Member Since: 1/17/2007
Band Website:
Band Members: IZ: Frank Ring, Richie & ZanniILLUSIONS WEB: Mike Daniels, John Hutton & Zanni
Influences: Ladies: Patsy Cline, Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Janis Joplin, Gracie Slick, Stevie Nicks, Heart, Pat Benatar, Joan Jett, Kate Bush, Lita Ford, The Run Aways, & Samantha!
Other Bands: Beatles, Hendrix, Led Zep, Sabbath, Doors, The Stones, Duane & Gregg Allman solo & with the Allman Brothers, Dickey Betts, Grateful Dead, Yardbirds, Old Genesis with Peter Gabriel, David Bowie, Pink Floyd, The Who, Bad Company, The Firm, Robert Plant (solo) Loggins & Messina, Fleetwood Mac, The Pretenders, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Neil Young, The English Beat, The Mystic Night of the Oingus Boingus, The Police, Santana, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Mad Season, Nirvana, Pantera, Metallica, Tool, Perfect Circle, Government Mule, Bob Weir & Ratdog, Robin Sylvester (solo), Honeytribe, Wood, Ragg & Revlon Red!
(more to come soon)
Sounds Like: We’ve been making some changes with our tunes & focusing on them with emphasis on their OG inspired format. I have some songs written that were inspired of punk but in the past, we played them more like grunge with alot of distortion, etc. I’ve decided to play the punk inspired stuff in a punk fashion now, with faster tempo, more aggressive approach vocally, and I’m REALLY pleased with it! I’ve also separated the goth from the death rock songs... playing in drop tuning with heavier effects on guitars on our death rock originals, & keeping the goth & grunge more traditional, I like acoustic strings in goth & I’m experimenting with mandolin. (Pirate!) We still do the 60s gone "metallic" covers for fun, but we are writing lots of different stuff right now & I plan to be recording it & sharing it with you soon! (stay tuned)
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----------------------------This is an incredible poem that my drummer wrote for me!
---------------------INHUMAN:A BALLAD FOR ZANNI -------------------------
Racing against a bizarre, cannibalistic, carnival. Face to face, and blood to vein. Zanni--the only girl I’ll ever love. She wore her black boots matching with her red skirt. Mankind ran from Zanni’s creed presence, but among the blue-clouded city I stood still. Guts to glory, and mind over matter Zanni is inhuman. I know this to be true. She blew the earth a kiss. I watched it turn to Neptune. Her five pink fingers give love to six silver strings If my ears could sleep, her music would give them dreams. Body and soul. Life over death. --poem by ricardo estrada, jr.
Record Label: Screamin' Banshee
Type of Label: Indie