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robboland

GO CHATTY, GO !!

About Me



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Clicking the picture below will take you to my new project- Happy Orange Balloon- Enjoy the trip..
............................................................ ................... ............................................................ ................... If more tunes is your thing, then here are some, courtesy of the Archivists here at Disgracelands.. Have fun ..

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/7/2007
Band Website: Yr lookin at it...one thing at a time...
Band Members: robboland - OH NO

Add to My Profile | More VideosARCHIVE TUNES:We are currently featuring tunes from the 'EVER' sessions in 1999 - Inspiration/Roll on Friday, are from these sessions, & feature: RICHARD 'CHATTY' CHATTERTON: Rhythm guitars, loops, keyboards and arrangements. NEIL KINDLEYSIDES: Bass guitars. ROBBO: Acoustic & lead guitars, vocals. Chatty, you're a fuckin' star mate!The other robboland tunes here are done by ..ROB WHEATLEY: Guitars, basses, loop & fx programming, percussion, vocals, keyboards and any other noises you may hear. DAVE McCALLUM THE INVISIBLE PINEAPPLE: Security, backstage psychology, gimmic.
Influences: John Lee Hooker, BB King, Robert Fripp, Richard Thompson, John Scofield, EST, Martin Carthy, Jimi Hendrix, Django Reinhardt , Billy Jenkins, Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Eivind Aarset , Yes, Pink Floyd, Santana, Richie Havens, All things Funky, All things Jazzy, All things Groovy, and finally My Big Brother Tony without whom.......Cheers Bruv.Mr.Happy Plays The Blues

Add to My Profile | More VideosOh, so you want more? ok then, in no order, until i get bored...AC/DC, T.Bone Walker, Camel, SFF, Richard Pinhas, Rick Wakeman, Steve Hackett, Hawkwind, Motorhead, David Torn, All Things kCrimson, Phillip Glass, Steve Reich, Bill Bruford, Steve Hillage, Steve Hillage again, hot sunny days sitting on my front step playing acoustic guitar and drinking beer, Little Richard, Peter Gabriel, Prince, Fairport Convention, Led Zeppelin, Caravan, Gong, Brand X, The Strawbs, The Clangers, Kraftwerk, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Manfred Manns Earthband, Tommy Cooper, Jamie & the Magic Torch, Chet Atkins, My hands that don't work properly, My brain that doesn't work properly, cheap second-hand guitars, the Stranglers, Beethoven (the inventor of Heavy Metal), Elvis, things i'm allowed to take to make me happy & things i'm not, trousers (never leave home without them), Dance Music in all it's forms, Space in Ibiza, Ibiza, Ib, sounds of everything else going on around me, total silence..................................................... ............................................................ .....................very complicated music in every way, cheesy lift muzac, Mambossa, Jerry Lee Lewis, jamming with my 8-track, Love With A Heart As An O (totally total), everything i write goes into the next thing i write- so, everything i write...and everything i dont write etc
Sounds Like: Funky-Jazzy-Blues from Outer Space, with a hint of Big-World Folk!!
Record Label: Imaginary..
Type of Label: None

My Blog

On The Third Day - or - No Escape From Reality

I had an exciting time over the weekend.I accidentally (again) ran out of the little white pills my Doctor gives me, that stop my head and the world around it from exploding.I can go a couple of days ...
Posted by robboland on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:48:00 PST

Cat Crap Fever - or - Rice And Fall

Yowdy good people..it seems that people in the swanky end of London are now paying £50 (thats about 100 of yer US Dollars) for a cup of coffee thats been passed through the bowels of a cat.Damned good...
Posted by robboland on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:13:00 PST

Mind Games - or - The Answer’s In The Question.

Well, heres a great questionnaire that i just made up -Please answer ruthlessly and effectively, for maximum impact.Section A - Science and nature1) A man leaves your house wearing a pair of shoes. He...
Posted by robboland on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:41:00 PST

Log Jam - or - The Brown Notes

Howdy to you all-NEW TUNE - LOG JAM 001In amongst the guitars i've been testing & recording for Happy Orange Balloon this week, i picked up a heavily customised ESP Telecaster i'd been given last ...
Posted by robboland on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:44:00 PST

Three Feet Overground - or - Get A Handel On This

I was thinking that when Handels Messiah was played for the very first time, people must have been so overcome with emotion, that they left the building in tears.A man called Tony that i once knew, d...
Posted by robboland on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:31:00 PST

Another Year Older -or- Getting Too Tall for My Hair

Well HOWDY to you one and all-And i think we are sufficiently far enough into 2008 for me to dispense with my Humbug-ery & wish you all a happy & successful new year.It's been just over a year...
Posted by robboland on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:09:00 PST

Red Carpet Treatment - or - Big Reservations

Robbo's Big Night OutWell hiya folks, it's been a fun week here, in & around Disgracelands-The big thang was my trip to London last Thursday- off to Leicester Square, (pronounced 'Lesster' for my ...
Posted by robboland on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 04:08:00 PST

Myspace or Yours - or - My Word, It’s My Bond

Howdy good people-i thought i would take the opportunity to give an update on the latest news from robboland HQ, as things are getting mighty groovy in a big swirly kind of way right now-Firstly, what...
Posted by robboland on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 06:02:00 PST

Death & Taxis - or - Are you Shore ?

I remembered an event..this really happened, but it would have been better for everyone if it didn't..i hope i haven't already told you..if i have, here's the quick versionWe smashed up a boat.so sit ...
Posted by robboland on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 05:57:00 PST

Absolute Power - or - Headaches & Beers

Good morning, fellow Disgracelanders- Computers, don't ya just hate them?Do yourself a favour..kick the shit out of a computer-Enjoy..The other day, (i don't even know what God damned day it is any m...
Posted by robboland on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:39:00 PST