Member Since: 9/14/2005
Band Website: JoelSkoda.com coming soon
Band Members: Joel A. Skoda alone in the studio playing:Acoustic Guitars/Vocals/Harmonica/Piano/Bass and anything else i can get my hands on that will emit a sound that i can stick a microphone in front of...........i am still looking for musicians to perform live with.............................All bookings set up and handled by Joel, so either leave a message here or e-mail him at [email protected] thanks******************************************************
Influences:
the main musical ones are Bob Dylan, and Elliott Smith but I am deeply inspired also by Radiohead,The Shins,Modest Mouse,Grizzly Bear,most of the Garden State soundtrack,as cliche' as that is....Matt Costa,Led Zeppelin,Beatles,Dave Matthews(and his band),Tim Reynolds,Rusted Root,Smashing Pumpkins,Phish,Bob Marley,White Stripes,Mars Volta,Jimi Hendrix,Phish,Jack Johnson, Cold War Kids, Grizzly Bear, Lou Barlow, David Bowie, Jack Keourac, Hunter S. Thompson, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Bicyle Fight, Mike Huerta, Josh Murphy, Leila Lopez,Half Hour Shower, Tony McMillen,Mallory Clark,Edgar Allan Poe, Sigmund Freud, Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese, Stanley Kubrick, Jim Morrison, George Orwell, William S. Burroughs, Marilyn Monroe, Charlie Chaplin, Mississippi John Hurt, Woody Guthrie, Maya Angelou, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Tucson sunsets, honest tramps,lying debutaunts,Gizmo,bye-bye guys,Orson Welles, Charlie Kaufman, religious hypocrites, pessimistic optimists, optimistic hypocrites,the legend of Jesus Hong(still doesn't know where people are getting christ),TetraHydroCannabinol,Psychopscylabin, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, James Brown,GreyBoy Allstars,animation, the tide,hurricanes, undertow,fires,Ernest Hemingway, Johnny Cash,Robert Johnson sun showers, ice,the hypocrisy, apathy and pointless debates caused by the bible, memories from awakening my consciousness for the last twenty-three years ,and Every great piece of art , well made film and anything that causes the emotions that drive us... The beautiful coast, sandy beaches and cities of California,the good old feeling of being home in Chicago and being lost in the woods of Illinois.....
Sounds Like: A guitarist who can't sing but has something to say..... a product of my
influencesDeath of the Optimistic Hypocrite LIVE 10-20-07 TV debut
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Record Label: 7th Sense Records
Type of Label: Indie