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About Me

London based band The Goondocks formed in 2002.

Martin Newnham and Andy Parkin have known each other since growing up on the Isle Of Wight. Martin & Andy both moved up to London to study music at different universities. When Martin was offered a gig and needed a band he asked Andy, Dave Marks & Vesa Haapanen if they wanted to get together to play a one off gig. The one off gig turned into The Goondocks.

The band spent their first year together writing material and gigging on the London circuit at venues such as Sound, Hope & Anchor, West One Four, Hammersmith Palais, The Borderline & The Garage. In 2003 they released their debut CD "Everything" - a project that was self funded and self promoted by the band.

The Goondocks spent the latter half of 2005 and early 2006 refining their sound and working on their new EP "Bittersweet". The new songs - "Annabelle", "As They Fade" & "Bittersweet" show a harder, rawer edge to the band.

Check out http://www.thegoondocks.co.uk for more information and to buy a copy of "Everything".

German fansite: http://www.thegoondocks.de.vu

Join the MySpace group http://groups.myspace.com/goondocksfans

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/13/2005
Band Website: thegoondocks.co.uk
Band Members:

Martin Newnham - Vocals & Guitar

Andy Parkin - Violin, Keyboards & Backing Vocals

Vesa Haapanen - Drums & Percussion


Influences: Ben Folds, Counting Crows, Radiohead, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, AC/DC, Queen, The Police, Prince, The Rolling Stones, Dave Matthews Band, Ben Harper, The Beatles, Frank Zappa, Bob Dylan, The Divine Comedy, Led Zeppelin, The Band, James Taylor, The Black Crowes, Blind Melon, Nick Drake, The Beach Boys, Pearl Jam, Jellyfish, The Flaming Lips, Beck, Sly & The Family Stone, Stevie Wonder, Supergrass, Jeff Buckley, Joni Mitchell, Gomez, Paul Simon.
Sounds Like: The Goondocks
Record Label: None
Type of Label: None

My Blog

new Goondocks website

The new The Goondocks website is now up and running: http://www.thegoondocks.co.uk/ There you can buy the 'Bittersweet' EP for 6 Euro and the 'Everything' album for 10 Euro, securely, through Paypal! ...
Posted by The Goondocks on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 12:55:00 PST

The New EP!!!

The New EP is here!! Have a listen to the tracks and feel free to drop comments on the page or this blog to let us know what you think...
Posted by The Goondocks on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 05:24:00 PST

DEBUT ALBUM

Howdy y'all! The Goondocks' album "Everything" is now available for the special internet price of 8 English pound (that are 12 Euros or 14 Dollars) No matter where you are in the world, you can order ...
Posted by The Goondocks on Mon, 03 Apr 2006 07:39:00 PST