Back in business. It may or may not still be called GNARbabies, but I'm back in business. Looking for a live drummer. Hit me up if you are one or know one.
Love,
Danny S. De Maio (aka GNARbabies)
My email address: [email protected]
Member Since: 17/09/2007
Band Website: myspace.com/gnarbabies/xanga.com/btzinc(for stuff)
Band Members:Danny De Maio (all instruments/ programming)
Influences: INFORMING GNARbabies:
*California/ surf culture
*My friends and their art (I Shot the Pilot, portraitFIASCO, Faim Kills, Tiger Bears, What Hands Are For, etc)
*Dirty, raw production
*Atlanta/Athens, Georgia and the whole scene blossoming out there
*the smell of a brand new bar of Sex Wax (for the ol' shred sled, of course)
* LOUD shit
* WEIRD shit
*The pure stuff in my head
*My ADD towards genre, concept, and experimentalism/ traditionalism
* Southern-style Sweet Tea
*Bradford Cox (Atlas Sound/ Deerhunter)
*Alex Knost
*Robbie Kegal (aka Gato Heroi)
* Thomas Campbell
*David Lynch
*Matt Gordon
Jack White
Japanese Motors
Black Lips
No Age
LIARS
King Khan and the Shrines
The Hives
Josh Homme
King Khan & BBQ Show
Sonic Youth
My Bloody Valentine
The Beach Boys
Beck
Jesse Lacey
Jesus and Mary Chain
Fugazi
Josh Scogin (The Chariot/ A Rose By Any Other Name)
Cody Votolato
Tom Waits
The Bronx
Link Ray
The Distillers
Nick Zinner
Sune Rose Wagner
The Velvet Underground
David Bowie
Damon Albarn
Panda Bear/ Animal Collective
Heavy Trash/ The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Brace Pane (The Gossip/ Die Monitr Batss)
Hot Snakes
Q & Not U
Trent Reznor
The Strokes
Jay Reatard
Phantom Planet
A Place to Bury Strangers
BORIS
T. Rex
Johnny Thunders
Grand Ole Party
PJ Harvey
general weirdness and embracing my quirks
...and mythologizing the girl I hope to one day settle down with
...and way too many more to name.
LITERATURE inspirations
"The Halloween Tree"
"October Dreams"
"Hot Water Music"
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
"1984"
"The Most Beautiful Woman in Town"
"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"
FILM inspirations
"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"
"The Science of Sleep"
"Lost in Translation"
"The Creature from the Black Lagoon"/ "Revenge of the Creature"
all of Wes Anderson's flicks
"Apocalypse Now"
"Sprout"
"Donnie Darko"
"Halloween" (1978)
Sounds Like: Alternating between...
"Things will turn out the way you want if you could just stop doubting that I love you"
and...
"YOU PEOPLE VOTED FOR HUBERT HUMPHREY AND YOU KILLED JESUS!!!"
Record Label: Steal Mantra
Type of Label: Indie