Member Since: 7/21/2005
Band Website: misterlee.co.uk
Band Members: Misterlee/Lee Allatson - Vocals, boomy bass drum and a rattly snare, Space Echo, maraca, tambourine, laughing bag, Electro Harmonix Space Drum plus many other instruments and real-time FX deliveries; Jamie 'Pirate' Smith - The Smith's Hawk 6-string electric guitar; Michael Curtis Oxtoby - Stingray Electric Violin and detuned bass guitar.
Influences: !? ~ Who Knows ~ !? BUT..... "I'm not sure exactly where he's coming from but it's definitely somewhere that Syd Barrett and Captain Beefheart have been; Tom Waites goes there on his holidays and The Beatles drove past there in the later years of their collctive trip" [Freqzine]; "between the cutting but inviting whimsy of Flipron and the pressing, oppressive demands of History Of Guns" [MickMercer]; "a gravelly howl that sounds like a cross between Dawn of The Replicants' Paul Vickers and Nick Cave" [Kitten Painting]; "a rather fine kind of radiant antifolk lo-fi Dufus/Beck/Elliot Smith weird ass thing" [Organ].
Sounds Like: "There is no true label or definition that one could apply to Misterlee, it stands up not only as it's own sound, but provokes emotion in a way that most music can't these days" [FolkItUp]; "Fantastically fragrant pop for those with a twisted mind" [Shadowplay]; "Misterlee makes a fucking terrifying sound" [Tastyzine]; "Brilliantly defies categorization" [IndieDisco]; "We don't know how to describe it apart from very, very, very good indeed" [Unpeeled]; "a true maverick with a vision worth sharing" [AmericanaUK].
Record Label: Rubber Czech Records
Type of Label: Indie