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Petals on a wet black bough

About Me

Petals On A Wet Black Bough is the solo guise of David Roocroft, who is no longer one quarter of the rock band Former Bullies.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/20/2006
Band Members: David Roocroft (vocals, guitars, miscellaneous)
Influences: Bruce Springsteen, Delia Derbyshire, Peter Cook, Fennesz, Neil Young, Tom Petty, Björk, The Replacements, Elliott Smith, Emma Peel, Derek Bailey, Bernhard Günter, Sachiko M, Edwige Fenech, Deathprod, The Hafler Trio, Vincent Gallo, Bert Jansch, Sonic Youth and most of all: Van Halen circa '78-'81.
Sounds Like:



Click HERE to buy 'Turn The Car Around' on CD or 7" vinyl


Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

7" single ready to mingle

At long last, finished copies of my new 7" arrived today, and snakes alive, it looks really great (largely thanks to the talents of illustration magnate Dave Bailey). The release date is scheduled fo...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:22:00 GMT

Vote for me on Tom Robinsons 6 Music show! Please.

Hey gang,So it's been a while, and I've not been a very good blogger. In fact, my self-promotion skills have been far from adequate; I haven't even told you about my upcoming 7" (more on that very so...
Posted by on Tue, 06 May 2008 15:32:00 GMT

Shred Man Walking

Well, as many of you will have already deduced by my thus far unaccounted for absence from the new, revamped Former Bullies lineup, I am no longer in that band. On their MySpace page Nick has omitted...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:34:00 GMT

[Bay] Horses for [Tears On The Golf] Courses

welcome patrons/matrons,it's been an unreasonably long time since i've last done anything on MySpace worth drawing to your attention via the medium of blog, and heck, i still haven't. however, you ma...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:32:00 GMT

Jerk Du Soleil

Do you like:a) over-earnest twenty-something singer/songwritersORb) unicyclistsORc) bothif you went with option c), my next live appearance will be the most amazing show of your life. i'm playing nex...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:46:00 GMT

It's the R-R-R-R-Remix

hello avid readership. just letting you know that 'Between the Living and the Dead', the first song on my profile, has now been given a hi(gh[er])-fi re-modelling via me in my bedroom and is available...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 06:20:00 GMT

New song uploaded

shout outs to my readership.well, i've finally got around to recording some of the new music i've been writing, and the first song-horse out of the song-paddock is now uploaded for your consideration....
Posted by on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 07:58:00 GMT

Welcome to my corner of the internet!

hey everyone,so i've finally made my first tentative steps towards having some sort of online presence. whoo! i know the content is a bit thin around these parts, but hopefully i'll be adding stuff ...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 12:19:00 GMT