Member Since: 1/12/2007
Band Website: myspace.com/kingsoflowertown
Band Members:
In the studio it is Deaner Watson, Tim Watson and myself and it's working out quite well actually....
Influences: This very moment - this one- right now & "The Boss and Arcade Fire rockin' it for two songs!!!" (And Benson & Hedges unfortunately.)
Sounds Like:
Let's see....well, hopefully the music is good and people will enjoy it.
As for what it sounds like? That's up to you. If you feel like having a quick smoke and maybe reading a little bit more, here are some bands, artists, producers & friends that I really like and get inspired by:
(I'm thinking by now any unwanted hipsters who have accidentally made it this far will have become bored and moved on somewhere else. Sheesh! Fingers are crossed!)
scott walker, ghost club, the dirty three, the swallows, the autumn defence, the mekons, josh t. pearson, glen matlock, birdengine, paul the girl, Kellii Scott!, roy o.!, the acorn, jeremy fisher, world party, thrush hermit, superfriends, iron & wine, whiskeytown, greg keelor, the pogues, Johnathan Rice, the plastic ono band, my brother & his family, brian jones, my sister & her family, mick taylor, goddamn electric bill, sterling morrison, MC5, the replacements, eric's trip, titans of filth, C.C.! patti scialfa, Katie D.!, matt marr, el may, brian deck, andy johns, television, the dirty mac, jimmy miller, the screamers, alan mills, hopeful monster, medium cool, the waterboys, mike appel, suki lahau, sparklehorse, Pat M., Pat L. for the tape deck, dean watson & friends from gallery recording studios, marie-anne faithful, L&P Gallery!, numbers & letters, SAW Gallery, radio birdman, may-jun, izzy stradlin, Page France, owl/eyes, poorfolk, the soft disaster, guster, blonde redhead, pete seeger, uncle tupelo, Woody Guthrie, Cyr! Black Flag, D. Boon, amedeo pace, Idaho, the Kelp Records line-up, the melvins, "end of the century" by the ramones, steve shelly, Mike Watt, sean lennon, Great Lake Swimmers, the heartbreakers, Ken Andrews, don gehman, smog, Jim O'Rourke, rick danko, Sam Roberts Band, john stirratt, Memphis, martha wainwright, My Morning Jacket, Flashlight Brown! June Carter-Cash, Soundtrack of Our Lives, swervedriver, robyn hitchcock, John Cash, son volt, Guided by Voices, Big Star, the archies, Badfinger, Wings, Wilco, Frank Black and the Catholics, boomtown rats, sam phillips, my bloody valentine, Stereolab, The Jesus & Mary Chain, C.Z.!, tapes n' tapes, David Bowie's "Low" & "Heroes", David Bowie's "Peter and the Wolf", the go! team, marshall chess, jayhawks, hank williams sr., Phil Spector as a producer & before he murdered someone, Leonard Cohen's "Death of a Ladies Man", Brian Eno, Thurston Moore, Band of Horses, Roxy Music, R.E.M.'s "Radio Free Europe" single & the entire "Document" album, "r.e.m. on rockline!"
Scott Litt, of Montreal,
Keith & the X-Pensive Winos, A.O.H.,
Judah Bauer, joe strummer, Johnny Ramone,
Sonic Youth,
John Cage,
the Stooges,
George Harrison,
Jetplanes of Abraham,North Star, jon landau,
Bruce Springsteen, little steven, adam clayton, Badly Drawn Boy,The Sonics,
Brian Wilson,Dinosaur Jr.,
Tom Waits,Bob Dylan up to and including "Nashville Skyline",
The Band's "The Last Waltz",
Albert Hammond Jr.,
and many, many, many, many, many more.
Record Label: Lowertown Records.
Type of Label: Indie