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About Me

So, who are The LangLangs? Most of us dream of a life of fast cars, international espionage and relentless shagging but few of us have the guts to actually live it. The LangLangs are among those few. According to the Lang Langs' self-styled evil Svengali, Hak Nudestrom, their world is an irrational, violent one, full of ice-pick wielding wahinis. 'The funny thing is' explains Nudestrom 'The LangLangs actually dig this sort of existence.' For reasons of national security, the LangLangs' real identities cannot be made known and the names 'Lord Roddy', 'John', 'Michael' and 'Dave' are aliases carefully chosen by powerful computers to protect their true identities. 'The LangLangs are involved in some high level shit, the nature of which I'm not at liberty to reveal.' Explains Nudestrom. 'They use rock n roll as a means of relaxing and meeting chicks who aren't foreign terrorists'. If great bands are in tune with the zeitgeist, the LangLangs have captured the modern spirit of shallow self-obsession better than perhaps any band since Loverboy. 'The LangLangs are Loverboy freaks.' Says Nudestrom. 'They really dig the way Loverboy sprang mysteriously from nowhere to disappear as quickly, leaving only a vague memory of a bunch of wankers in red leather trousers. That, if push comes to shove, is how the LangLangs want to be remembered.' You can help speed up the LangLangs' transformation into preening, leather-clad wankers by signing us to your record label, offering us gigs, or just sending us large amouts of money, which we shall squander shamelessly while poncing about with other vapid dickheads.

My Interests

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Member Since: 1/24/2007
Band Website: myspace.com/langlangsrock
Band Members: David 'The Hammer' Perrett - drums; John 'Heart Punch' McClelland - bass; Michael 'The Barber' Caloudis - guitar; Lord Roddy Nudestrom - Guitar and vocals.
Influences: Bo Diddley, Trini Lopez, Raymond Chandler, The Rolling Stones, Mott the Hoople, Jason King, Hunter S Thompson, The Pogues, The Cramps, The Only Ones, Basil Brush, The Fleshtones, Father Ted, The New York Dolls, Russ Meyer, Warren Zevon, Peter Cook, The Modern Lovers, Michael Bywater, Nancy Sinatra, Monty Python, Ian Fleming, Frank Sinatra, Chuck Berry, Len Deighton (the 60's books, not the later stuff), Dick Dale, Link Wray, Withnail and I, Bargepole, Radio Birdman, The Saints, Pete Doherty from Goose, Wendy James (yes, THAT Wendy James), Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Samurai, The Dictators, John Keats, Tom Wolfe, Henry Miller, Kerouac, Ginsberg and Burroughts (daddio), Maynard G Krebs, Ginger from Gilligan's Island, TS Eliot, World Championship Wrestling circa 1972, Frank Lloyd Wright, Syd Barrett, Timothy's Special Friends, AA Milne, Iggy, Ripping Yarns, The Kinks, The Wiggles, Burt and Hal, Lerner and Loewe, Cole Porter, Dean Martin, MC5, Kenneth Grahame, Spike Milligan, Glen Baxter, Subway Sect, Cracker (the band), Noel Coward, Lee Hazlewood, Aunty Jack, Kev Kavanagh (esp Teenage Butcher), Nancy Mitford, Phantom Agents, CS Lewis, Alice Cooper, Peter Brock, Alan Moffatt, Cicero (raced a '69 Camaro, hung out in ancient Rome, wrote stuff), Torana XU-1s, the Latin Mass, The Dead Boys, The Hitmen, Lost in Space, Billy Bunter, Rupert the Bear, Velvet Underground, Monica Bellucci (sorry Wendy, it's you we really love), Helen Mirren, T Rex, Eno circa 1974, Roxy Music circa 1973, Mothra, Tura Satana, Mario Milano, Sergio Silvani (up the mighty Blueys!), Norman Gunston, Saltram Mamre Brook Shiraz, Coopers Sparkling Ale, Toilet Duck (if the Coopers runs out) and, of course, the LangLang's spiritual mentor Father Jack Hackett (Drink! Girls! Arse! Feck! That would be an ecumenical matter!)
Sounds Like: Krusty the Clown, backed by the Clash before they could play properly.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Warning - the following track may offend some listeners

'It was towards the end of summer and Mummy and I were vacationing in a villa, somewhere near Nice. There was a girl next door who, after midnight, would remove her clothes and prance aro...
Posted by The LangLangs on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:01:00 PST

Dismal little fecker seeks Special Friends

LangLang doppelgangers Timothy's Special Friends are looking for collaborators for fey, wimpy, pretentious musical forays. Influences include Syd Barrett, Donovan, Eno/Roxy circa '74, T-Rex, Peter Coo...
Posted by The LangLangs on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:53:00 PST

Lord Roddy comes on board

Lord Roddy Nudestrom, cousin of evil Svengali Hak Nudestrom has joined the LangLangs, acrimonously ousting long-time singer-songwriter-guitarist Charles (The Dentist) White. A produc...
Posted by The LangLangs on Fri, 21 Dec 2007 05:00:00 PST

Lyre of Beelzebub

Wicked LangLangs svengali, Hak Nudestrom, has hust penned this piece on LLs pals the Lyrebird Blues Band: Musicians sought for acoustic blues combo. Must be prepared to sign pact with the ...
Posted by The LangLangs on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:44:00 PST

Out of the window and into the studio

Sir Roderick Squane sat staring out over Lake Burley Griffin. The wind outside was whipping down from the Brindabellas and was almost as cold as Sir Roderick's pale blue eyes. On the opposite side of ...
Posted by The LangLangs on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:51:00 PST

Fabulous Machine

Whoever said the LangLangs are one trick ponies is a damned liar! We write both kinds of songs - ones about cars and ones about girls. Just to confound you though, here's the lyrics to one about the B...
Posted by The LangLangs on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:50:00 PST

Timothys Special Records

This hard-rockin' dude stuff is all very well, but a chap can only maintain it for so long before he wants to go home, have a nice cup of cocoa and go to bed. We've been feeling kind of fey and p...
Posted by The LangLangs on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 05:28:00 PST

LangLangs play the Sands!

Well, actually we're playing the Sando, not the Sands. Like Julius Caesar said when he invaded Newtown in 44 BC, 'Non Sandare, sed Sando veni' ('I come not to the Sands, but to the Sando') We'll be on...
Posted by The LangLangs on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 04:16:00 PST

1001 Blow Jobs

We had to share this excerpt from Well Remembered Days by Arthur Matthews, the co-writer of Father Ted: I found myself in the living room of a clerical friend, Father Bunny ...
Posted by The LangLangs on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 04:39:00 PST

Its dark, its dark in our hearts

Those of you familiar with evil LangLangs Svengali, Hak Nudestrom, will know he is not an emotional man. He is also not a man given to facial hair. Given this, we're worried abo...
Posted by The LangLangs on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 10:56:00 PST