Member Since: 06/10/2005
Band Website: www.roadtov.com/profile/12984
Band Members: Mothboy (beats, chimes and backbone), Papa La Bas (voice, guitars and concept), Spidey3 (voice, guitars and tunes), La Grand Zombi (guitars, samples and gun-for-hire) and Sinister Waltz (bass, voice and tattoes). Recordings produced variously by La Grand Zombi, Spidey3 and The Exile.
Influences: survival of the species
Sounds Like: "We are looking at Spiderman on bass guitar. And Spiderman on electric guitar. And Spiderman on second guitar and 'headphones'. And Spiderman on third electric guitar and vocals. They are all wearing hooded tops. And Spiderman masks. And what are those oil drums doing at the side of the stage? Intriguing. From what I can see, this could be anything from a Slipknot side-project through to a freak supergroup secretly cloned in a Polish laboratory and masked for the safety of teenage girls. What follows next can be be desribed as a Deftones/Mogwai collaboration on acid played in a drunken manner by people chanting voodoo rites. Really. The invisible drummer is doing a fine job. The Spidermen, meanwhile, do a job. Almost good, not quite crap. Spiderman ..2 is pushing the headphones against the pickups on his guitar, adding a crackly voice to the mix. Spiderman ..3 is 'singing' when he's not busy playing with his delay pedal. Bass Spiderman seems to actually know the songs, which is remarkable. If this was blues music, it would be called 'jamming'. Where do you start if you're the soundguy? You probably don't actually - you sit back and let the chaos unfold, thinking smugly that at least your mic stands are safe. And that's about the time that Alt-Rock TM take out the sledgehammer. Yes, one of those things you kill your argumentative spouse with before burying them in a shallow grave behind the barn. Remember those oil drums I mentioned earlier? Well this is where they come into play. It starts off innocently enough, with Spiderman ..2 beating wooden sticks against a barrel to create a 'rhythm'. Then the sticks break and so a guitar is used instead. Spiderman ..2 is angry now. He takes a long run-up and launches a savage attack on the unfortunate oil drum. Spiderman ..1 joins in with the aforementioned sledgehammer. There is debris flying everywhere. And a small child is standing dangerously close. Time to look up that Claims Direct number if you're his daddy. We are now witnessing a new type of industrial rock which shall be known as 'post-building-site'. a cross between music and demolition. I an half expecting a crane with one of those big ball and chain things to come crashing through the wall at any second. 'SMASH! SMASh! SMASH!' goes the sledgehammer. 'BING BANG BONG' go the sticks. People are getting scared now. The famously warped Lava floor is in danger of collapsing. I have sudden flashbacks of news stories in which wedding guests in Korea collapse through the dancefloor and land in raw sewage 50 feet below. Who knows what's beneath Lava? Another even more dangerous thought enters my head. Alt-Rock TM with power tools. Now that's got to be worth seeing. How do you tell a masked man with a sledgehammer in his hand to tone things down? Alt-Rock TM? Rock on!"
Record Label: In Tranquillo Records
Type of Label: Indie