Member Since: 12/1/2007
Band Website: myspace.com/aldenroach
Band Members: AR - Lead Vox
Carolyn - Lilting Alto
AR - Copious Guitars
AR - Childlike Tom Toms
AR - Piano Shots
AR - Clandestine Strings
Influences: Leonard Cohen
Wallace Stevens
Dave Carter
Colin Newman
Brian Eno
David Bowie
New Model Army
The Damned
Otis Redding
the Mountain Goats
Peter Murphy
Jacques Brel
Jose Feliciano
Arcade Fire
Julian Cope
John Spillane
Roky Erickson
Jimmy MacCarthy
William Carlos Williams
Christy Moore
The Jazz Butcher
Cat Stevens
Frank Tovey
the Stranglers
James Thurber
Smokey Robinson
Thelonious Monk
the Fleshtones
Einstürzende Neubauten
Echo and the Bunnymen
Marc Bolan
David J.
Alejandro Escovedo
Sandy Bull
Jackie Leven
Gavin Friday
Kurt Weill
Ray Bradbury
Midnight Oil
Raymond MacDonald Alden
Sounds Like: For the most part, I sound like Alden Roach, but I think there are probably hints of T. Rex, Eno, Bowie, Peter Murphy, the Jazz Butcher, Kurt Weill, and Leonard Cohen in my music - and if I'm lucky enough, the true greats like Christy Moore, Dave Carter and Johnny Spillane might surface someday in my words and song. Some have said I sound little like the Beatles at times too - which I consider the compliment of compliments!
Record Label: Unsigned - songs/poetry copyright 2008 Alden Roach
Type of Label: None