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About Me

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Slash!SAKURA!slash! is Benson. From Sydney, Australia; Benson has now based himself in Hong "live it, love it" Kong, where he is loving the life playing his music.

His grass roots are from being the singer/guitarist of popular Sydney based hard core band Kelewan, moving to play bass and sing in the legendary tripleXfiasco. He is also now playing in the HK band NOUGHTS & EXES (with Joshua and Ding from Whence he Came, Nic from the Love Song and Jennifer)

Now he has brought the melody, the screamo, the pop, the punk, the attitude to Hong Kong. All through himself and his rockin’ Maton acoustic.many thanks to amberly for the words....

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/21/2005
Band Members: Benson- Acoustic guitar + Vocalswith Micmsn: [email protected]
Influences: Glass Jaw, Damien Rice, Isis, Deftones, Michael Franti, pageninetynine, Guns N Roses, Finch, Tiesto, Whence He Came, Thursday, Coheed & Cambria, Dillinger Escape Plan, Motley Crue, Beatsie Boys, Dragon Ash, Ketsumeishi, Envy, Jimmy Eat World, Circle Takes the Square, The Juliana Theory, Lamb, Team Sleep and much much much more
Sounds Like: me playing guitar
Type of Label: None

My Blog

video of Shima

just a glimpse of an awesome night with Shima, psalm, christina song (yumi) and motionfads.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV85lWVlrH8what a great night, thanks for coming.!
Posted by slash!SAKURA!slash! on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 07:04:00 PST

ACOUSTIC NIGHTS @ MINK

as you know I host monthly acoustic nights at Mink Bar on Hollywood Rd, Central.There has been an amazing response and turnout to these nights and I am amazed at how many acoustic guitarists and singe...
Posted by slash!SAKURA!slash! on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 02:16:00 PST

MERRY XMAS

hey Hong Kong,First of all 2006 has been a blast. everything from LLNR, Rockit, CIS, Warehouse and that show at EDGE! i have had a fun year... and maybe it's time for me to get a bit more serious? hah...
Posted by slash!SAKURA!slash! on Sun, 24 Dec 2006 11:23:00 PST

news and stuff

hi all, so it's been a bit of a quiet one for me.,.. been bogged down with work and stuff...after Dec 8th its all music for me, gonna work on a new set, do some recordings and plan ...
Posted by slash!SAKURA!slash! on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 09:44:00 PST

FUND RAISER

y'know this is pretty late...but last week Luke Chow, Mic, Spodac and I played at a fund raiser at CIS...you CIS crew rock!! thank you for the support!!!!!!See you around!
Posted by slash!SAKURA!slash! on Sun, 24 Sep 2006 10:35:00 PST

SUPPORTING HK BANDS>>>> READ THIS- BENSON IS PISSED OFF

ok, so i'm a little pissed off.I spoke about this ON STAGE about how we should support HK bands and artists as we are such a tight knit community. but when a leading promoter of band nights hires some...
Posted by slash!SAKURA!slash! on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 10:59:00 PST

Check out this event: Fringe Club

Hosted By: Fringe Club/Papa Jack BandWhen: 22 Jul 2006 10:00 PMWhere: Fringe ClubLan Kwai Fong, HKDescription: Fringe Club/Papa Jack Band Click Here To View Event...
Posted by slash!SAKURA!slash! on Mon, 10 Jul 2006 08:50:00 PST

MIND YOUR HEAD aftermath

the warehouse (MIND YOUR HEAD 0627) show was a lot of fun.Thank you to everyone who was involved, especially Irene and kimi for letting me play.Thanks to Alley for the videos, and to the awesome bands...
Posted by slash!SAKURA!slash! on Mon, 29 May 2006 10:33:00 PST

AFAR

I have posted aan old song i wrote with tripleXfiasco some years back, only because i play an acoustic (duh) version of this in my set.... just thought i'd put it up :)... so you know where it came fr...
Posted by slash!SAKURA!slash! on Wed, 29 Mar 2006 06:18:00 PST

ONE SONG UP FOR ONLY A SHORT WHILE

herro! I've posted an initial tracking of "I CANNOT BE OPEN WITH YOU (WHY BREAK MY SILENCE)" FOR 2 REASONS: 1. my laptop died... along with all tracking... so this is it as it stands...
Posted by slash!SAKURA!slash! on Fri, 07 Oct 2005 12:55:00 PST