Member Since: 9/29/2005
Band Website: GIGantics.com.au
Band Members: So many musicians to play with!
Influences: Music evokes or amplifies emotions so my influences and tastes are wide and deep - here are some of the very important ones...Tori Amos, Fiona Apple, Air, Bent, Bjork, Sarah Blasko, Chicane, The Clouds, Decoder Ring, Explosions in the Sky, Faith No More, Flunk, Foo Fighters, Frou Frou, Garbage, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Goldfrapp, Gomez, The Hampdens, Juliana Hatfield, Imogen Heap, Hole, Iron Maiden, Janes Addiction, K's Choice, Kings X, Lali Puna, Lamb, Lenny Kravitz, Massive Attack, Metallica, Mogwai, Mono, Muse, Heather Nova, Beth Orton, Liz Phair, Placebo, Poe, The Police, Portishead, Sia, Siqur Ros, Smashing Pumpkins, Sneaker Pimps, Something for Kate, Soundgarden, Stars, Stone Temple Pilots, Tea Party, Emiliana Torrini, Rachael Yamagata, Zero 7...I know, alphabetical order, I'm like that!
What I'm listening to now:
- Feist: The Reminder
- New Buffalo: Somewhere, anywhere
- Megadeth: United Abominations
- Tori Amos: American Doll Posse
Sounds Like: The Scarletts sound like:
The Veronicas & Evanescence love child with Tori Amos as god mother
Ben Crick sounds like:
Matthew Ryan, Ryan Adams, Tom Waits
Tania Moran sounds like:
Natalie Imbruglia, Delta, Kylie
Movies:
I have my favourite directors - Richard Linklater (Before Sunrise, Before Sunset), Peter Jackson (Before Lord of the Rings!!), David Cronenberg, Luc Besson, Jean-Pierre Jeunet...my love of anything arty and slightly warped. John Cusack, Ethan Hawke, and Kate Beckinsale (love Kate!)...B to Z grade schlock horror and science fiction that I adore and also short films...and these films changed my life - Eternal Sunshine & the Spotless Mind, Garden State, Requiem for a Dream...guess I'm showing my "Gen X" age!!
TV:
I don't have much time for TV...i only watch quality "trash" reality programs and Greys Anatomy....bring on Paradise Hotel Series 2!!!
Books:
I don't often buy books, I like to read books that friends lend to me...its more interesting that way.
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