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About Me

Brighton-based groop The Utopians started as a sweet-toothed collaboration between Nick Carlisle and Gregory Ferguson (Jupiter Ace). They released a mini album called 'City Super Women' in 2004. Current line-up is Nick and Heidi Heelz...expect more from The Utopians in 2007 but for now Nick is playing with his other band Peepholes & Heidi is playing with The Guillotines. The EPs "City Super Women" & "Britain's Littlest Killer" are available from www.theutopians.co.uk
"Piece Of Me", a collaboration with Jamie Manners from The Vichy Government, is featured on the new Filthy Little Angels download compliation, "Hark! The Filthy Angels Sing" MyGen Profile Generator

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Member Since: 5/17/2005
Band Website: theutopians.co.uk
Band Members: Nick Carlisle: vocals, guitars, synthesizers, mellotron, chamberlin, programming. Heidi Heelz: backing vocals, bass guitar, monosynth
Influences: Groops we love but don't necessarily sound like: Add N To (X), Aphex Twin, Annie, Syd Barrett, Bowie, Boys of Brazil, Kate Bush, Can, Wendy Carlos, Clor, John Cooper Clarke, Cluster, Comanechi, Cornelius, DAF, Deerhoof, Devo, Disco Inferno, Earl Brutus, Echo & The Bunnymen, Eno, The Fall, Robert Fripp, Edgar Froese, Genesis, Glass Candy, Peter Hammill, Harmonia, heart/yeah, Human League, The Imbeciles!, Joy Division, Jupiter Ace, The Knife, Kraftwerk, La DÃ¼sseldorf, Le Tigre, Liars, Lightning Bolt, Manics, Melt-Banana, Microstoria, Morrissey, Mouse On Mars, Motormark, NEU!, New York Dolls, New Order, Peaches, Pere Ubu, PiL, Pink Grease, Psychic TV, Quintron & Miss Pussycat, Rough Bunnies, Roxy Music, Selfish Cunt, Sex Pistols, Sonic Youth, Sparks, Stereolab, Suede, Suicide, Thee Majesty, Throbbing Gristle, Van Der Graaf Generator, The Vichy Government, The Violets, Wire, World Of Twist, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Yes etc. etc. And Orlan for her musical face...
Sounds Like: Yer ma.
Record Label: Filthy Little Angels
Type of Label: Indie