6200625 Sheriz (Perak): 017-5166050 Rashid (Johor): 012-6416040
Witherspoon (CD IS OUT NOW!!!)'s Friend Space (Top 36)
i've heard the whole of cd.. without great idea, great job n great effort.. a great cd can't be publish.. i'm most prefer to hear wounded n tingles n everything.. keep up the great job.. :)
will ask one of my fren in subang to buy ur cd at telebury's studio for me.... really dig with the bluetones thats why when i first, hear ur songs u guys r one of my fav bands...really talented... n love ur vocal arrangement
just info me if u guys comin here.... a lot of respect from me... -rizal
WELL GUYS NICE TRACK OCS, SMASHING PUMPKINS N SONIC YOUTH ETC AND 90'S ROCK STUFF N GARAGE.. WELL DONE GUYS STEVE CRADDOCK MUST PROUD ON YER ALL IF THEY LISTEN 2 YER TRACK THEN IM FAN OF OCS N SMASHING PUMPKINS MUSIC KEEP UP YER GUD MUSIC...
