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the Micronite Filters

If God gives you lemons, get a new God

About Me


4 mfs who let the music do the talking

"Musically diverse", "thoughtfully intense", and "serious riffage"
- the Spill Magazine

Its all “late-nite quarry rock, rubber-boot stomp rock, fishing-hole country rock and John Deere blues."
Read on...

discography:

rocket from infinity(2008)

get bent double-album(2007)


available at www.getbentrecords.com , and zunior.com

get more info at
www.getbentrecords.com/themicronitefilters.html
and
www.themicronitefilters.com

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/29/2005
Band Website: www.themicronitefilters.com themicronitefilters.com
Band Members: mr. Bent

guitars, vocals

reiffer

drums, backing vocals

Ace Submarine

geetar, backing vocals

Lucky Longhorn of Ganjatron

bass

With appearances (past and future) by Sean Wailin' on sax and fiddle, The Newf w/ some vocals, 5-pin on the Stand-Up, Brian Jackson on Harp, The Dude on dulcimer and shoutin', Jackie Game with some vocals, Nick Lanaro on bass, Massey Ferguson drivin' the tractor, Franco Care with art and words, Mike Mills behind the lense and more to come I'm sure.
Influences: Led Zeppelin, Neil Young, the Black Crowes, Blues Explosion, the Band, Bob Dylan, CSNY, Peter Green, Big Sugar/Gordie Johnson, Elvis, the Constantines, Howlin' Rain, Comets On Fire, White Stripes, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Soledad Brothers, A Perfect Circle, the Small Faces, the Faces, the Jeff Beck Group, From Fiction, Elliot Brood, Susan Latimer, the Sonics, Reef, Oasis, Guns'n'Roses, Tanya Tucker, Patsy Cline, Big Star, Neko Case, Sheryl Crow, the Word, the North Mississippi All-Stars, Beachwood Sparks, Robert Johnson, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Hank III, The Traveling Wilbury's, Son House, Muddy Waters, R.L. Burnside, Thelonius Monk, John Lee Hooker, Otis Redding, Leadbelly, Miles Davis, Mr. David Viner, Motorhead, Tool, Robert Randolph, Alan Lomax, Mudhoney, Bradley Boy, Lilly Brothers, Don Stover, Beatles, Frigid Pink, Buddy Holly, Buddy Guy, James Brown, Booker T & the MG's, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Sly & the Family Stone, Moses Mayes & the Funk Family Orchestra, Link Wray, the Shadows, Kings of Leon, Brian Wilson, the Mint 400, Markus Chakra, flirt, Sahara Hotnights, Government Mule, Blind Melon, Aquarium Rescue Unit, J.J.Cale, Jim Dickinson, the Replacements, the Sonics, Black Sabbath, Allman Brothers, Pearl Jam, Rude Mechanicals, The Uncas, Mike Tabares, Huck Balson, the Remedy, hermans end, My Soft Frequency, Peter Jackson, Alexandre Spence, Nick Drake, Clark Kent, Leftover Salmon, Blue Mother Tupelo, the Woes, the Mark Inside, the Recroom, the Kent Boys, Glen Bensley, BA Johnston....conversations, meditations, philosohpy, mythology, sound, and all the people we've played with, seen or heard across the lands we've roamed.
Sounds Like: blowin' a load in your ear
Record Label: Get Bent Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

rocket info

Alrighty folks, here's some info as we get rolling with the new disc:The album is now available in select record stores, including:Bowmanville: Hands On Music, 39 Ontario St.Oshawa: Star Records, 148 ...
Posted by the Micronite Filters on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:06:00 PST

a sad week

Its been a sad week on the MF front with the closing of the Velevet Elvis here in Oshawa. There really aren't any venues we'd prefer to play, we thank the wonderful Liisa for all her hard work in the ...
Posted by the Micronite Filters on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:35:00 PST

the Martians are coming!!

Gliding through the stars guided only by a bleak light, the path has been chosen and the birds take flight. A muscle flexed daydream shows off a newfound might, its time to be wise and fight for our r...
Posted by the Micronite Filters on Sat, 01 Dec 2007 09:19:00 PST

The Micronite Filters on the SoupyGato show, 89a

This is an online radio show that you can download or stream, and we are featured on episode 89A. There are several ways to listen to the SoupyGato Show  the easiest is to visit their website: www.so...
Posted by the Micronite Filters on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 11:49:00 PST

Buy the new album online at Get Bent Records.com

Hey all you rockin' freaksWe just wanted to let you know that you can now buy our new album online... by mail or full album download (includes PDF of artwork). You can also listen to the entire 22 son...
Posted by the Micronite Filters on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 03:12:00 PST

Putting the bitchin' back in ambition - album review

The new album was reviewed in Eye Weekly magazine, you can check it out hereuntil next time... the MFs
Posted by the Micronite Filters on Sat, 28 Jul 2007 03:28:00 PST

A review of the new album...

by Oshawa's finest Will McGuirk.check it out here
Posted by the Micronite Filters on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:44:00 PST

We're on the Fritz

While i'm literally on the fritz, counting down the hours to a big party with live music, lots of drunken italians, some sshhfifty and a few vows thrown in, i'm distracting myself by working on some s...
Posted by the Micronite Filters on Sat, 19 May 2007 08:49:00 PST

The Secrets of the Molemen

...will be unveiled June 15th 2007 at the Velvet Elvis, stay tuned as we take a break, record, get married, go to Spain, run around like a chicken with its head cut off, and whatever else it takes to ...
Posted by the Micronite Filters on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:37:00 PST

Drunkbus!

ok, I'm finally starting to feel the juices flow through my veins, the micronite filters willl hit the stage once again...we'll still be keeping most of the new stuff under wraps, but will have some s...
Posted by the Micronite Filters on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 08:41:00 PST