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Aquadora

About Me

Bio:

Aquadora started as a solo recording project in 2001 and is currently a 4 piece band from Brooklyn NY during early 2009. Various incarnations have toured DIY across the US and Eastern Canada several times and self-released 3 EPs.

Current Lineup:

Jonny Aquadora: vocals, guitars (2001-2009)
Lee Jackson: drums (2008-2009)
Aaron Hornblas: guitars, vocals (2009)
Paul Alves: bass (2009)

Previous Players:

Maxim Lester: bass (2009 Brooklyn, NY)
Pete Spartos: bass (2007 Burlington, VT)
Chris ??: bass (2006-2007 Burlington, VT)
Tyler Brassard: drums (2006-2007 Burlington, VT)
Robin Barker: guitar (2006-2007 Burlington, VT)
Adam Arnold: drums (2004 Madison, WI)
Matt Waters: bass (2004 Madison, WI)
Dietrich Gosser: bass (one show in 2002 Madison, WI)
Tim Morgan: drums (one show in 2002 Madison, WI)
If you find a mistake in the list, please let me know so I can change it.

Discography:

Aquadora - "Into" - Limited Edition EP re-released 2008 - SOLD OUT
Aquadora - "Golden Spiral Scattershot" - Limited Edition EP released 2007 - SOLD OUT
featured on - "Caring is Knowing" - Compilation to fight AIDS in support of Vermont Cares 2006 - www.vtcares.org
featured on - "To Brighten From Stereo" - unrecords compilation 2005 -
Aquadora - "Into Light In the Tracks" - EP released on unrecords 2005 - SOLD OUT
featured on - "Local Sounds Vol 1 Compilation" for Madison WI 2005 - www.localsounds.com
Aquadora - "ON" - EP released on unrecords 2004 - SOLD OUT

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 18/04/2005
Band Members: Jonny Aquadora: vocals, guitar
Lee Jackson: drums
Aaron Hornblas: guitar, vocals
Paul Alves: bass
Influences: iggy pop, the stooges, shellac, wire, television, the buzzcocks, black sabbath, syd barrett, robert johnson, the velvet underground, john bonham, the new york dolls, the kinks, talking heads, kiss, john entwistle, sonic youth, the rolling stones, the beatles, jimi hendrix, curve, the doors, gram parsons, the stone roses, sex pistols, pj harvey, the pixies, scout niblett, joy division, dinosaur jr, gang of four, david bowie, psychic tv, husker du, the minute men, badbrains, local h, ride, mike watt, at the drive in, echo and the bunnymen, q and not u, melvins, the wedding present, guided by voices, eels, blondie, interpol, the strokes, the chameleons, the psychadelic furs, helium, new young pony club, jesus and mary chain, sloan, ozzy osbourne, the beastie boys, neil young, bob dylan, glassjaw, tom petty, medicine, elephant, my bloody valentine, the clash, minus te bear, sonic boom, experimental audio research, spectrum, pet shop boys, sunny day real estate, junior senior, kmfdm, bauhaus, enon, explosions in the sky, jeff buckley, brian jones, the flaming lips, oasis, manic street preachers, ian brown, bjork, glowfriends, cream, def leppard, happy mondays, david byrne, new order, queens of the stone age, calvin johnson, chicks on speed, t rex, paris hilton, judas priest, beck, the blow, css, the beach boys, blur, supergrass, b52s, deftones, elliot smith, sneaker pimps, ac/dc, warren zevon, bo diddley, depeche mode, neko case, hooverphonic, emmylou harris, aquex twin, wolf eyes, elastica, u2, gin blossoms, queen, brad laner, the chemical brothers, prodigy, the cardigans, cat stevens, joni mitchel, the cush, fugazi, the evens, michael jackson, king crimson, blind melon, lcd sound system, mstrkrft, foo fighters, wesley willis, dillinger escape plan, yeah yeah yeahs, juicifer, weezer, veruca salt, the rentals, that dog, motley crue, peaches, alice cooper, the shivers, johnny cash, solid gold, the cars, nada surf, radiohead, tricky, nirvana, bright eyes, lightning bolt, joan jett, the faint, moldy peaches, azure ray, butthole surfers, red hot chili peppers, stars, apostle of hustle, feist, american analog set, cheap trick, eric clapton, smog, the smiths, clinic, morrissey, inspiral carpets, coil, gogol bordello, cabaret voltaire, brazil, front 242, controlled bleeding, barbara manning, the offspring, the fall, swell maps, blue orchids, howe gleb, brian jonestown massacre, garbage, black rebel motorcycle club, the ravonettes, robyn hitchcock, the soft boys, departure lounge, souxie and the banshees, fiona apple, bat for lashes, the clicks, cocorosie, patty smith, felt, felix da housecat, hot chip, ladytron, kraftwerk, the subways, the big sleep, helmet, battles, dandy warhols, madonna, brittney spears, bikini kill, iamx, the futureheads, animal collective, soul asylum, joanna newsom, the breeders, paul weller, behold the arctopus, casiotone for the painfully alone, rainer maria, the lemonheads, juliana hatfield, smashing pumpkins, milla jovovich, blake babies, modest mouse, gillian welch, the band, muddy waters,foghat, otis redding, the kinks, the who, goldfrapp, the zombies, led zepplin, x, john doe, le tigre, sigur ros, matthew sweet, royal trux, rtx, metalica, boss hog, come, silver apples, grandaddy, pavement, pussy galore, guns n' roses, harlem shakes, sponge, bob mould, dumptruck, elvis, mary timony, syrup usa, the spells, polvo, throwing muses, spiritualized, dean and britta, spacemen three, tanya donelly, jackson browne, the postal service, leonard cohen, jefferson airplane, ol dirty bastard, free kitten, grateful dead, the flamin groovies, zero 7, the sugar cubes, the peace orchestra, matmos, cornelius, massive attack, hole, nazareth, imogen heap, komeda, pulp, takako minekawa, fugazi, cibo matto, shonen knife, air, buffalo daughter, call and response, broadcast, neutral milk hotel, birdie, neil diamond, saint etienne, misfits, pony up, many mental mistakes, primal scream, nine inch nails, o'death, loquat, coldplay, lush, sing-sing, frou frou, emily haines and the soft skeleton, liz phair, monoshock, no doubt, marilyn manson, neil hagerty, hanoi rocks, lungfish, karate, traffic, driftless pony club, lydia lunch, gal and lad, godheadsilo, throbbing gristle, swans, tegan and sara, richard buckner, wilco, portishead, old 97s, rhett miller, ryan adams, the presidents of the united states of america, wiskeytown, john prine, storm and stress, don caballero, the ex, minus the bear, ratatat, lynyrd skynyrd, ghostland observatory, the white stripes, deer tick, mickey avalon, magicsparkle, wavves, miss kitten, morcheeba, no age, dave dee dozy beaky mick & tich, japanther, bush, ninja sonik, the death set, dd/mm/yyyy, team robespierre, mgmt, deerhunter, the knife, lykke li, the raconteurs, the go, the sounds, pissed jeans, stephen malkmus and the jicks, desterter, metric, crystal castles, the editors, rancid, maximo park, the bravery, binary marketing show, terrible eagle, Aa, moving units, the rapture, cold war kids, the libertines, franz ferdinand, inxs, stevie wonder, stevie nicks, jonny greenwood, purple crush, george harrison, louis XIV, amy winehouse, andrew wk, april march, be your own pet, black lips, the fugees, tv on the radio, holy fuck, pterodactyl, the horrors, the killers, liam lynch, the liars, longwave, man man, matt and kim, mynx, nancy sinatra, boy george, the plimsouls, polysics, public enemy,
Sounds Like: life, sex, liberty, drugs and rocknroll in the pursuit of health, happiness, survival and more pedals.
Record Label: un fucking records!!!!
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

David Byrne's Survival Strategies For Emerging Artists - And Megastars

This is a very interesting article about artists options in the changing music industry. Thanks David Byrne.link...David Byrne's Survival Strategies For Emerging Artists - And Megastars-Jonny
Posted by on Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:29:00 GMT

Limited Edition Bubble Wrap Re-issue of "Into"

There are 30 copies of these. Get one while you can.$5track listing:a raw open coresimple sonic waveswide eyed broken heartedspinning our cocoonsthe clock stops
Posted by on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:17:00 GMT

"Golden Spiral Scattershot" Limited Edition Released May 2007

8 songs. 27 handmade copies. the bobbin and radio bean are the only place you can get them other than from me. hope you all have a blast of a summer.
Posted by on Thu, 24 May 2007 07:07:00 GMT

Into Light In The Tracks is SOLD OUT

There may be a couple copies left at Radio Bean or Pure Pop.  I'm all out of the original run.  Enjoy the sounds or use them as coasters.  
Posted by on Tue, 08 Aug 2006 01:08:00 GMT

review printed in Seven Days (Burlington VT)

AQUADORA,INTO LIGHT IN THE TRACKS E-Mai...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Mar 2006 21:44:00 GMT

review just printed in Madison WI

AQUADORA Into Light in the Tracks 2005 Unrecords www.aquadora.com Style: Psychedelic Pop As delayed, wholly manipulated guitar tones filter through simple and poignant vocal lines, A...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Mar 2006 21:37:00 GMT

Magic Sparkle

I am in a new band called Magic Sparkle. Jess Magic and I have been playing together for 7 months now and we've got quite a few shows coming up in the next while. My focus for the next few months wi...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Feb 2006 16:27:00 GMT

"Caring is Knowing" compilation and release party

Aquadora's song, "Simple Sonic Waves," is featured on the compilation "Caring is Knowing." It's a benefit to fight AIDS in support of Vermont Cares. www.vtcares.org Come show your support at the ...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Feb 2006 16:22:00 GMT

no more firing of cannons

I invested a lot of time and energy into the band "Fire the Cannons" over the last 5 months.  I've recently decided to focus my energy on my pre-existing projects:  Aquadora, Magic Sparkle, ...
Posted by on Fri, 23 Dec 2005 13:49:00 GMT

"To Brighten From Stereo" Compilation

Unrecords released the "To Brighten From Stereo" compilation last month.  22 tracks of bands from all over the US.  It features:YACHT, Killjoy Confetti, Gal and Lad, The Lou Reeds, Sparkle C...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Dec 2005 08:14:00 GMT