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Groovy Uncle

Looking at the world through dissapointed eyes

About Me

Glenn Prangnell. Cos that's my name. I used to play in bands but I'm alright now. Those band's were The Offbeats (1983-87), The Kravin' A's (1987-91), Goodchilde (1992-98). Also played in Johnny And The Bandits from 1989 and we occassionally still play. GROOVY UNCLE is a project I've been working on since 1999. It started out as a three piece (with Darryl Hartley and Allan Crockford). Now it is a solo effort. GROOVY UNCLE has never played live and quite possibly never will. But never say never....which is wrong as I have now said it four times. I promise never to say it again. Sod it!

Myspace Layouts at Pimp-My-Profile.com / Cool blue retro

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/4/2007
Band Website: groovyuncle.co.uk
Band Members: Glenn Prangnell
Influences: The Beatles,The Kinks, Half Man Half Biscuit, The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, Steve Cooper,The Buzzcocks, Cole Porter, Kula Shaker,The Prisoners, Dodgy, The Milkshakes, Jimi Hendrix, Merseybeat, Bruce Brand, Vivian Stanshall, Graham Coxon, The Pretty Things, Circulus, Sammy Davis Jr, Vashti Bunyan, The Small Faces, Mojo Filter, Ivor Cutler, Vic and Bob, Oscar Wilde, Sexton Ming, Nirvana,Sammy Cahn, The Divine Comedy, XTC, Neil Innes, Billy Bragg, Supergrass, The Action, John Barry, Badfinger, Forest and anyone with good tunes and witty lyrics .
Sounds Like: A good idea to me!
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

The New Player

I recently got a new player for My Space where I will be able to put up five tracks instead of the usual four. This is all very well but I don't seem to be able to allow the songs to be downloadable a...
Posted by Groovy Uncle on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:28:00 PST

Downloads

Currently available for downloading on my player are Cold Utopia and Seven Serpents. I'm thinking about making more tracks downloadable in the future too. Currently hard at work on new stuff and the r...
Posted by Groovy Uncle on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 09:33:00 PST

Technical Stuff

Due to recent technical difficulties I have been a bit slow in answering messages/comments etc so apologies to all concerned. This has also slowed down the progress music-wise but I am about to remedy...
Posted by Groovy Uncle on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 05:09:00 PST

Uncles Word For The Day

..> ..> ..> ..> HEXACHLOROPHINE.  There are no coincidences. Clang clang she sang. But sometimes the pattern is more obvious! ..>..>...
Posted by Groovy Uncle on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 09:52:00 PST

New Songs

..> Been working on some new tunes lately and I've been veering towards quite a few quieter, more acoustic numbers than is usual for me. Must be all that folky stuff I've been listening to of late!...
Posted by Groovy Uncle on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 10:00:00 PST

Steve Cooper

..> Long, long ago when dinosaurs roamed the earth, I left school and got a job working for the local council. It was while employed there that I met Steve Cooper. I was 16 and Steve must have been...
Posted by Groovy Uncle on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:07:00 PST

Groovy Uncle Live?

..> ..> A few  people have asked me why I don't play live any more and will I ever get a band together to play Groovy Uncle stuff. Well it seems to me that live music isn't as vital as ...
Posted by Groovy Uncle on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:32:00 PST

High Maintenence Girl

..> Currently residing upon the Groovy Uncle Player is a quirky little number called "High Maintenence Girl". A few years ago I was walking around the spa town of Tunbridge Wells or, to give i...
Posted by Groovy Uncle on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:23:00 PST

My Tiny Circus

..> What with all the recent excitement of getting the Website up and running(did I mention there is now a Groovy Uncle Website-thanks to the hard work of Rosemarie Edwards at Craft Web Designs-at w...
Posted by Groovy Uncle on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:35:00 PST

Groovy Uncle Website

At last, Groovy Uncle has a website. Please go to www.groovyuncle.co.uk and enjoy four tracks that will always differ to those on My Space. It is a no frills site but I will regularly update it. Thank...
Posted by Groovy Uncle on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 07:11:00 PST