Music:
Member Since: 7/17/2005
Band Website: mayorsofmiyazaki.com
Band Members: tom: drummage, production
gareth: quitar, vocalism, programming, production, bass, drums
claire: hound of the basskervilles
tim: (on a time out) bassticles, programming
[ members of mayors of miyazaki are also in/ have been in/have played with: 23:glycocalyx , the doghouse riley band , part rocket , knights of cassidy , pinstripe mafia , jeremy warmsley and the robot blues ]
Influences: this project would not have existed/been crap/turned out totally different if not for: cheeseboards, scrabble, 23glycocalyx, potholes, dancing, duck, peach stones, slint, scott howard, boston, moldy peaches, dischord, woolacombe, ogmore-by-sea, swimming in the sea, futureheads, michael j fox, hoi sin sauce, wikipedia , shellac, batfink/subdued, mogwai, public services, pixies, the pixies, eastern european accents, sonic youth, big black, bill bailey, industry standard chef's knives, jazz edward geoffries, gammy leg, soulseek, diaonagah, trivial pursuit, oxes, tv cookery, drive like jehu, van halen, mathematics, glen branca, melt banana, hunter s. thompson, part rocket , dillinger escape plan, spring onions, radio 4, paul verhoeven , godspeed, piracy, pirates, mission of burma, noxagt, call centres, part chimp, war of the worlds (orson & h.g.), jeff wayne, gang of four, stopping yrself from peeing in the sink, jackets, pelican, going down the park, the 80s part 2, buena vista social club, MONK, lightning bolt, cucumber, art schools, les savy fav, seaside holidays, networking, atd-i, graham coxon, beards, luca turilli, the young, andrew w.k., stonasaurus, adam hart-davis, rosario, - plus many artists to numerous to list who we shamelessly rip-off.
we are members of collective called the tooting bizarre so check out the profile to see what other ace bands be on the roster.
we have played or will be playing with these great bands, check these out n'all:
pigshackle
pocus whiteface
koe
youmetheswitch
instruments
untitled1961
consolation prizefighter
only until
chinwag
dog bonfire
godzilla black
Sounds Like: God is in the TV say this about the kancho ep:
...There has been some real quality stuff released this year for people who like a bit of thought to go with their music, with Battles finally releasing their album, the return of Fridge, the promise of an album from iLiKETRAiNS, but on the evidence presented on this album EP, Mayors of Miyazaki have trumped them all with a massive concussion of shape-pulling, manic, shouty rock creativity. The best thing I've heard this year so far.
Organ Magazine say this about the kancho ep:
...The Mayors have the gold already, they just hit us with five instantly demanding tracks; it's that bendy shouty pointy churning thing that much loved bands like Muy Feo or Mariachi (I see they're back) or Scissormen or Homage Freaks did. Some wired kind of urgent math rock that doesn't quite add up – I like it when the math doesn't quite add up. Hardboiled yet easy to lock in to, we got one here, oh yes, more top grade Organ fuel. Five clever demanding slightly abrasive, not too abrasive, their hardboiled edgy musical awkwardness is not difficult to swallow. Nice artwork too. Five tracks, each and every one a favourite, I can't choose. Well recorded, well played, well well well – I think you'll be hearing a lot more from us about the Mayors Of Miyazaki in 2007 – don't wait until then though, I see they have some MP3s that you can download and this fine CD is well worth sending off some of you hard earned money for...We like this lots, you will tooooooooo...
look here to see what Unpeeled, Smother, Subba-Cultcha, Burn Your Ears and UK Music Search had to say about us.
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