Nato Coles - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Hi there. My name is Nato Coles. I am a Milwaukee guy, but I happen to be living in Brooklyn at the moment. I set up this MySpace page because I am pretty clueless about actual website creation, and this was easy. User-friendly. I play, and have played in, a bunch of bands, some good and some awful. Maybe the best band I was ever in was Turbodingus, a tribute to Turbonegro. That was some time ago. Anyway, I play guitar and sing. I rock a mean harmonica. I can play piano semi-ok.At the moment, I'm in the Modern Machines, the Headless Hookers, and also, I play solo shows. Usually they're acoustic-type things, but there are no rules except the golden one: Rock others as you would like them to rock you.The Modern Machines are my longtime band. No retreat, baby, no surrender. We've been together since 2001, and although we've lost a Ben, gained and lost a couple more Bens, and now lost a Hands-on, we gained a Mikey "Ben" Ergs to play drums. Danny and I are the current two original members. We both moved from Milwaukee to Brooklyn for some reason. Although the band isn't as active at the moment, here in Brooklyn, as we used to be back in Milwilly, we will be playing a few shows, and also The Fest VI (www.thefestfl.com).The Radio Faces are myself on guitar, Jimbo on guitar, Mikey on bass, and Sully on drums. We are all on vocals, because we are all vocal. This band was started 'cause I knew all these guys from others bands I'd met while roamin' around (the Ergs!, the Young Men, Bent Outta Shape [r.i.p.], Ringers, Bossy, and on and on and on), and you should listen out those other bands if you haven't already.The Headless Hookers are rock! Josh plays guitar and sings, Jessie plays percussion and sings, Dave thwomps the drums, and I play blazin' lead guitar under the alias Nathan Futuristico.Lastly, two things: I'm starting a new band (yes, another one! With my friend Polly from Crimson Sweet, and some other people), and recording some solo stuff. We'll see where that takes things. In the words of Garth Algar: "I like to play."

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/15/2007
Band Website: geocities.com/radiofaces
Band Members: I am a member of myself, yes.
Influences: Under 'em.
Sounds Like: I think I sound like Bob Mould, Howlin' Wolf, Paul Weller, Tom Waits, Bruce Springsteen, Paul Westerberg, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Johnny Cash, Joe Strummer, Mike Ness, the baritone guy from the Coasters, the slightly less baritone guy from the Coasters ... all rolled into one giant burrito.And the music I make sounds kind of like those guys and their bands, but also the Ramones!!!, the early Beatles and other Merseybeat bands, the early Who and other mod bands, Sun Records stuff, early 80's power-pop, Yacht Rock(?!), acoustic Delta blues, good country ... and lastly (but certainly not leastly) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

These Days

Hello, Jackson Browne. I thought I'd write a short entry here, to shed some light on current situations and future plans. I've been living in Brooklyn, playing various songs with various project...
Posted by Nato Coles on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:49:00 PST

Lookin' For A Drummer in the Heart of the City

Hi there. So it has come to this. Anybody want to play drums in a band, here in Brooklyn/NYC? If you do - let me know, one way or the other.We'd sound like obvious shit. Twin/T...
Posted by Nato Coles on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:54:00 PST

Here I Am, Yes It's Me

The solo tour is over, and I'm back in Brooklyn, NY. The shows were really cool, pretty much all of them, especially Athens, GA and Carbondale, IL. Those two towns have some things in common - they'...
Posted by Nato Coles on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 05:52:00 PST

It Begins!

Well, I'm packing up, and heading out of New York City for a little while. Out of Brooklyn. Away from the Borough of Large Families, the former home of Da Bums, future home of Da Nets.&nbs...
Posted by Nato Coles on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:22:00 PST

New Songs Here Go Now

Hi - today, I've been reading Allen Barra's "Clearing the Bases: The Greatest Baseball Debates of the Last Century," and perhaps that's why I cleared two of the four bases here. And put new runn...
Posted by Nato Coles on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 05:35:00 PST

June 21st - First Day of Summer Classic

This much is true: June 21st is the first day of summer. This much is probably true: I've put together a show on that day. It'll take place at Lost and Found (ne: Lulu's), in Greenpoint*, Brooklyn. ...
Posted by Nato Coles on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 11:46:00 PST

About the Songs

Allright, so ... I put some songs on this 'Space. Here are a few informations pertaining to 'em."Coffee Cup" is a Radio Faces song which I wrote long before I moved to Brooklyn and put up here '...
Posted by Nato Coles on Fri, 18 May 2007 12:41:00 PST

Hola/Summer Tour

Not 'holla;' hola! I will be putting some music up here soon. And more photos. Yeah, more photos, that's really important for an 'artist space.' For now, the skeleton will have to suffice.I'll be ...
Posted by Nato Coles on Tue, 15 May 2007 03:53:00 PST