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The Beautiful Unknown

The Beautiful Unknown

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THE BEAUTIFUL UNKNOWN
"Why pick a decade or era and ape it, why not pull out all your influences and squeeze them into something fresh."
So The Beautiful Unknown have the Groove of the Yardbirds, the swagger of Zeppelin, the quirk of Bowie and the timber of Joy Division. It's brilliant, modern music.
THE REVIEWS
If we aren't hearing more about this absolutely brilliant band soon there's something very wrong with the world. Sceneandheard
As the last note rang out barely 45 minutes later, I felt flush with the exhilaration of having witnessed something great…the only thing standing between TBU and stardom would be time and a few more stages." Truth Explosion Magazine
With Barlow's sultry voice, which sounds like a mix of Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme and Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos, and Derek Downham's crazed playing on both the drums and guitar, the band impressed throughout. Klublife Magazine
The Beautiful Unknown has been able to blend a few different styles to make a sound of their own, something that can be an elusive target for many bands. … it is difficult for me to explain exactly how that sound surfaces. Some of the songs were so powerful that I had to lower my camera just so I could just take in the whole stage all at once. Petenema.com
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Member Since: 6/13/2005
Band Website: thebeautifulunknown.com
Band Members:
Free myspace file uploading Thomas Barlow Derek Downham J.P. Alex Bollo
Influences: The Doors, Echo and the Bunnymen David Bowie, The Yardbirds, The Zombies, The Beatles, Joy Division, Bobby Darin, Dick Dale, Go-Go Girls, Tequila, Les Paul, The Desert, The City, Scorpions (not the band), Quentin Tarantino, Queens of the Stone Age
Sounds Like: The Beautiful Unknown
Record Label: ARRIVE ENTERTAINMENT
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The New Beautiful Unknown Album...I Tunes, CDs, Vinyl&.Free Downloads

Hello My Spaced out Friends,      We've spent a long time making the new Beautiful Unknown album and are ready to release it to the world.  The question is; how do we ge...
Posted by The Beautiful Unknown on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:27:00 PST

Riot In The House Of Ruin-Mastering the new TBU Album

Riot In The House Of Ruin the debut album from The Beautiful Unknown is currently being mastered in New York at TRUTONE Mastering.  The initial tracks are sounding great and we should be posting ...
Posted by The Beautiful Unknown on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 12:57:00 PST

The TBU Album is so close I can smell it...

The initial mixes are finished.  We are doing some fine tuning and expect to be mastering by next week.  So far, in no particular order, this is what people have been comparing the new album...
Posted by The Beautiful Unknown on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 01:13:00 PST

TBU Album is Being Mixed

As we speak Laurence Currie is busy mixing the debut TBU album.  Laurence is one of Canada's great indie mixer/producers.  He mixed  Sloan's"One Chord To Another" album which is one of ...
Posted by The Beautiful Unknown on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:40:00 PST

Toronto Show!! Oct 12 with The Dunes

Yes finally a Toronto show where we will be previewing the entire new album....new tunes....and our friends The Dunes....see you at The Elmo
Posted by The Beautiful Unknown on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:49:00 PST

The TBU Album

All of the drums most of the bass and vocals are finished....we are weeks away from the debut TBU full length.  Then it will be back to he road.  We'll see you all soon with new album in tow...
Posted by The Beautiful Unknown on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 08:24:00 PST

New Songs New Shows

We've written and demo-ed couple of new songs and will be road testing them on June 16 at Roc n Docs in Mississauga as part of the Waterfront Festival.  All ten songs for the new TBU album h...
Posted by The Beautiful Unknown on Thu, 17 May 2007 09:16:00 PST

Bands, People, Cut that shit out!!!

Bands&..People&.Cut That Shit Out&..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Or the FBI will place its Orwellian gloved finger up your ass..... So you're in a band, or ...
Posted by The Beautiful Unknown on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:34:00 PST

Where The Hell Have We Been

We've been in NYC, and writing and have finished demoing all of the songs for the new record.  We'll post some new ones over the next few days.  Some big news on the horizon on several front...
Posted by The Beautiful Unknown on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:08:00 PST

New Shows, Toronto (March 15) and Montreal (March 18)

..> New Shows, ..:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Toronto (March 15) and Montreal (March 18)..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:offic...
Posted by The Beautiful Unknown on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 09:26:00 PST