Member Since: 17/06/2007
Band Members:
The Black Marketeers of World War Three or "TBMOWWT" for short are:
Me with the pretty mouth on banjo
A rubbish mime halfway down a bottle of economy gin on vocals
An Octopus on the Drums and beaking vocals.
A deep south simpleton, framed for moider on the double bass
keys
A sleeping cowboy leaves beany dribble on the harmonica
Evil me plays guitar
An ARRRRRRRgyle sock plays the sanza
Morning breath and furry tongued me sings/ barks / mumbles.
Influences: The Clash,
Tom Waits,
Ramones,The Pogues,
The Cars,
Roxy Music,
Talking Heads,
Early Beatles,
Late Elvis,
Billy Bragg,
Ennio Morricone,
Roy Orbison,
Stranglers, The Queers,
Simon and Garfunkel,Nina Simone,
The Cure, Screaching Weasel,
Strummer,
Duran Duran,
The Specials,
Calexico,
The Beat, Descendents,
Faith No More,
Leonard Cohen,
Madness,Slade, The Move, The Zombies, John Spencer,
Tomahawk, Suicide Bid, Babar Luck,
Zatopeks, Maximo Park, Libertines, The Hives,
Black Heart procession,
Nick Cave, Bjork, Radiohead,
Young Blood Brass band,
Travelling Wilburys,
Tom Petty,
Neil Young,
Dylan,
RFTC, The Doors,
Sam Cooke,
The Wildhearts, Cypress Hill,
The Replacements,
Toots and the maytals,
Otis Reading, Public Enemy, Operation Ivy, Mark Mothersbaugh,
Jimmy Cliff, Rolling Stones, Kinks,
Suicide Bid, Down I go,
Iron Maiden, The Streets,
Flogging Molly, Louis Armstrong
The Tossers, Migala,
Orbital, Buddy Guy, BB King,
Curtis Mayfiled,
Kosheen,
Rancid,
Lightyear, Miles Davis,
Louis Armstrong,
Johnny Cash, Sneaker Pimps,
Gogol Bordello,
Portishead,
and so on, and so forth....
Those cheeky Black Marketeers gayly endorse the following:Red Wine,
Rum / El ron Negre,
Bookshops- dusty, mucky ones. None of this Borders crap.
The Macabre,
Myths & Folklore & general embelishment of truth,
Holland and Barrett Scotch Eggs, Veggie haggis,
Vimto,
Salad Cream,
Cuppas, prosthetic cuppas,
Cobs not Subs,
Scrumping for apples and other petty victorian crimes,
Chick peas in many foms,
Latino Chips from High Tide, Kings Heath. A tramps banquet.
Challenge Pils. It's imaginary.
Cats, otters and Lizzards. Most animals.
Some Dogs, though not many.
Mexico,
Bounding,
Roy and Hayley Cropper,
Dinosaurs- deinonychus, iguanadon, Icthyosaurs.
The peculiar and absurd,
Sideburns,
Common colds,
Treasure, bounty, booty,
Vengeance
Sounds Like: The best joke in the world. told badly. with a runny nose.
Record Label: Unsigned