Member Since: 21/04/2005
Band Website: http://www.jamwave.com/silvernickel
Band Members: all music/lyrics written, arranged and performed by Peter Nickel,
"it aint me babe" lyrics by Bob Dylan
Influences: well, I grew up only listening to classical music - that was until the 80s when I got introduced to the really good music, like Hendrix, Dylan, Doors, Zappa, Frampton, and and and ... - but, being a child of my time, I sucked it in, loved those wonderful sounds they made with synthesizers, DX or flat fat Analog - Ok, we all didn't dress to our best but they made some crazy shit music back then - the rock-stuff too and Sting, Spliff (thats a band), Steve Harley, I liked Tom Waits and even Captain Beefhard.
Then I studied classical composition - great influence, check Ligeti, Lachenmann and John Cage, I studied Bach, Beethoven, Stravinsky, Gershwin, Picasso and Goethe, I got influenced by Weather Report and Steps Ahead, by Kruder&Dorfmeister, Metallica and Public Enemy, by I guess everything I heard and saw until I finally found a vaccine against it.
After all, life is the biggest influence to me and to what I'm doing - and there aint no vaccine against that, so I'll find out where it goes.
Sounds Like: a bit like all my influences meeting me
Record Label: Silvernickel Astoria
Type of Label: Indie