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X Ray Hip

DEBUT RECORD NEW AMERICAN LADY COMING SOON!!!

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THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!! TO EVERYONE WHO CAME DOWN TO THE 7TH ST ENTRY ON SATURDAY, JUNE 2ND TO SUPPORT THE COMING OUT PARTY OF X RAY HIP. YOU ARE WHAT MAKES THIS CITY ROCK!!! WE ARE OVERWHELMED BY YOUR SUPPORT AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AGAIN VERY SOON.******************************************************* ****X Ray Hip is a new rock 'n roll band based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Although they are a new band, members of X Ray Hip have piles of experience in the rock 'n roll world. X Ray Hip players have fronted their own projects, backed some formidable rock 'n rollers, performed in studios, at clubs, festivals, theaters, and on television, throughout the US and Europe. X Ray Hip consists of founding members of The Delilahs, The Magnolias, The Widgets, Wood, Rob the Carpenter, and Billy Can't Drive. X Ray Hip players have also been contributing members for the likes of Marlee Macleod, Dylan Hicks, Rich Hopkins and the Luminarios (The Sidewinders), Mike Davis (MC-5), Curtiss A, John Ewing Band, and Peter Himmelman, to name a few. Over the years, X Ray Hip members have also shared the stage with rock 'n roll icons The Replacements, Semisonic, Trip Shakespeare, Run Westy Run, House of Large Sizes, The Afgan Whigs, The Suburbs, Dead Kennedy's, Pete Buck, The Mighty Mofo's, Chris Issak, The Indigo Girls, Tina and the B-Side Movement, Stuart Davis, The Jayhawks, Johnny Winter, Counting Crows, etc., etc. All of the rock 'n roll miles plus the deep roots it has embedded into the indie rock garden of MPLS equal the rock 'n roll sound of X Ray Hip. ***********************************************************X RAY HIP IS:Aaron Seymour--SingerFounding member and lead singer of MPLS greats The Widgets and The Delilahs, systems analyst, all-american dad, sings through an EV microphone************Billy Skarstad--GuitarGuitar player in cool MPLS bands Rob the Carpenter and Billy Can't Drive, Musicologist, new dad, plays The Heritage guitars and a Fender Blues Deluxe************Chad Mittag--GuitarGuitar player, bass player, and singer in MPLS bands Rob the Carpenter, Marlee Macleod, Billy Can't Drive, special ed. teacher, ex-professional water skiier, all-conference dad, runs with Gibson SG and Marshall Bluesbreaker************Kevin Larson--Shakermaker, Backing SingerBass player/backing singer in Billy Can't Drive, tool tech, more commonly referred to as "Skin", excellent lover, shakes a tambo and sings into a 58 microphone************Craig Teiken--BassFounding member/singer/guitarist of the MPLS bands Wood and Rob the Carpenter, golf pro, adequate lover, X Ray Hip was hatched in his basement, runs Fender P-Bass through a Peavey fridge************Tom Cook--Drums27 year rock 'n roll veteran, drummer for the Magnolias, Rich Hopkins and the Luminarios, The Mike Davis MC-5, John Ewing Band, the list goes on and on, has played millions of shows in the US and abroad, bangs on Ellis Drums, road tested, not mother approved.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/7/2006
Band Members: Tom Cook--Drums////Kevin Larson--Shakermaker////Craig Teiken--Bass////Billy Skarstad--Guitar////Chad Mittag--Guitar////Aaron Seymour--Singer
Influences: The usual suspects...STONES, STONES, STONES...Beetles, Led Zep, David Bowie, CCR, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Joe Walsh (James Gang and solo), Cheap Trick, Alice Cooper, Elvis Costello & the Attraction, Elvis, Iggy Pop, Stooges, TP & Heartbreakers, NY Dolls, Flaming Lips, English Beat, Roxy Music, Paul Stanley, Talking Heads, Fleetwood Mac, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Dire Straits, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Gram Parsons, Crammps, Motorhead, Judas, Nirvana, GNR, Oasis, REM, Chuck Berry, White Stripes, XTC, MC5 (with Cookie on drums), Psychedelic Furs, Clash, AC/DC, Jackson 5, Goo Goo Dolls, Rage, Police, Twilight Singers...EVERY SINGLE BAND THAT PLAYED MONTERREY POP FESTIVAL...FIRST AVENUE...MOST BANDS THAT HAVE PLAYED THE MINNESOTA STATE FAIR...Minneapolis bands...Suburbs, Replacements, Wallets, Urban G's, Mighty Mofo's, Sussman Lawrence, Magnolia's, The Widgets, Wood, RTC, Run Westy Run, Jayhawks, Soul Asylum, Trip Shakespeare, Semisonic, Prince, House of Large Sizes (actually Iowa), Curtiss A, Marlee Macleod, The Hard Left...XRH rehersal space...middle age...children...marriage...divorce...fires...Tags lake cabin...Big Ron's chalet...Bag's basement...Skin's hood...Cookie's Tempo...Billy's Heritage...gin & tonic...Pepsi...margaritas...bloody marys...scotch...wine...vodka...tequilla...nasal spray...herbalogical influence...the darkness of Minnesota winter...the light of Minnesota summer...
Sounds Like: X Ray Hip
Record Label: None
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Star Tribune Review of X Ray Hip

Delilahs singer gets Hip After he fell short of becoming a rock star a decade ago, Aaron Seymour stopped gigging for a long time and only started creeping back into action two years ago. Now, the f...
Posted by X Ray Hip on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 06:49:00 PST

Request X Ray Hip on the Radio

Support public radio and X Ray Hip by listening to 89.3 The Current.  If you are into this sort of thing, go to www.thecurrent.org, click on the Request a Song tab, then fill in the Artisit Name ...
Posted by X Ray Hip on Wed, 30 May 2007 12:05:00 PST

2007 Winter Blowout

WOW!!  X Ray Hip 2007 Winter Blowout has come to a close.  Just in time for winter I guess.  Minnesota has turned into Kansas (but with water and trees).  No snow all winter, then ...
Posted by X Ray Hip on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 07:24:00 PST

x-ray rocks the hex, thanks

thanks to all for coming out to the hex,  KING COLE, new band of the year,2007?.... k.b  drummer loves ya!
Posted by X Ray Hip on Wed, 27 Dec 2006 11:00:00 PST

world domination

hello space cadets,  merry x-mas from the hip.we will rock you !!  drummerguy tommi cook
Posted by X Ray Hip on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:41:00 PST

XRH Sighting??

Word on the street has it that members of XRH have been seen fraternizing with the likes of John Munson (Trip Shakespeare/Semisonic) and Rob Genedek (Sussman Lawrence/Peter Himmelman/RTC) near a ...
Posted by X Ray Hip on Sat, 11 Nov 2006 06:58:00 PST

Uptown Hangover

Wow!  Last night.  Uptown Bar.  XRH, Hard Left, Melismatics, Beatifics, margaritas, gin and tonic, PBR...what more can we say.  Lots of good vibes.  Great songs.  Gr...
Posted by X Ray Hip on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 09:13:00 PST