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Dark, spidery noise-pop/rock with improv elements. Stripped down instrumentation: just guitars, drum machine and live drums, and vocals.Broadcasting since 1998 ;Albums:"In The Safety Community" (2003) ;"when i'm pretty" (2007) ; "Colony Collapse" (2009 ; mini album) All recordings by Simon Wring at Waterhouse Studio in Stratford and at Simon Wrings lovely house;John Riches: drums, sofas, 808 ;Chris Bryan: Guitars ;Thomas Geyrhalter: (Guided by) Voices

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Member Since: 14/11/2006
Band Members: John Riches: Drums, 808, percussion/// Chris Bryan: Guitar maestro... Thomas Geyrhalter: voices/// "strangely flavoured frozen junko-pop"
Influences: Guided by Voices, Genesis, The Clash, Pere Ubu, Wire, Cocteau Twins, Rozz Williams/Christian Death, The Cure, Deerhoof, Mission of Burma, The Blue Aeroplanes, Tindersticks, American Music Club, Yo La Tengo, Liars, Sonic Youth, The Fall, The Birthday Party, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Bad Brains, Tocotronic, X-Mal Deutschland, Fehlfarben, Virgin Prunes, Cabaret Voltaire, Fish Madonna et cetera
Sounds Like:"Teenager, Rotating Futures (Demo) & Flickering Curtain" set to about 100 photos from a show we did at the Cross Kings in March '08:"Ephedrine Daddy" - first ever live airing of the Thomas Pynchon influenced paranoid anthem @ the Pleasure Unit, November 05:"when i'm pretty" @ the Rhythm Factory, April 2006"Seeing Time" and "Ephedrine Daddy" at the Rhythm Factory, April 2006"Steamrise" & "Teenager", live at the rampART first birthday party, May 2005 (this gets WEIRD...)
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

the "when i'm pretty" Brighton special

Hi - we're finally playing in Brighton again, at the Latest (the old Komedia, and Joogleberrys) in Kemptown, just down the road from where we started the band in, gulp, 1998. 03.03.2010, from 8pm. Her...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:54:00 GMT

Rock'n'Roll Circus setlist / Walking the foodmiles video

so this is me getting ready to rock at Taurus Trakkers Rock'n'Roll Circus last Friday. Despite it all being a bit chaotic and running late and Viv Albertine pulling out we still had a good time and d...
Posted by on Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:29:00 GMT

Setlist for the 22nd, two covers

Setlist for the 22.10.09: I Know I Know Colony Collapse / The Tenderness of Wolves (words: Dennis Cooper) / Ephedrine Daddy / Bijou 80s Breakdown / Double Shine Dustbowl Future / Indiscipline / Walkin...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:29:00 GMT

Bijou 80s Breakdown video

this is a newish demo set to some photos from a very hot August weekend, in and near Cognac, France. We might play this song at our next show at the Cross Kings, 22.October!
Posted by on Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:46:00 GMT

when i'm pretty presents: pics and video from the 11. May

check it out here or copy and paste this if the link doesn't work: http://theonionfield.blogspot.com/2009/05/plus-paperba g-flying-gambinos-at-cross.htmlSetlist: Plus Today / Double Shine Dustbowl Futu...
Posted by on Sun, 17 May 2009 04:17:00 GMT

Rozz Williams Happy Hour

try this linkRIP Rozz.... grrr... embedding videos doesn't seem to work here, so my video hour of Rozz's various projects is on my blog: www.theonionfield.blogspot.com
Posted by on Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:53:00 GMT

WALKING THE FOODMILES - new version

I've just put up the newly recorded version of this track. Can only speak for myself but it's kind-of our climate change anthem. It carries all sorts of messages, but mashed together in a freewheeling...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:08:00 GMT

when i'm pretty presents.... pics, video and setlist from our night at the Cross Kings 15.03.

are here: http://theonionfield.blogspot.com/2009/03/when-im-pretty-pre sents-pics-from-1503.html, hope this link works . Thanks to Simon Amy Blue and GNA for putting on great shows (see and hear for yo...
Posted by on Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:46:00 GMT

when i'm pretty presents... Sunday 15. March @ the Cross Kings

rescheduled from 2nd Feb, the day of the BIG SNOW... it's finally happening tomorrow!!!"when i'm pretty presents...GNA - Global Noise Attack!! Theatrical, abrasive industrial rock.www. myspace. com/gl...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Mar 2009 03:35:00 GMT

"Double Shine Dustbowl Future" video

a new song from our recent session with images from a winter walk in an amazing ancient dry valley with bizarre rock formations near Blaubeuren, Schwaebische Alb... there was noone else ...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:25:00 GMT