Member Since: 19/01/2007
Band Website: www.johncurraniv.com" www.johncurraniv.com
Band Members: JOHN CURRAN IV: vocals, acoustic "indian raga like" guitar, electric "trance" slide guitar, psychedelic electric wha wha guitar, electric bass, shamanic drums "both hand and kit", harmonica, and bells and whistleshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cRFsVPgL3E
Influences: SOME OF THE MUSIC I LOVE! AND ALSO RELATE TO! AND MY INLUECES AS WELL! beatles, doors, bowie, tyranassaurus rex, captain beefheart, ravi shankar, nusrat fateh ali khan, bob dylan, jerry garcia, jimi hendrix, the rolling stone's "satanic majesties request", bob marley, grandmaster melle mell, curtis mayfield, u2 ,the cure, bauhaus, ink spots, snoop dog, sound garden, butthole surfers, led zeppelin, joni mitchell, stray cats, charles manson, the monkees,joanna newsum, davindra banehart, bright eyes, bjork, taylor marks,liana turner, lazy suns, ratboy, ranger rick, dorie zarbis, amnion, steve candlen,johncurran III, daniel johnston, afrika bambatta,journey blue heaven, venus pumping, john coletrane. run dmc,"wild style" soundtrack, black flag, dinasaur jr. depeche mode, leather nun, sinead o"conner, smiths, "native american sweat lodges in topanga canyon, ",the hare krishna temples"culver city la.ca. and hate st. san.fran, "church of john coletrane" in san fran ca, spending half my life jamming on main st. new paltz, ny, white zombie,jeff buckley, red hot chilli peppers, donavan, nick drake, my dad "john curran iii", my grandfather and grandmother, singing beetles songs with my mom, jude mull...taught me my first blues progression, echo and the bunnymen, devo, adam and the ants, bulgarian vocal choir, spacemen 3, janes addiction, the love of jesus christ, the holy spirit, girls i have loved, pacific ocean "venice beach and malibu, the"mountains" of new palts,ny., meditation, out of body experiences, alien abductions, gifts from gods holy aspitit, , joshua tree in souther cali. STAYIN UP ALL NIGHT FROM AGE 1 TO 3YRS OLD WITH MY DAD AT THE "COMMUNE"..HE HE... IN PENN.STATE JAMMIN ON DRUMS AND GUITAR WHILE HE WROTE SONGS FOR HIS BAND!!!!! bow wow wow. mazzy star, james brown, barry white, gill scott heron, elvis presley, the cult, lauren hill, fields of the nephelim, dead can dance, generation x, public enemy, staple singers, duran duran, primus, danzig, bad brains, jackson 5,the jmc chain, violent femmes, jello biafra, johnny lydon, suicidal tendencies, tom petty, velvet underground, lou reed, iggy and the stooges, opal, talking heads, marc boland, chelsea, modern english, modern lovers, rhada krishna,"with george harrison", police, syd barrett, ludachris, ziggy marley, isley bros, love and rockets, ween, beck, steel pulse,that night with , pink floyd"live at pompey", hangin with boscoe!
55 main mind expanding experiences, otis redding, pj harvey, bjork, elliotte smith, buddy holly, gene vincent, pole cats, rem"fables of the reconstruction" album only! prince, chili pepps, rollins band, my step dad listening to"anthem of the sun"by the greatfull dead every weekend all night long ,along with satanic majesties, the band , dylan, elvis presleys gospel tunes, and nitty gritty dirt band country compilation, deadkennedies, malcolm mclaren, metalica, nirvana mtv unpluged, meatpuppet originals, t rex, sonny boy williamson, porno for pyros, oumo sangara?, music of the moorish tribes, jammin in joshes room in the
mission district san fran in the most"gothic apartment in san fran previously occupied by monks!!! or was it nuns?, living on chuch st new palts in between the synagoge and the hispanic baptist church upstairs that had service directly above me and dorie"s bed every sunday morning!!!, mr.333 who caused me to go insane ...choronzone..perhaps? being born again!. writing songs near the observatory in hollywood,ca., santa monica foothills too!!! venice beach los angeles,
jackson my childhood dog who taught me unconditional love!
Sounds Like: lennon and bowie at a ravi shankar concert, jammin with marc boland, charles manson, bono, syd barrett, marley, with hope indian tribes, nusrat, the hare krishnas, doors, and jeff bukleys high notes, .... hmmmm, how can i answer any more? jus lisssen b! i meen g. or should i say yo?......who dat?
Record Label: Mr.333 Records