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Citizen Genet

About Me

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Scott, Scott, and Cogs have been friends since their primary school days, when music seemed to be, perhaps, the least likely endeavor for any of them to undertake. As middle school was entered and that experience progressed, the value of music was revealed first through a love of The Beatles. Before long, a love of listening to music was manifested in a strong desire to play music; to have an active role in the wonder of musical creation. Guitars were purchased, played, plucked, and pondered until from nothingness arose three young men with a desire to emulate their heroes. The skills would come much later. There were three years between the time that Cogs first played his father's guitar and the introduction of a drummer, Nick, to the band. Now in their third year together, Citizen Genet seeks to entertain others, while growing in their own understanding of music and of themselves.

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/30/2007
Band Website: facebook.com/friends/?ref=tn/profile.p
Band Members: Bender-Vocals, Guitar, Banjo, Piano, Synth
Miller-Vocals, Basses, Keyboards
Schiavone-Drums, Percussion, Vocals
Cogs-Guitar, Vocals, Uke, Synth

New CD on the way:

Influences: The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Who, The Eagles, Rush, Bob Dylan, Rooney, Boston, Foreigner, Frank Zappa, Wilco, The Punch Brothers, U2, Yes, Cream, Eric Clapton, Paul Gilbert, Jimi Hendrix, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Dio, Van Halen, Pink Floyd, Yngwie Malmsteen, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Buckethead, John Patrucci, Dream Theater, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, Leo Kottke, Pat Donohue, Earl Scruggs, Lester Flatt, Edgar Meyer, Victor Wooten, Billy Sheehan, John Patitucci, Stanley Clarke, Stu Hamm, Marcus Miller, Steve Bailey, Jaco Pastorius, Nathan East, Fourplay, The Byrds, The Band, Deep Purple, Iron Butterfly, Dire Straits, The Beach Boys, The Animals, The Cars, The Romantics, The Police, Crosby Stills Nash and (sometimes) Young, Simon & Garfunkel, Lynard Skynard, The Allman Brothers Band, Phish, Umphrey's McGee, The Black Keys, The Blue Van, Bob Marley, Rusted Root, Orange Sky, Bedouin Soundclash, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Coldplay, Guster, Linda Ronstadt, The Association, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, Don Henley, Tim Farrell, Screaming Trees, Pearl Jam, Dinosaur Jr., Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Robert Plant and the Strange Sensation, Dragonforce, John Mayer, The Streets, Dizzee Rascal, Reel Big Fish, The Specials, The New York Ska Jazz Ensemble, The Skatalites, The Aquabats, The Empire Jazz Orchestra, James Brown, Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Sonny Stitt, Lee Russo, Joe Barna, Lou Smaldone, Ryan Berg, Keith Pray, Brett Wery, William Meckley, Jeff Herchenroder, Yipeng Wu, Mark Evans, Mike Wicks, Dmitry Blotney, Chick Corea, Herrbie Handcock, Count Bassie, Charles Mingus, Ray Brown, Scott LaFaro, Return To Forever, The Elektric Band, Ravi Shankar, Sportfreunde Stiller, Pantera, Green Day, The Romones, The Kinks, Beck, Jeff Beck, J.S. Bach, Claude Debussy, Gustav Mahler, Igor Stavinsky, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Béla Bartóck, Giovanni Bottesini, Niccolo Paganini, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and multitudinous other musical talents the list of which would be characterized by diversity similar to that demonstrated above. "Citizen Genet" is registered and protected by www.bandnameprotection.orgPUT OUR MUSIC IN YOUR PROFILE!!!
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Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

THE EP IS HERE!!!

Well, the longly awaited EP is finally here. I just set it up on Itunes and it should be in stores before christmas. We are working are butts off to get this thing off the ground now, so soon it will ...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 18:42:00 GMT

CD

Our artwork just got through and the CDs are being printed as I write, they should be done and sent by next Monday!
Posted by on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:15:00 GMT

the other blog

The other blog is the better blog, so go there, then email us and I'll add you to the mailing list, I update it everyday!
Posted by on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:25:00 GMT

Cog’s Guitar

Dear Listeners,        &n bsp;   I have been up for the past 2 hours putting on strings, tuning, wiping down, fixing tuners, etc. with cog;s guitar and...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:30:00 GMT

Cog’s Guitar

Dear Listeners,        &n bsp;  I have reviewed the damage on Ryan's guitar and have deemed it fixable. I have taken all of the necessary precautions and ha...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:36:00 GMT

New URL address

In case any of you were wondering our URL address has changed, it is currently www.myspace.com/thecitizengenetband the reason for this change is because of a mix up with our name, we kinda screwwed up...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:16:00 GMT

New URL address

In case any of you were wondering our URL address has changed, it is currently www.myspace.com/thecitizengenetband the reason for this change is because of a mix up with our name, we kinda screwwed up...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:17:00 GMT

CD

Hey guys,     It's bender, just writing you to update you on how things are: They are going swell, we are in the midst of finalizing our recording/mastering projects and we hopiong to h...
Posted by on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 13:16:00 GMT

New recordings

Alright, so if you have heard that's great please suck it up like a man and read this anyways! So we have just finished a long and tedious recording session at Blue Sky Studio and we are currently awa...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 08:27:00 GMT

Nervosity (after the fact)

After the adjudication of the Nervosity battle of the bands had been concluded, it came to pass that Citizen Genet placed fourth out of twelve. In first was Filming Ohio, in second was Public Noise Co...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 06:17:00 GMT