Member Since: 5/21/2007
Band Members: Johnny Mars
Influences: Good bands with good players e.g. The Stone Roses, Beatles, Primal Scream, Flaming Lips, The Meters, Tortoise, Can, Neu!, Ash Ra Temple, Cluster, Amon Duul, The Window Right, Slint, Polvo, DJ Shadow, Thin Lizzy, Rollerskate Skinny, Beach Boys, Guided by Voices, Jimi Hendrix, Jim O' Rourke, Kraftwerk, Aphex Twin, Sebadoh, Pavement, Red Snapper, Amon Tobin, Boards of Canada, Led Zeppellin, The Who, My Bloddy Valentine, Dave Pajo, John Squire, Steve Malkmus, Ronald Jones, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Bobby Gillespie, Steven Drozd, Phil Lynnot, Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Mudhoney, Nightmares on Wax, Four-Tet, Seefel, Reni, Mani, Ian Brown, Brian Wilson, Joe Morello, Buddy Rich, Dizzy Gillespie, Kinky Freedman....I don't know much about the last two but with names like that they gotta be fly. Also influenced by kind faces (no, that's not a band) and all manner of seekers, fakers, pill poppers and takers. Below are two live recordings of one of my favourite bands, Tortoise. I really like what they do and the way they do it. They are probably the best band in the World at the moment. I would prefer if you watched them than listened to Needs Rx.
Sounds Like: Mars Rock.
Record Label: Music is about fun and expression.
Type of Label: None