Member Since: 1/1/2008
Band Members: All instruments and vocals by John Rimmer. Recording and mixing by John Rimmer in the famous loft studio!
Influences: I guess we are all really influenced by everything we experience, and that includes the things we don't want to be associated with.
I remember when I was a kid about 6 year old and my mother used to take me into town with her for the weekly shop. We always used to call on this old guy who I think had been some kind of entertainer during his life. Well he had a collection of musical instruments like guitar, violin and piano, a ventriloquist dummy, an old wind up gramaphone and a collection of vynil 78s most of which would make me cringe these days. But I used to enjoy those visits. I got to listen to the records and make a few noises on the instruments, with a little tutoring from our host. I suppose this was my earliest attempts at making music.
I also had two big sisters who were mad into the pop scene of the day. They'd be out buying the latest single just so they could say they had it, and raving over the pretty boy pin-ups. I think I decided then that I would not end up like that (er.. pretty girl pin-ups in my case). Although when Cliff Richard released 'Move It' and we began hearing from The Stones and The Kinks it began to get my attention. Then along came the likes of Clapton, Page, Hendrix, Beck etc. and pretty soon I realised that the guitar was talking to me and I needed to join in the conversation. The inovation continued with bands like Floyd and Queen and I guess the more you take in and expand your musical horizons, the more musical appreciation you develop and it just becomes a part of you which relates in a big way to your life.
I mean, just remember what the anarchy of the Sex Pistols started! How many genres have developed from that point based on the musical and life influences of a whole host of people with widely different backgrounds.
So you end up being who you are and doing what you do. Are you interested in commercial success or do you want to express your own truth, or can you do both? Do you want to be catagorised into a genre or have the freedom to explore the possibilities within you? You never know, you could end up setting a marker in the evolution of modern music.
Sounds Like: This is a hard one. I mean I've had my favorite bands over the years and I used to listen closely to the melodies of my guitar heroes but I've never consciously tried to copy them. Even playing covers I've always tried to do it with my own stamp on things. Same with the songs I'm writing. They just pop into my head and I record them, for better or worse.
I suppose somewhere in the back of my head there's a reference which has come from somewhere but I don't know what.
Perhaps someone can tell ME!!!
Record Label: Unsigned