Member Since: 4/20/2007
Band Website: myspace.com/stirrersofsedition
Band Members: charlie bucket
Influences: Last Poets, Radiohead, Robert Johnson, Allen Ginsberg, e. badu, bell hooks (all lower case), John Stewart, Steven Colbert, Malcolm Caldwell, Social Welfare Action Alliance, Langston Hughes, Kevin Corcoran, the brotherman, Bakari Kitwana, FuCo the Firestarter, Ed Muro, enron the bastard child, Ice T/Body Count, Red Hot Pistol, Clutchy Hopkins, Noam Chomsky, Malcolm X, Saul Williams, Karl Marx, Vito Corleone, Jimi Hendrix and the Experience, Hirihito, people who challenge me, the city of Portland (OR), gentrification, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Slayer, Black Sabbath, Brian Wilson, Mike Mihlbauer, MZ, Russ Feingold, Alberto Moreno, Bessie Smith, Carla Thomas, Public Enemy, NWA, Mos Def, MF Doom, Count Bass D, Shape of Broad Minds, Danger Mouse, Cool Calm Pete, David Axelrod, Gotan Project, Booker T and the MGs, Duane Allman, Dan the Automator, Mathematics, Zion I, Aaron Smith/Dr Aroneous, Yung, Mr. Lif (I Phantom is my bible), El-P, Aesop Rock, Murs, Jay Dee/J Dilla, Madlib, Peanut Butter Wolf, Charizma, Wu Tang, Rage Against the Machine, Dead Prez, Shawn Lee’s Ping Pong Orchestra, Nirvana, Sonic Youth, Fiona Apple, 9th Wonder, Kobe Bryant, The Portland Trailblazers, the Showtime Lakers, Lambeau Field, Black Milk and the Detroit School started by Amp Fiddler/Dilla, Ant, Brother Ali, Sage Francis, Gilles Peterson, Bob Dylan, charlie bucket, Joni Mitchell, South Park, Tool, WALMARTtheGROUCH, Opeth, Nathan James, Daren Ford, Thomas P. Barnett, George Bush, Dick Cheney and all of the religious (real and pretend) neo-conservisionaries, freedom of religion(1), freedom of press(2), freedom of speech(3), freedom to assemble(4), freedom to petition the government(5), "democracy", CNN, Fox News, Clear Channel, Comedy Central, whiney indie rockers with viruses, Nine Inch Nails, Henry Rollins, Frank Zappa, Marvin Gaye, Sam Cooke, Curtis Mayfield, Aretha Franklin, Billie Holiday, Marlena Shaw, Portishead, Tony Soprano, Paulie Walnuts, Turtle, AmmonContact, DJ Murdoch, DJ Shadow, DJ Goodwill, DJ Logic, Kid Koala, Mix Master Mike, DJ Premier, RJD2, Amon Tobin, Ohmega Watts, DJ Kez, Rev. Shines, Lifesavas, Rob Dz, Colony of Watts, SEEthePEOPLE, Brian Weiss, Damien Swail, Alela Diane, Jerry Garcia, Johnny Cash, BB King, Clyde Stubblefield, Medeski Martin and Wood (especially Billy Martin), Akai Music Production Centers everywhere, kids banging beats on lunch room tables soon to be rocking MPCs, beautiful women of all kinds, tattoos, that shit I heard the other day, the first time music gave you goosebumps, microkorgs, mandobirds, Leo Fender, Hammond B3s, the original Black Suede Pumas, Jumpsuits, Kangol Hats, gospel choirs, German Healthcare Policy, Technics 1200s, dust catching slipmats, 180g vinyl pressings, phantom power, back in the day when they didn’t have computers to record music, Def Jux/Stones Throw/Ubiquity record labels, internet radio, people who are just trying to make it, honest politicians with honorable intentions, and whoever or whatever else inspires me subconsciously...
Sounds Like: charlie bucket having fun, excercising free speech, dancing, making beats while the rest of the city sleeps, playing acoustic 8 string and electric 4 string mandolins, synthesizers, keyboards, sampler, turntables, mpc 1000, bass and vocals.
Record Label: My BedRoom
Type of Label: Major