Member Since: 01/10/2006
Band Website: www.davedaranjo.com
Band Members:
Dave D'aranjo on bass guitar, drums, or "programming", plus the various bands that apparently couldn't find anyone else to play:
Tony Brown & the Faithful
Chad Parks & the Near Death Experience
The Ocean Band
The Old Kings
Indigo / Way Kool Band
ChromaZone
The Party Death
The Blues Machine
Curtis King
Sidd & His Self-Esteem
and Abacus !
Influences: !!!, 1000 hours of staring, A Tribe Called Quest, A Perfect Circle, Air, The Album Leaf, Amon Tobin, Antibalas, Archive, Arrested Development, Asian Dub Foundation, Average White Band, Avril, BB King, Banyan, Beastie Boys, The Beatles, Bebel Gilberto, Beck, Beef + Nougat, Béla Fleck & the Flecktones, Ben Folds, Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals, Ben Kweller, Ben Ironside, Bernard Herrmann, The Beta Band, Bill Frisell, Billie Holiday, Billy Cobham, Björk, Black Flag, Black Sabbath, Blackalicious, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Blind Melon, Blind Willie Johnson, Blue Oyster Cult, Blueprint, The Blues Brothers, Blur, Boards of Canada, Bob Dylan, Bob James, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Bobby McFerrin, Bobby Womack, The Books, Bootsy Collins, Boredoms, Brian Eno, Bright Blue Gorilla, The Brothers Johnson, Buddy Guy, Buena Vista Social Club, Bugge Wesseloft, Bukky Leo & Black Egypt, Busta Rhymes, Cab Calloway, Café Del Mar, Cake, Camille Saint-Saëns, Cannonball Adderley, Carlos Santana, The Cat Empire, Cat Stevens, Cave In, Charles Mingus, Charlie Byrd, Charlie Hunter, Charlie Parker, The Chemical Brothers, Chick Corea, Chris Robinson, Christy Smith, ChromaZone, The Church, Cinematic Orchestra, Claude Debussy, Coldplay, Common, Conjure One, Copywrite, Cornelius, Cornershop, Count Basie, Cream, Creedence Clearwater Revivial, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, The Crystal Method, The Cult, Curtis King, Curtis Mayfield, D’Angelo, Daedelus, Damian Marley, The Dandy Warhols, Danny Elfman, Dave Brubeck, Dave Matthews Band, David Axelrod, David Bowie, David Gray, De La Soul, Death in Vegas, Deep Purple, Deftones, Del the Funky Homosapien, Dennis Chambers, Depeche Mode, Derek & the Dominoes, Deus, Devo, DeVotchka, The Dhol Foundation, Dionysos, Dire Straits, The Dissociatives, Dizzy Gillespie, DJ Danger Mouse, DJ Ghetto, DJ Kose, DJ Krush, DJ Liquid E, DJ Logic, DJ Rocca, DJ Shadow, Djavan, Do Make Say Think, Domnérus Group, Don Ross, The Doobie Brothers, The Doors, Dr. Dre, Duke Ellington, Earth Wind & Fire, Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians, Edvard Grieg, The Eels, Einstürzende Neubauten, ekoostik hookah, Electric Six, Ella Fitzgerald, Elliot Smith, Elvin Jones, Elvis Costello, Eric Clapton, Erykah Badu, Esbjörn Svensson Trio, Etta James, Eve 6, The Faint, Faith No More, Fat Boy Slim, Fatback Band, Fela Kuti, Felix Pastorius, Femi Kuti, Fiona Apple, Fog, Foghat, Fontanelle, Foo Fighters, Four Tet, Fourplay, Frank Sinatra, Frank Zappa, Franz Ferdinand, Franz Shubert, Freddie Hubbard, The Fugees, Funkadelic, Gary Willis, The Gaturs, Gene Kelly, Gene Krupa, George Benson, George Clinton, George Frideric Handel, George Harrison, Gil Scott-Heron, Glenn Miller, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Goo Goo Dolls, Gorillaz, Gov’t Mule, Graham Central Station, Grand Funk Railroad, The Grateful Dead, Green Day, Green Jelly, Greg Chako, Greg Nunan, Groove Armada, Grover Washington Jr, Guns N Roses, Guster, Hapa, Harry Connick Jr, Hawks and Sparrows, Heartless Bastards, Helmet, Henry Mancini, Harbie Hancock, Herbie Mann, Hiromi, Huey Lewis & the News, Hugh Masakela, I Hate This Place, Ibraham Ferrer, The Icarus Line, Iggy Pop, Incubus. India.Arie, Indigo, The Ink Spots, Interpol, Issac Hayes, Island Groove, Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, The JB’s, Jack Johnson, The Jackson 5, Jaco Pastorius, JagaJazzist, James Booker, James Brown, James Coberly Smith, James Galway, Jamiroquai, Janek Gwizdala, Jane’s Addiction, Janis Joplin, Jason Mraz, Jay-Z, Jazzanova, Jazzelicious, Jeannie French, Jeff Beck, Jeff Berlin, Jeff Buckley, Jefferson Airplane, Jelly Roll Morton, Jem, Jeremy Monteiro, Jill Scott, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmie’s Chicken Shack, Jimmy Cliff, João Gilberto, Joe Cocker, Johann Sebastian Bach, John Butler Trio, John Chee, John Coltrane, John Lee Hooker, John Lennon, John Mayer, John McLaughlin, John Scofield, Johnny Cash, Joni Mitchell, Joshua Redman, Joy Division, Judas Priest, Julian Lennon, Jurassic 5, Kaki King, Kamal, KC & the Sunshine Band, Keane, Keith Jarrett, Kelli Ali, Kermit the Frog, Keziah Jones, Kid Koala, Kie, The Killers, King Crimson, Kings of Leon, Kings X, Kinobe, Kool & the Gang, Krazie Bone, Kruder & Dormeister, Lamb, Larry Graham, Laura Fygi, Laurie Anderson, Lauryn Hill, Led Zeppelin, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, Lee Ritenour, Legs Akimbo, Lemon Jelly, Lenny Kravitz, Leo Kottke, Les Claypool, Les Yeux Noirs, Lionel Hampton, Little Beaver, LL Cool J, Lonnie Brooks, Lonnie Liston Smith, Los Amigos Invisibles, Lou Reed, Louis Armstrong, Lovage, Ludacris, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Madlib, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Malcolm Nerva, The Mamas & the Papas, The Manhattan Transfer, Manitoba, Manu Chao, Marcus Miller, Marilyn Manson, Mask Isham, Maroon 5, The Mars Volta, Marvin Gaye, Massive Attack, Maurice Ravel, Maxwell, Maynard Ferguson, Medeski Martin Wood & Scofield, Megadeath, Metamatics, The Meters, Mew, MF Doom, Mice Parade, Michael Franks, Michael Franti, Michael Jackson, Miguel Migs, Mike Patton, Mike Ramsey, Mike Stern, Miles Davis, Moby, Modest Mouse, Mogwai, Moloko, The Mountain Goats, Mr Scruff, Mr Bungle, Mr Mister, Mr Oizo, Muddy Waters, Múm, The Muppets, Muse, Musical Youth, My Morning Jacket, Mystikal, Nat King Cole, Nathaniel Merriweather, Nebula, Neil Young, The Neville Brothers, New Order, Nick Drake, Nickodemus, Nina Simone, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Nitin Sawhney, No Doubt, Norah Jones, Notorious BIG, O’Donel OD Levy, The O’Jays, Oasis, Oceansize, The Offspring, Orientronic, Oscar Peterson, Otis Redding, Outkast, Oysterhead, Papas Fritas, Parliament, The Party Death, Pat Metheny, Pato Banton, Paul McCartney, Paul Oakenfold, Paul Simon, Paul Van Dyk, Peaches, Pearl Jam, Per Byhring, Perceptionists, Peter Tosh, The Pharcyde, The Philadelphia Experiment, Phish, Pig, Pink Floyd, Pitchshifter, The Police, Porno for Pyros, Portishead, The Postal Service, Prefuse 73, Presidents of the United States of America, Primus, Prince, Prodigy, Pulp, Puracane, Queen, Queens of the Stone Age, Quincy Jones, Radio Raheem, Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, Rammstein, The Ramones, Ravi Shankar, Ray Charles, The Red Day, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Return to Forever, Richard Bona, Rinôçérôse, RJD2, Rob Zombie, The Robert Cray Band, Robert Johnson, Robert Randolhp & the Family Band, The Rolling Stones, The Roots, Röyksopp, Rufus Wainwright, Rush, Sade, Sanggar Guna Winangun, Sean Nerney, The Secret Machines, Sepultera, Shadowfax, Shakti, Sharon Lois & Bram, Sherman Ferguson, Shpongle, Sigur Rós, Silverchair, Skee-Lo, Slayer, Slipknot, Sly & the Family Stone, The Smashing Pumpkins, Sneaker Pimps, Snoop Dogg, Soundgarden, Spearhead, Spin Doctors, Spock’s Beard, Squarepusher, St Germain, Stanley Clarke, Steely Dan, Stephane Grappelli, Stereolab, Steve Smith, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Stevie Wonder, Sting, Sublime, Sufjan Stevens, The Suns, Superkali, Sveti, Symptoms, System of a Down, Tabla Beat Science, Takagi Masakatsu, Tarwater, Telefon Tel Aviv, Télépopmusik, Ten Years After, Tenacious D, Terry S Taylor, Thelonious Monk, Thievery Corporation, Thom Yorke, Thomas Newman, Tom Jones, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Tom Waits, Tomahawk, Tony Levin, Tool, Toots Thielemans, Tori Amos, Tortoise, Toto, Tower of Power, Tracy Chapman, Travis, Trespassers William, Trevor Nerva, Trilok Gurtu, Trio NHØP, Tristeza, Tupac Shakur, Twista, Two Lone Swordsmen, UB40, Underworld, Unkle, The Unseen Guest, , Van Morrison, Victor Wooten, Antonin Vivaldi, Wagon Christ, Wajdi Cherif, War, Warp Bros, Wayman Tisdale, Wayne Cochran’s CC Riders, Weather Report, Ween, Weezer, Wendy Carlos, Wesley Willis, Whales of the Pacific, The White Stripes, The Who, Wicked Aura Batucada, Widespead Panic, Wilco, Will Smith, Willie Nelson, Wilson Pickett, The Winstons, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Wolfmother, The Wootens, Wyclef Jean, Wynton Marsalis, Yann Tiersen, The Yellowjackets, Yes, Yo Yo Ma, Yo La Tengo, Yonderboi, Yungchen Lhamo, Zakir Hussain, Zero 7, Zhane, The Zombies, Zoro, ZZ Top, µ-Ziq/Mike Paradinas and many others.
Sounds Like:
Abacus at the Asylum ; Heineken Thirst Studio 2006
"Fly Back" with The Ocean Band
Record Label: Interrobang Records
Type of Label: Indie