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NILSHIPHTER

A Decade of Digression

About Me

We are dissatisfied with the mainstream culture and music. We are disappointed by what we hear on the radio and see on T.V. We are creative without boundaries or restrictions. We draw our inspiration from the underground, the less well known, the sickest and most depraved of horror movies, and from real life itself. We take the best aspects of music and art (in our opinion) and mutate them to suit our needs. We are

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Member Since: 7/11/2005
Band Website: nilshiphter.tripod.com/
Band Members:Ian Daemon Black-voices, lead bass, guitar, V-drums, drum programming, samples, synth, theremin, keyboardsBloodstain-vocals, drum programming, bass, samples, synth programming, keyboards, guitarVenues we have performed at in the past: Cafe Mexicas, Shady Bradys, Moods, The Press Club, Club 21, On the Y, The Decadent Manor (fresno), The Roadhouse, Dimple Records, Club Silk too, The Kennel Club, The Distillery, The Boardwalk, The Capitol Garage...want to book us at your venue? Send us a message!!!
Influences: Sleep deprivation, alcohol, nightmares, caffiene, assorted pills, horror movies
Sounds Like: the soundtrack to a chemically induced nightmare involving heavy machinery and demonic spirits
Record Label: BLACK BOX RECORDS
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

resurrection

I am going to go back in the Nilshiphter archives, dig up old material, re-mix it down, improve the EQ's and make them into cd's...some of the oldest stuff has never been on cd before, only old casset...
Posted by NILSHIPHTER on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:25:00 PST

Show?

We're thinking of setting up a show in the middle to end of January 2008, any bands/venues/promoters into it? Let us know!
Posted by NILSHIPHTER on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 03:04:00 PST

Doghouse Tired

Last nights show at the Kennel Club was the definition of chaos and nihilism...nothing went right...I don't think we made it through an entire song without something going badly...my fog machine didn'...
Posted by NILSHIPHTER on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 08:05:00 PST

change

I think we need to change things up for a bit. I have gotten bored playing the same songs all the time at shows. Granted we do have a couple of new songs in the list and I love playing those, but I fe...
Posted by NILSHIPHTER on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 11:04:00 PST

the last 3 shows in review

We had 3 shows this week, the first one was on thursday, live on the radio 90.3 KDVS...it was an unusual experience, knowing that people were listening but having no crowd reaction btween or during th...
Posted by NILSHIPHTER on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 02:04:00 PST

VS.

Bloodstain had a dream where we recorded a 2 disc album where he wrote and recorded all the songs on one disc and I did the other one....interesting...it may happen...
Posted by NILSHIPHTER on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 08:29:00 PST

Send me your slogans!

I'm trying to come up with something to put on the back of a new Nilshiphter t-shirt...I want our logo at the top and some form of saying under it...if you come up with one we actually use, we'll give...
Posted by NILSHIPHTER on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:50:00 PST

babbling

So I'm bored and wasting time until I have to go to work...we may have a live drummer in the very near future, a guy named Shaun Moffit...he's a pretty cool guy, seems very interested in what we're do...
Posted by NILSHIPHTER on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:12:00 PST

Club 21 Show review

Last night was the long anticipated show with us, The Kunst Conspiracy and TV...the bands were GREAT!!! It was truly a night for violent music and stage shows, lots of cool light effects, monsters, sk...
Posted by NILSHIPHTER on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 11:49:00 PST

T-Shirts!

They're finally here!We're officially broke now, just so you can have shirts. People have been asking me for over 2 years now for them and they're HERE!buy our shirts !!!$15largexlargexxlargewho wants...
Posted by NILSHIPHTER on Mon, 03 Jul 2006 02:16:00 PST