Member Since: 2/26/2007
Band Members: GARY BINKS – GUITAR and VOCALS........................................ MR SMITH – Lots of session dabblings.
Influences: Many and varied.
Dunno where to start but...erm here goes... Richard Thompson, The Clash and a host of other GOOD punk/new wave i listened to as a youngster, such as the often overlooked Gang of Four housing the phenomenal Andy Gill on electric guitar. 'Entertainment' was a soundtrack to my life for a helluva long time and still continues to floor me even now...An AWESOME piece of work. Donovan Leitch, Simon and Garfunkel, Roy Harper (and Nicholas of course), Elvis Costello and all those other quintessentially quirky and brilliant British artists like Andy Partridge, Difford and Tilbrook, Joe Jackson.......Also Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Billy Bragg, Bert Jansch, Steve Tilston, Nick Drake (for his guitar style rather than his lyrics), Dylan, Van Morrison and any other songwriter that has intellect and substance, blah, blah loads more, i could carry on for ages.......so i will. Last few years i've been listening to 'beats' of all kinds, stuff like Martyn Bennett (wherever you are now sweet lad, i love ya for your music), Shooglenifty, Radio Tarifa and all those great folky, beaty outfits. Also more regular or mainstream beats like Aim, Jazzanova and allsorts of Nu-Jazz...as well as Jazz 'full stop', Davis, Coltrane, Mingus, Henderson, Burrell and loads more...i'll add more later........Do we really know who influences us??Sometimes stuff comes through in my writing that i didn't even realise i'd picked up.
Sounds Like: That's not for me to say.
Record Label: Gret Doily
Type of Label: Indie