Member Since: 11/2/2006
Band Website: http://malice-in-sunderland.110mb.com
Band Members:
We foresake the cult of personality, with only the amorphous Mr. Frankenstein as our spokesperson.
Influences: MUSIC - all sorts from Punk [1976-1984 vintage], Reggae, Krautrock, Northern Soul, lots of stuff from New Orleans like Dr. John, Lee Dorsey, Professor Longhair, Shirley & Lee, Rebirth Brass Band, Allen Toussaint, etc. Gamelan music from Indonisia, "bellydance" music. Nico, Velvet Underground. Miles Davis. Geno Washington.One-offs like Moondog, Sun Ra, Tom Waits, The Cramps, William Shatner, Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa, Screamin' Jay Hawkins...FILMS - Faster Pussycat Kill! Kill!, The Nine Lives Of Tomas Katz, Plan 9 From Outer Space, Get Carter ! , High Plains Drifter, Night Of The Living Dead, 1969 film of Hamlet, you know, the one starring Marriane Faithfull as Ophelia... American Graffetti, Once Upon A Time In The West, the original Shaft movies, starring Richard Roundtree...BOOKS - novels by Phil Rickman, Robert Rankin, Terry Pratchett, Poppy Z. Brite, Kim Newman, Raymond Chandler, Tanith Lee....
Sounds Like: From a review in THE CRACK [Newcastle upon Tyne], January 2006..."Never has a band name been more apt. And never has a band sounded less like a band. Whoever is putting this stuff together are boffins; tinkering away in the dead of night, lightening crashing around their heads [which is no doubt powering some weird analogue technology they undoubtedly possess]."This album [JOE MEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH] runs for 33 minutes and contains 17 tracks, which wibble in and out of your consciousness. they're built [created ?] from various blips and pieces, welded on bits of electronics and dislocated voices; and the odd riff from Meek's Telstar."
Record Label: Malice In Sunderland
Type of Label: Indie