Member Since: 21/09/2007
Band Website: onionmilk.com/splendidhand
Band Members: just me and yet not just me:i play drums for monkey island and the zenits;
i play guitar, keyboards, bass, melodica, autoharp, ukelele, mandolin, stylophone, xylophone and dumpguitar in Rudd, the onionmilk singers, thee merricks and Thee Brilliant Skills.......and many things with Ashley Real-Life in the Matinee BandI have also made some noises for David Mysterious & Morning Bride..........i make paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures in the guise of the splendidhand along with benjamin rudd, and we make the graphic design for various things such as releases by The Bed, The Venomseeds and Monkey Island..........I have sculpted into plastic the sounds of the Morning Bride, The Dublo, Thee Merricks and Amy Walker.........I make paintings in the guise of myself..........I sleep little...........I like me zip-up boots and a glass of Rioja
Influences: Daniel Johnston, Scout Niblett, (Smog), Keith Moon, Eric Ravilious, Thomas Demand, Akira Kurosawa, Herman Dune, 10cc, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, The Pixies, Leadbelly, The Ecksmarks The Spot, Billy Childish, Velvet Underground, Neu!, Pavement, Preston Scool of Industry, Michel Gondry, Geoff Wellum, Will Self, Russell Hoban, Bapchild, The Tench, Adam Green, Jonathan Richman, Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, Clinic, Ivor Cutler, Mike Nelson, Dinosaur Jr, Flaming Lips, Pulp, Ian Dury, Half Man Half Biscuit, A Matter Of Life and Death, Sir Henry At Rawlinson End, The Ronettes, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, The Ramones, Carlos Ezquerra, Chris Ware, Daniel Clowes, The Wicker Man, The Life and Death Of Colonel Blimp, Toby Litt, Jonathan Letham, Studio Ghibli, David Lynch, Lou Barlow, Gwrayhwam Cwockswon, The Prisoner, Big Train, Battle Royale, The Trap Door, The Monks, PJ Harvey, Mission Of Burma, KING ROLLO
Sounds Like: The shop all falling out the door