Member Since: 8/21/2006
Band Website: MySpace.com/thehardleft
Band Members: Brian Drake - Vocals/guitar
Tommy Lischmann - Guitar/backing vocals
Pat McKenna - Drums
Scott Glaser - Bass
(Mike Leonard - Bass/backing vocals/Euro tour 2008)
Influences: Elvis. Gene Vincent. Jerry Lee Lewis. James Brown. Eddie Cochran. Booker T and The MG's. Wilson Pickett. John Lee Hooker. Howlin' Wolf. Muddy Waters. Bob Dylan. Link Wray. The Ventures. Sam and Dave. Aretha Franklin. Dusty Springfield. The Searchers. The Everly Brothers. John, Paul, George, and Ringo. The Rolling Stones. The Animals. The Kinks. The Who. Badfinger. The Yardbirds. The Pretty Things. The Bluesbreakers. The Spencer Davis Group. The Hollies. The Dave Clark Five. David Jones and The Third Rail. The Music Machine. The Nashville Teens. The Seeds. The Standells. The Shadows of Knight. Them. John Fahey. The Sonics. The Sir Douglas Quintet. The Cowsills. 13th Floor Elevators. The Blues Project. The Fugs. The Blues Magoos. The Amboy Dukes. The Byrds. The Doors. Quicksilver Messenger Service. Clear Light. Jefferson Airplane. The Isley Brothers. The Walker Brothers. Chambers Brothers. Spirit. Love. Terry Reid. Led Zeppelin. The Small Faces. The Jeff Beck Group. HP Lovecraft. Cream. Traffic. Family. The Moody Blues. Procol Harem. The Move. Mott The Hoople. T Rex. Pink Floyd. The Incredible String Band. Pentangle. The Young Rascals. Creedance Clearwater Revival. Joni Mitchell. Judee Sill. Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Tim Buckley. Nick Drake. Buffalo Springfield. Grand Funk Railroad. Chicago Transit Authority. Bad Company. Brownsville Station. Mountain. Soup. Moby Grape. The Velvet Underground. David Bowie. Roxy Music. Iggy Pop and The Stooges. MC5. Alice Cooper. Big Star. Aerosmith. The Allman Brothers. Slippery Jack. Yazoo. Frank Zappa. Thin Lizzy. Status Quo. Savoy Brown. The Nazz. Johnny Winter and The McCoys. Tony Joe White. Roy Buchanan. Neil Young. King Crimson. Ted Nugent. Yes. ZZ Top. Ten Years After. Wishbone Ash. Captain Beyond. Cheap Trick. Pezband. Off Broadway. EIEIO. The Elvis Brothers. ACDC. Dwight Twilley. Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers. Radio Birdman. Captain Beefheart. The Flamin' Groovies. Television. Savage Young Penguins. Talking Heads. The Pretenders. Patti Smith. The New York Dolls. The Sex Pistols. Shrapnel. Blondie. The Dead Boys. Miles Davis. Charles Mingus. Dexter Gordon. NRBQ. The Only Ones. The Stranglers. Eddie and the Hot Rods. The Soft Boys. Johnny Cash. Merle Haggard. Waylon Jennings. Townes Van Zandt. The Ramones. Wire. Gang of Four. Elvis Costello. 999. The Undertones. Echo and The Bunnymen. A Teardrop Explodes. The Cure. XTC. The Clash. The Jam. The Dickies. Jason and The Scorchers. The Cynics. Green On Red. X. Translator. The Bongos. Let's Active. The db's. The Plimsouls. Rockpile. Squeeze. Nick Lowe. Graham Parker and The Rumour. Generation X. The Minutemen. The Meat Puppets. The Beat Farmers. Masters of Reality. Robyn Hitchcock. The Fleshtones. Paul Collins' Beat. Killing Joke. The 3 O'Clock. The Lyres. Del Fuegos. Royal Trux. DMZ. The Quiz. The Overtones. The Raybeats. The Magnolias. Idiot Savant. Curtiss A. The Hypstrz. The Mofos. The Pistons. The Flamin' Ohs. The Replacements. My Bloody Valentine. Richard Thompson. The Tragically Hip. The Fontanas. Los Lobos. The Bottle Rockets. The Dream Syndicate. Naked Prey. Thin White Rope. Los Straitjackets. The Jayhawks. Golden Smog. The Cadillac Tramps. Afghan Whigs. Urge Overkill. Guns and Roses. Social Distortion. The Jesus and Mary Chain. Steve Earle. Monster Magnet. Fountains Of Wayne. Supersuckers. Ryan Adams. The Waco Brothers. Richmond Fontaine. Wilco. Son Volt. The Pernice Brothers. Big Tobacco. Guided By Voices. The Czars. Dave Alvin. The Shins. The Soundtrack Of Our Lives. Palo Alto. Rodney Crowell. Oasis. Calexico. Giant Sand. Sigur Ros. The Flaming Lips. Dungen. Queens Of The Stone Age. Foo Fighters. Kaiser Chiefs. Kings Of Leon. Eagles Of Death Metal. The Barracudas. Jack Kittel. And on and on...
Sounds Like: All of the above. Some of the above. None of the above.
Record Label: Self released
Type of Label: None