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Marc and the Millionaires

About Me

Punk Rock guitars collide with Pop vocals and Powerpop beats. The band with two English frontmen and a German drummer started in a spare bedroom in Frankfurt Bockenheim in May 2007 and is currently recording the debut album "How To Marry A Millionaire".Check out our video at youtube ******************************************************* *******************************************************

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Member Since: 7/30/2007
Band Website: www.marcandthemillionaires.com
Band Members: ****this is MARC (Guitar & Vocals)**** ****so is this**** ****this is CHRIS (Bass & Vocals)**** ****and sometimes he's even better looking**** ****this is MAX (Drums & Vocals)**** ****jazz drummer what ROCKS!****
Influences: The Ramones The Sex Pistols The Beatles Manic Street Preachers The Jam The Monkees The Jesus And Mary Chain T. Rex Transvision Vamp The Clash The Buzzcocks The Ronettes Dusty Springfield Generation X Elvis Costello Jimmy Reed The Damned The Only Ones Gary Glitter Bobby Fuller Four
Sounds Like: According to last.fm we sound like:Manic Street Preachers Head Automatica Jimmy Eat World The All-American Rejects My Chemical Romance Lostprophets The Enemy Green Day The Pigeon Detectives PlaceboI've no idea to be honest. A lot of bands here write rubbish like "sounds like nothing you've ever heard" or "21st Century Rock'n'Roll". WTF is that supposed to mean FFS hahahaha! But I'd like to know what YOU think we sound like, so let me know!
Record Label: Sticky label with a special offer.
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Scratch'n'Sniff

So we found ourselves as a trio and played our first gig in Cologne, at Blue Shell. Little did we know that the mighty Blue Fred of Radio Rheinwelle had organized a professional sound recording of the...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:29:00 GMT

How Superwoman saved my life.

It happened a couple of years ago.Radioroad West, with Chris and Max in the lineup, were playing in Frankfurt Sinkkasten. This was before the Millionaires had even been dreamt of, but the three of us ...
Posted by on Sun, 25 Jan 2009 06:11:00 GMT

A live recording...

So, I've finally uploaded a new song.Well, it's not really new, it's just the live version of our popular little tune "The Big Glide", recorded live at Blue Shell in Cologne during the last John Pee...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:25:00 GMT

Yet another bloody video!

Since the album is coming out soon, we thought we'd better do some decent videos.Here's one of a nifty little song by Chris, where he not only sings but plays guitar too.I only do the "Typical Marc" a...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:27:00 GMT

The Election in Hesse

We all live in Frankfurt at the moment, which is the German state of Hesse, which has its state election on Sunday.The following parties are standing for election:Christian Democratic Union, run by sm...
Posted by on Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:41:00 GMT

MERRY CRIMBO!

On Xmas Eve we had our traditional Christmas Dinner.For starters we had a bottle of a rather superb Champagne.For the main course we had decided on some Thai, since we all great fans of South East Asi...
Posted by on Fri, 26 Dec 2008 10:48:00 GMT

Album, Radio and RUBBISH!

"Where have you been?" he asked"Well, I was in London a couple of weeks ago...""No, no. I mean since then." he cut in, "I haven't seen you down the pub recently. And anyway, when are you playing live ...
Posted by on Sun, 14 Dec 2008 05:28:00 GMT

Damn good looking...

...and bloody modest too!Live at Frankfurt Raumstation...MARCCHRISMAXWE HAD A GREAT TIME!More blah blah when I've sobered up a bit more!Cheers!MARC
Posted by on Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:56:00 GMT

Its Guy Fawkes Night!

For the benefit of my non-Brit readers:Guy Fawkes was a member of a group of revolutionaries who tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament on November 5th 1605.The plan failed, and poor old Guy was to...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:19:00 GMT

Gay Millionaires...

...shock horror cover Radioroad West ballad!Well, we're always trying to push ourselves, different combinations of the three of us writing, trying new things out with our instruments, both Chris and M...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:27:00 GMT