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GERDA BLANK

GERDA BLANK

About Me


born...living...making music of all shapes & sizes...can't seem to keep still but going forwards/backwards /sideways all at once......GERDA BLANK is the name of a German woman who was shot jumping the Berlin wall... thats guts...I need guts like that to jump walls, dissolve them, walk thru if possible...not always possible, but the fall from the top can hurt...& it has...doesn't matter...the bullets aren't real here so just jump...I'm still jumping & the ground always looms ready to catch me...keep listening & you might hear the bullets clip my ears...the wall looks much smaller than I thought...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/19/2006
Band Website: gerdablank.com
Band Members: Rhys Braddock - Vox, guitars, bass, drums, programming, percussion, keyboards, analogue synths, metal, organ, Production & Engineering...Stuart Mills - Drums, percussion, vox
Influences: Rhys-Bowie, Flying Nun (The Clean, The Gordons, Chris Knox, The Bats, Straightjacket Fits, Bailter Space...etc), Brian Eno, Tom Waits, The Velvet Underground, The Pixies, Neu , Can, Nick Cave, The Fall, The Birthday Party, Rowland S. Howard, Crime & The City Solution, Kraftwerk, Sonic Youth, Einsturzende Neubauten, Television, Patti Smith, PJ Harvey, The Smiths, PIL, The Banshees, Suicide, Beatles, Bo Diddley, Muddy waters, Chuck Berry, John Coltrane, Joy Division, The Cure, Gang Of Four, Johnny Cash , Leonard Cohen, Marvin Gaye, Stravinski, The Stu Thomas Paradox, The Brass Bed ...................etc.Stu- No Means No, Slint, Shellac, The Who, Helmet, Farside, Tar, The Shipping News, Pegboy, Girls vs Boys, Faraquet, Jesus Lizard, Jawbox, Jawbreaker, Juno, Jam, Fugazi, Sloy, Smart Went Crazy, Tortoise, Skatalites, Qotsa, Quicksand, Lambchop- also, all the usual garden variety shit too, thanks.....I could go on.
Sounds Like: two guys who are on the same channel.
Record Label: Marsh Fly Music
Type of Label: Indie