Member Since: 15/02/2007
Band Website: http://www.barbed.org
Band Members: Alex Burrow
Alex McKechnie
Influences: John Zorn, The Fall, PiL, Negativland, Laurie Anderson, The Residents, Pere Ubu, Gang of Four, The Jacques Brothers, Captain Beefheart, Can, Butthole Surfers, Devo, Television, Slant, Ron Goodwin, Peeps, Mr Jones, KLF, Mark Harms, Morgan Fisher, 10cc, 23 Skidoo, Add N To X, Daevid Allen, David Bowie, Brian Eno, Crass, Coin, Dennis Bovell, Donna Summer, Doris Day, Einstuerzende Neubauten, Eric Dolphy, The Slits, James Brown, Foetus, Fred Astaire, Glaxo Babies, Gong, Cheers Beers, Half Japanese, Henry Cow, Holger Czukay, Minty, Ian Dury, Iggy Pop, Ivor Cutler, Jeans Team, Jarvis Cocker, The Sex Pistols, Johnny Cash, Jonathan Richman, Spaceheads, Joni Mitchell, Joy Division, Noam Chomsky, Kate Bush, Ken Nordine, Kishore Kumar, Laibach, Cheers Beers, Lee Hazlewood, Lee Perry, Gordon Jenkins, Rob Maslen, Mad Professor, Bow Wow Wow, Michel Legrand, Marc Bolan, Fela Kuti, Miles Davis, Momus, The Monochrome Set, The Monks, Neu, Garrett Wybrow, Peaches, Peggy Lee, Pekka Streng, Planxty, Public Enemy, Robert Wyatt, Sinead O' Connor, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Sonic Youth, Sparks, Adam & The Ants, Soft Machine, Dan Kattenhorn, Spizz, Anything that starts with S, The Stooges, Tackhead, Talking Heads, The Triffids, Willy The Squid, Yello, X, Geerten Verheus, Zappa, Zinc (the mineral), Roland W30.
Sounds Like: lots of samples and noises with words from foreigners
Record Label: LOAF / AufAbwegen
Type of Label: Indie