Music:
Member Since: 9/4/2006
Band Website: pearlygates.de
Band Members: more or less
Influences: The Residents
Magazine
Chrome
Wim Mertens
Der Plan
Gustav Mahler
Mirvais
John Adams
Tuxedomoon
Phillip Glass
John Foxx
And of course all those wonderful artists you find among my friends..
Here is my little list of heroes:
My all time favorite bass players: Barry Adamson, Jean Jaques Burnel, Mick Karn, Jah Wobble, Peter Principle, Steve Severin, Peter Hook
My all time favorite guitar players: Michael Belfer, John McGeoch, Vini Reilly, Uwe Jahnke, Helios Creed - and of course: Jimi Hendrix
My all time favorite drummers: Robert Görl, Anton Fier, Chris Cutler, Budgie, Steve Jansen
My all time favorite French Horn player: Holger Czukay
My all time favorite singers/frontmen: Howard Devoto, John Foxx, Ian Curtis, Peter Murphy, David Sylvian, Siouxsie, Marc Almond, Billy McKenzie, Peter Hein, Blixa Bargeld, Alan Vega, Mark E. Smith, Holger Hiller, Patrick Wolf, Nicolette, Eryka Baduh, Nick Cave, Lisa Gerrard, Katie Sketch, Brendan Perry.
My all time favorite violinist: Blaine Reininger
My all time favorite trumpet player: Chet Baker
My all time favorite saxophone players: Steven Brown, Archie Shepp, James White.
My all time favorite electronic ghosts: Dave Formula, Martin Rev, Alan Ravenstine, Chris Carter, Pyrolator, Aphex Twin, Boris Blank, Carlos Peron, Ralf Hutter, Karl Bartos, Brian Eno, Jean-Jaques Perrey
My all time nearly perfect songs: Redemption Song (Bob Marley), In a Lonely Place (Joy Division), God Save the Queen, Desire (Tuxedomoon), Hiroshima Mon Amour (Ultravox), Mama Rose (Archie Shepp), Zurück zum Beton (Syph), Tanz mit mir (DAF), Diamonds Furs Coats (Suicide), One Less Worry (Pere Ubu), Rhythm Divine (Yello), She s Lost Control (Joy Division), Comme les Autres (Winston Tong), Big Louise (Marc Almond), Weeping Song (Nick Cave), New Rose (The Damned), Seven Nation Army (White Stripes), How Fortunate a Man With None (Dead Can Dance), Taschenrechner (Kraftwerk), Ragas in Minor Scale (Ravi Shankar & Phillip Glass)
Sounds Like: Mahler on dope
Record Label: do we need labels any longer?
Type of Label: Major
