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Crash City Saints

About Me

Crash City Sanctuary: Lighting Out For The Territories...

CCS at Last.fm

CCS at Soundclick

You Make Friends, We Make Music

CCS at Unsigned

Those of a frail disposition may wish to bring earplugs...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 15/08/2004
Band Website: www.myspace.com/crashcitysaints
Band Members: Joshua Garman - guitars, vocals, loops, drum programming
Chris Wahamaki - bass, vocals
April Morris - tamborine, vocals, unwavering positivity in the face of unyielding doom
... and a cast of thousands!!
Influences: My Bloody Valentine
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Medicine
Swervedriver
Bailter Space
Chapterhouse
Kitchens of Distinction
Slowdive
Ride
Primal Scream
Solar Coaster
Charlatans UK
Brian Jonestown Massacre
Lush
Catherine Wheel
Swirlies
The Cocteau Twins
House of Love
Smashing Pumpkins
Anything Box
Lilys
Bob Mould (Husker Du, Sugar)
The Stone Roses
Meat Beat Manifesto
One Dove
Skywave
The Glowfriends
Justin Broadrick (Godflesh, Jesu)
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Scott Cortez (Astrobrite, Loveliescrushing, STAR)
Verve
Sonic Youth
Hum
Dinosaur Jr.
Spacemen 3
early 4AD
Slumberland
C86
Phil Spector
Motown/60's soul
David Lynch
Way too much to list really...
Sounds Like: Somebody watched a LOT of MTV 120 Minutes circa 1991!
Record Label: You Make Friends, We Make Music
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

This year is the f***ing year

Hello all. Long time no post.After numerous false starts and failed attempts, I have made a solemn personal vow to have what will eventually be the Crash City Saints first full-length cd release ready...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:50:00 GMT

Crash City Sanctuary

We've been doing some thinking...and it gave birth to this.About:"In black & white, Websters-esque terms, the Crash City Sanctuary is an online database  for Michigan based shoegazers Crash City Sain...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:49:00 GMT

Screaming Blue Messiahs, Linda Linda Linda, and Stuff

- The Screaming Blue Messiahs are seriously overdue for some cd reissues and a critical reevaluation. These guys wrote some of the best driving down the highway in the desert at 100 miles an hour wit...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:47:00 GMT

How I Learned to Quit Worrying and Love the Glowfriends

A few things: 1. Amidst the pedal-pushing majesty that was last night's show at downtown Kalamazoo's newly opened Dino's Rock Room, I witnessed greatness, and my dwindling faith in music has...
Posted by on Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:12:00 GMT

Keeping this quick

Kalamashoegaze was amazing, every band was fantastic, we loved talking to everyone, we loved playing to everyone who stuck around for us.  Thank you April for all the hard work you put into this ...
Posted by on Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:54:00 GMT

It comes...KALAMASHOEGAZE 2.0...plus important news

What has become my favorite day of the year approaches ever closer.  Kalamashoegaze Festival 2.0, Aug 23rd, Saturday.  Ten dollars gets you a full day of bad ass musicianship.  How can ...
Posted by on Mon, 11 Aug 2008 03:53:00 GMT

What do we do on off days? (UPDATED 8/2/08)

Chris and myself are blessed/cursed with an exorbitant amount of free time right now.  So what do we do when we get exceptionally, or even slightly bored?  We make music.  Today marked ...
Posted by on Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:37:00 GMT

A huge apology to our Chicago fans...

So the legal system has beaten the working man once again.  For those of you that know me, I ran into some legal issues around April, and unfortunately my request to leave the state on work permi...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:36:00 GMT

In Case You Didnt Feel Like Showing Up

Some minute-or-so-long clips of Crash City Saints live my brother Nathan recorded on his digital camera at International Pop Overthrow Festival 2008:Harbor Lights and Let's Be HonestI'll have some vid...
Posted by on Thu, 15 May 2008 06:44:00 GMT

We Came, We Saw, We Kicked Ass

Despite arriving on the heels of a week-long bout with the flu, Sonic Lullaby was a lot of fun. Sunlight Ascending kicked ass, and this is coming from somebody who could take or leave m...
Posted by on Tue, 13 May 2008 08:05:00 GMT