Member Since: 5/21/2007
Band Website: timburness.com
Band Members: Tim Burness: vocals, guitars, keyboards.Fudge Smith: drums and percussion.Keith Hastings: bass guitar.Monty Oxymoron: keyboards.Julian Franks: percussion.
Influences: Pretty much everything over the last 40 years. A rough guide: Foals, The Feeling, The Fray, Gorillaz, Arctic Monkeys, Sigur Ros, Steve Thorne, Paul Simon, Daevid Allen's University Of Errors, Tool, Arcade Fire, Terry Riley, Pendragon, Royksopp, Pineapple Thief, Brian Wilson, U2, Blackfield, Orbital, Air, Morrissey, Keane, Porcupine Tree, Roland Orzabal, Dido, Chemical Brothers, Killing Joke, King Crimson, Marillion, Fish, Placebo, Coldplay, Boards Of Canada, Peter Gabriel, Underworld, Supergrass, Enigma, Moby, Tuu, Alanis Morissette, Dubstar, Madonna, The Grid, Leftfield, LTJ Bukem, The Shamen, Blur, Oasis, Stereo MCs, James, Primal Scream, I.Q., System 7, The Orb, Massive Attack, Garbage, Radiohead, Sting, Robert Fripp, Simply Red, Annie Lennox, Tears For Fears, David Holmes, R.E.M., Nitin Sawhney, Natalie Imbruglia, Travis, Astrid Williamson, Crash Test Dummies, Fluke, Kate Bush, The Police, Howard Jones, Icehouse, Crass, Blancmange, Siouxsie and The Banshees, Talking Heads, Rush, The Enid, Dire Straits, Will Powers, Simple Minds, The Fixx, Thomas Dolby, Tangerine Dream, Chris Rea, Level 42, Psychic T.V., Brian Eno, The Pretenders, Eurythmics, Chris De Burgh, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, The Waterboys, Daevid Allen, Focus, Derek And The Dominos, George Harrison, Steve Hillage, Punishment Of Luxury, Steve Hackett, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Sex Pistols, Led Zeppelin, Mike Oldfield, The Wombles, Deep Purple, Paul McCartney, Gong, Kate Bush, Fleetwood Mac, Yes, John Lennon, Peter Frampton, Wishbone Ash, XTC, David Bowie, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell.Non-musical influences include: psychological astrology (Stephen Arroyo, Liz Greene, Robert Hand, not newspaper horoscopes), my psychiatric and general nursing dayjob, macrobiotics and healthy living, green politics, Bill Hicks, conventional and unconventional religion and spirituality (more of a pantheist than an atheist but maybe I'm both), science, Robert Anton Wilson, Philip K. Dick, guinness, quantum physics, Monty Python, Spike Milligan, The Day Today (Chris Morris), Ricky Gervais, Fonejacker, my girlfriend's cat Domino.
Sounds Like: Tim Burness. A lot of different things, old and new. On the most recent album released in December 2007, some of the more obvious and mostly older influences include: Steve Hackett, Peter Gabriel, The Police, Rush, King Crimson, Porcupine Tree, Pink Floyd, Kate Bush, Howard Jones, Marillion, Radiohead, Tears For Fears, Robert Fripp and there is a Steve Hillage and Gong tribute track.
Record Label: Expanding Consciousness
Type of Label: Indie