Member Since: 07/01/2007
Band Members: Uriah the Hittite
Vocals / Guitar / Banjo / Bouzouki / Slide Guitar / Kazoo
Dave the Hittite
Vocals / Guitar / Banjo / Bouzouki / Slide Guitar
Smiley Clive
Double Bass
Jon the Compliance Enforcer
Fiddle / Mandola / Banjo / Concertina / Bouzouki / Guitar / Vocals
Dafydd Eto
Whistles / Low Whistles / Bodhrán / Harmonica / Vocals / Kazoo
Brian 'Judas' Gramsci
Harmonicas / Electric guitar <[i>sic] / Guitar / Vocals
Trudie the Post
Snare drum
Suspended for bringing the Hittites into disrepute:
Simon Rodway
Dave Morris
Clive Jones
Jon Davies
Dave Moore
Brian Nabney
Trudie Willcox
Influences: Neil Young, Fernhill, The Cult, Meic Stevens, Half Man Half Biscuit, blues of all descriptions, traditional music (Welsh / Irish / English / American / Anatolian), Bob Marley, Bob Dylan, Bob Delyn, Bob the Builder, Bob the Barman, etc.
Sounds Like: We say: Hillbilly pop music
They say:
'The musical equivalent of an un-put-downable novel'
Dafydd Saer
'Half Man Half Biscuit mixed with Frank Sidebottom, The Men They Couldn't Hang and The Frozen Grins, driven by trad but as contemporary as the post arriving late'
Shelley (of Freudian Slip fame)
[we think it's a compliment...]
'The songs deal with many of the concerns of modern life, love, self-deprecation, mobile phones and fast food and do so with an endearing wry humour and a great deal of passion (as well as top-line musicianship)'
Cambrian Snooze 12
'Very nice'
Simon's gran
'Nice to be appreciated for a change'
A Werewolf
'The CD's OK ... no, really ...'
Meg and Fionn
Record Label: Unsigned