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The Guise

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About Me

Do you ever think to yourself,"There really aren't enough Dark Surf bands out there. I need my twin passions for surf and dark pop merged in a sexual-like embrace."? Well, stop. Just stop. Because we've got your ass covered. The two have met, copulated, and given birth to The Guise.

We could compare them to a long list of bands. We could do that. Bands you've heard of, bands you've never heard of. We could talk about how great the shows are, or how the Guise saved our baby from a bear wielding a shark with a mouthful of African killer bees. But we won't. Because The Guise are unlike anything that has ever come before or will ever be seen again. Think we're over-selling it? Fuck you.

And fuck the naysayers who say everything has been done before. It hasn't, brother! I mean, who's ever heard of Incidentally Queer Dark Surf? You sure haven't. Frankly, we're even confused. But somehow it just works. Somehow you end up with more than music. You get synesthesia, baby. By that, we mean all of your tender nerves will be titillated by the sights and sounds (and smells) of The Guise very own circus of the absurd.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/17/2005
Band Members: DYL: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard, Drums, Bebox, Lyricist, Melody Master

SMARMY DAVE: Bass, Vocals, Guitar, Drum Machine, Babe Magnet, Dungeon Master

ROSE: Percussion, Violin, Cowbell, Glitter, Circus Master

LIZ: Vocals, Fire Breathing, Bitch Slappin', One Very Sexy Hooker
Influences: Pixies, Stereolab, Interpol, The Ventures, Dead Can Dance, Rush, The Zombies, Radiohead, Hot Hot Heat, Modest Mouse, The Creatures, The Smiths, Vast, Broadcast, Nancy Sinatra, Bill Withers, and of course, TV theme songs.
Sounds Like: Visualize two unicorns fucking on a surf board, riding atop a monstrous tsunami that was heading towards your mom's house. The Guise would stop them...with the awesome power of their collective sound fist.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Uncle Kevin

We can't express how much we appreciate and are touched by your friendship and hospitality.  You put in time and effort, with strangers, at a point when we needed  it most.  Thank you, ...
Posted by The Guise on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:34:00 PST

Check out this event: The Guise

Hosted By: The Guise When: 28 Jul 2007, 22:30Where: CP113 San JacintoAusin, TX 78759United StatesDescription:The Guise Click Here To View Event...
Posted by The Guise on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 10:15:00 PST

ok, another...

I'm just getting the hang of all this uploading downloading which type of mp3 do you want? business, so i had to reformat the original song, but the good news is now we'll have 2! Pretty Picture is a...
Posted by The Guise on Sat, 24 Jun 2006 09:44:00 PST

Finally, a little taste.

So we've finally got an upload from our demo, we're still in the polishing process but... our impatience has won out. The lyrics are posted and were written just after we settled from evacuating Katri...
Posted by The Guise on Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:34:00 PST

I can taste it...canchoo?

Only vocals left to record for the cd...so hang onto yer hats folks!
Posted by The Guise on Fri, 14 Apr 2006 01:24:00 PST

In the studio

We are finally recording a cd and will have it finished by the end of the month.  It was originally going to be eight songs but we ran through the drum tracks so fast that we added two more songs...
Posted by The Guise on Tue, 14 Mar 2006 08:06:00 PST