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the octagon

what does it take to be king of the jungle?

About Me

open-ended, unrequited love.
from saidthegramophone.com:The Octagon - "The Narrow Road to Oku". It's a little disoriented, this sandy rock-song. It went wandering into the desert with a bottle of red wine, a Pavement album, and a few hours later is like: what the fuck? Whoever it was supposed to meet with didn't show up; whichever stars it was expecting to see didn't make an appearance. And now its shoes are tied in unfamiliar knots, its hair is filled with grains of unfamiliar minerals, and it's got a catchy song in its head - something it found in a dune, burnished and hopeful and even a little buddhist. Whereever the hell it came from, The Octagon's gonna carry it around for a while. (Tip o' the hat to former Montreal drummer, Will Glass.)
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/17/2004
Band Website: theoctagonrock.com
Band Members: gibraltar. mexico. the bunny. glass.
Influences: daniel johnston, the feelies, sebadoh, super lucky cat, the beatles, guided by voices, donna&althea, guitars of the golden triangle, the clash, lee "scratch" perry, lions and tigers, devo, graham smith, clyde stubblefield, the pixies, the lemonheads, velvet underground, smzb, grateful dead, ween, cold war kids, the jam, squeeze, the libertines, homestead records, phantom tollbooth, dinosaur jr., death of samantha, astral weeks, bobby dylan, otis redding, david allan coe, johnny cash, old photo albums, confusion, heartbreak, and a "passion for learning"
Sounds Like: beat it til it bleeds
Record Label: Serious Business Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

new album update! whoa ho ho

Earlier this month we were down in mebane, NC recording with the incomparable Jerry Kee at his Duck Kee Studios.The session was a roaring success. We laid down a ton of tracks, mostly live to 2" tape ...
Posted by the octagon on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 03:41:00 PST