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Bud Petal (DEBUT ALBUM OUT NOW!)

About Me

Bud Petal’s music has been described as “cerebral art-folk”; “like a chance meeting on a dissecting table of a sewing machine, an umbrella, Noam’s Chomsky’s book ‘Year 501: The Conquest Continues’, and early Bob Dylan”; “the music Lord Byron would be making had he lived in the 21st century and taught himself how to play the guitar”; “what you get if you mix love, politics, and surrealism”; and “the feeling one gets when drowning within a sea of smiles”.
Bud Petal tends to agree with such descriptions, but would also like to add the list of influences on the left to the aforementioned chance meeting on a dissecting table at the docks...
For gig bookings email [email protected]
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The above recordings are from my first full-length album ("Turtledoves and Oatstraws"), which is out now on Green Media/MGM.

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Member Since: 21/01/2007
Band Website: www.budpetal.com
Band Members: Bud Petal - vocals, guitar, occasional kazoo
Big Russ - trumpet, trombone, glockenspiel, bass guitar, flute
Influences: here they are in random order: Tim Buckley, Bob Dylan, Captain Beefheart, Joan Baez, Nick Cave, Comte de Lautréamont, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, The Doors, Bob Marley, Erik Satie, John Cage, Sergei Rachmaninov, Frédéric Chopin, LSD, Frank Zappa, Jeff Buckley, Om Kalsoum, Mashina, Love, Albert Ayler, Dada, Léo Ferré Nick Drake, Hildegard von Bingen, Wine, Syd Barrett, Bill Hicks, Toy Death, The Hauntingly Beautiful Mousemoon, Ludwig van Beethoven, The Sugar Cubes, Federico Garcia Lorca, Jacques Brel, George Antheil, Tori Amos, Linda Perhacs, Andre Breton, Devendra Banhart, M.C. Escher, Woodie Guthrie, Huddie William Ledbetter (LeadBelly), Pot, Ravi Shankar, The Mars Volta, Edith Piaf, Aviv Geffen, Noam Chomsky, Rage Against the Machine, Dmitri Shostakovich, Salvador Dali, Johnny Cash, Tom Waits, Claude Debussy, Bjork, Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell, John Coltrane, Aldous Huxley, Darth Vegas, Hunter S. Thompson, Joanna Newsom, Odetta...
Sounds Like:"Turtledoves & Oatstraws", the debut album from Bud Petal is available now! You may purchase it at any upcoming show.
(Or if for some reason you want to buy the album from a third party, it is available now in stores across Australia. Or order online from Waterfront Records , Red Eye Records , or Sanity , etc..
(Or if for some strange reason you want to buy the album digitally in a lesser audio quality compared with the CD and also miss out on the 16-page colour booklet and excellent artwork, click here to buy the album from iTunes .)

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“The Ballad of the Chimp” single on 7 inch vinyl record (or CD)
Side A
The Ballad of the Chimp (radio edit)
Side B
The Ballad of the Chimp (Great Apes remix)
The Chimp single pack comes with the vinyl record, a CD containing the single tracks and one bonus track, and a 55mm giant Nim Chimpsky badge.

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My Blog

Vote for Bud Petal on Channel V!

Greetings all,Bud Petal's video for the song "The Ballad of the Chimp" has made onto Channel V's new program "Channel U". If you and everyone you know (including your pseudonyms and doppelgangers) c...
Posted by on Fri, 29 May 2009 23:31:00 GMT

ALBUM OUT NOW!

Greeting all,Bud Petal's first full-length album ,"Turtledoves and Oatstraws", is out now! You may purchase it at any upcoming show.(Or if for some reason you want to buy the album from a third party,...
Posted by on Fri, 08 May 2009 22:40:00 GMT

Bud Petal on 2ser's Departure Lounge radio podcast

Greetings all,Bud Petal was recently a special guest on 2ser's (107.3fm) Departure Lounge. If you missed it or want to relive the experience, you can download the podcast here:http://www.zshare.net/au...
Posted by on Tue, 05 May 2009 04:35:00 GMT

"The Ballad of the Chimp" is single of the week (and review)

Greetings all,The Ballad of the Chimp is the single of the week in Brisbanes Time Off magazine (March 2009). The review is below.The album (Turtledoves & Oatstraws) from which this song is taken ...
Posted by on Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:48:00 GMT

New tracks up!

Greetings all,There are some new tracks up for your streaming pleasure. All are the mastered versions from my forthcoming album ("Turtledoves & Oatstraws"), which will be out in May.There is also a sp...
Posted by on Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:00:00 GMT

www.budpetal.com

Greetings all,My website http://www.budpetal.com is now live and running. Hooray!In it you can find the lyrics to all your favourite Bud Petal songs, plus other assorted goodies. The website is stil...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:41:00 GMT

video for "The Ballad of the Chimp"

Greetings all,Here's a video I made for the song "The Ballad of the Chimp"The photos are taken from "Nim: A Chimpanzee Who Learned Sign Language" by Herbert S. Terrace (1987, Columbia University Press...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:20:00 GMT

album preview

Greetings all,Four tracks from my forthcoming album "Turtledoves and Oatstraws" are now available for your streaming pleasure.The album will be out later this year.Hooray,Bud.
Posted by on Mon, 12 May 2008 02:21:00 GMT

recording of album is finished!

Greetings all,I’ve just returned from Kangaroo Valley where I’ve been recording my first full-length album with the producer Tony Dupé (Holly Throsby, Grand Salvo, Bluebottle Kiss, Jack La...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:50:00 GMT

instrument of the month: the Zurna


Posted by on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:48:00 GMT