Music:
Member Since: 8/25/2005
Band Website: basement3.com
Band Members:
kenny schick
song writer, lead vocals, guitar, saxophone, bass, percussion, violin, megaphone, producer/engineer.... everything...
and lots of guests...
Influences:
Me with one of my biggest influences--Gillian Welch!
gillian welch, john coltrane, tom waits, ryan adams, low, iron and wine, tool, elvis costello, aimee mann, pj harvey, tori amos, calexico, dirty three, nick cave, shreikback, geraldine fibbers, miles davis, be good tanyas, grant lee buffalo/philips, sam phillips, jeff buckley, dresden dolls, nina nastasia, xtc, kronos quartet, bela bartok, dexter gordon, nine inch nails, fiona apple, martha wainwright, nick drake, branford marsalis, patty griffin, alice in chains, nirvana, ani difranco, james brown, talking heads, barry adamson, baaba maal, king sunny ade, beck, belly, tanya donnelly, kristin hersh, beth gibbons, beth orton, portishead, massive attack, tricky, morcheeba, x, violent femmes, radiohead, johnny parry, patti smith, concrete blonde, big black, steve albini, bjork, blonde redhead, bob mould, morphine, the breeders, sonic youth, fishbone, coldplay, cowboy junkies, david byrne, damien rice, dead can dance, the decemberists, dinosaur jr, dr john, elliot smith, emmylou harris, faun fables, michael hedges, michael brecker, michael jackson heheh...., sleepytime gorilla museum, foo fighters, the frames, fugazi, gang of four, hunters and collectors, mark seymour, joe henderson, joanna newsom, regina spektor, leo kottke, johnny cash, joni mitchell, joy division, killing joke, kate bush, peter gabriel, midnight oil, kt tunstall, lambchop, tindersticks, leonard cohen, lhasa del sela, lucinda williams, mazzy star, material, mccoy tyner, medeski martin and wood, the meters, mission of burma, natalie merchant, neil young, nina simone, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, pere ubu, pixies, posies, pigbag, pink floyd, the pogues, primus, rasputina, red house painters, richard buckner, robyn hitchcock, shawn colvin, soul coughing, swans, suzanne vega, thelonious monk, tin hat trio, vic chesnutt, whiskeytown, wilco, uncle tupelo, son volt, yo la tengo...
Sounds Like: avant-garde urban country folkBasement 3 is where primal meets urban. it is flavors and rhythms of world music fed by the fury of punk, industrial, and avant garde jazz, all served with a side of pop. It sounds like what might happen if Maynard James Keenan, King Sunny Ade, Gillian Welch, PJ Harvey, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and John Coltrane rented a limo, tipped back a few drinks, picked up Morphine (the band and/or the drug), and crashed a Portishead concert, and then began channeling the spirits of elliot smith, nick drake, curt cobain, and jeff buckley.
'Black and Blue' live at Red House, Walnut Creek, CA
Original Video - More videos at TinyPic
Kenny's video for Aimee Mann 'Freeway' Contest - one of the top 10!!
Kenny Schick-Live at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, 2007CD
(part of) VIDEO DOCUMENTARY - THE MAKING OF 'UNDER'- kenny doing a one take 'in studio' live version of 'black and blue'
INSPIRATIONS FOR THE 'UNDER' CD
(part of) VIDEO DOCUMENTARY - THE MAKING OF 'UNDER' - Kenny's discussion about the recording of the new cd, 'UNDER'. A musical and photographic journey.
'SWEETEST STING' VIDEO
kenny performing 'calling you' solo acoustic style--this is a track that will be on the soon to be released acoustic cd, 'under', recorded mostly in australia late 2006 and 2007.
Record Label: merrymolemusic
Type of Label: None
