Member Since: 10/8/2005
Band Website: none
Band Members: Nick Rod
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Influences: In No Particular Order: Red Hot Chili Peppers, John Frusciante, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana, The Mars Volta, At The Drive In, Iggy Pop (solo) and The Stooges, David Bowie, The Velvet Underground (and Lou Reed and John Cale's solo work), Robert Johnson, The Cure, The Clash, The Ramones, The Dead Kennedys, The Germs, Bad Brains, Minor Threat, Fugazi, Ataxia, The Pixies, The Minutemen, Fela Kuti, Public Enemy, N.W.A., Snoop, M.C. Chris, The Roots, Wu-Tang Clan, Captain Beefheart, P-Funk (anything George Clinton), Frank Zappa, Big Star, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Ween, Beck, LeShok, Modest Mouse, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Can, Herbie Hancock, The Beach Boys, Fats Domino, The Monks, Meat Puppets (Curt Kirkwood's solo work), Gnarls Barkley (anything Danger Mouse does is GOLD!! Cee-Lo is great too!), Pere Ubu, Julian Cope, Skip Spence, Love, "Wild Man" Fischer, Immortal Technique, Elliott Smith, Jeff Buckley, Einsturzende Neubauten, Sausage, Primus, Oysterhead, Col. Claypool and The Fearless Flying Frog Brigade (and the Bucket Of Bernie Brains), Praxis, Buckethead, Bjork, Mike Watt, fIREHOSE, Sweet 75, Dinosaur Jr., Soft Boys, Faust, Neu, MC5, John Zorn, Kraftwerk, Gorillaz, Handsome Boy Modeling School, The Zombies, Tom Waits, Harry Partch, Geggy Tah, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Roy Orbison, Outkast, P.O.S., MF Doom, Sole, Bob Dylan, Blonde Redhead, Kain, Matisyahu, Atmosphere, Sigur Ros, Boards of Canada, TV On The Radio, Spoon, Low, Fog, Dosh, Subtle, Lovage, Skip James, J.B. Lenior, Lead Belly, Violent Femmes, The Rolling Stones (pre-1975), Greazy Meal, Scramin' Jay Hawkins, Happy Apple, P.J. Harvey, The Lengendary Pink Dots, Leonard Cohen, Tupac, The Notorious B.I.G., Black Flag, Patti Smith, Eminem, Deconstruction, Buffy St. Marie, Mudhoney, Fila Brazilia, Theivery Corporation, Wilco, Rage Against The Machine, Oasis, U2, Prince, Beastie Boys, Don Caballero, Sublime, The Flaming Lips, Radiohead, Sigur Ros, The Talking Heads, Brian Eno, Depeche Mode, Joy Division, New Order, Aphex Twin, Tricky, Massive Attack, DJ Shadow (U.N.K.L.E.), Portishead, Jane's Addiction, Porno For Pyros, The White Stripes, Weezer, The Bad Plus, Toots and The May-Tals, Sly and The Revolutionaries, Peter Tosh, Medeski, Martin and Wood, Nine Inch Nails, Bob Marley, Can, T-Rex, The Mamas and The Papas, Birthday Party, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Jesus Lizard, The Dirty Three, John Scofield, Charlie Parker, Dave Brubeck, Dizzy Gillespie, Jaco Pastorius, Ray Charles, Nick Drake, Public Image Ltd., Keith Levene, Cream, John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra), Maceo Parker, The Doors, Sly and the Family Stone, The Ohio Players, The Funky Meters, Marc Ribot, Zero 7, Jethro Tull, Bauhaus, Del Shannon, Otis Redding, Bo Diddley, Imaginary Friends, The Farm, Tommy James and the Shon-Dells, Green Day, Buddy Guy, Wes Montgomery, Simon and Garfunkel, Sage Francis, El-P, Kool Keith, Dr. Octagon, Solesides, Blackalicious, The Gift Of Gab, Lateef The Truth Speaka, Lyrics Born, Cheif Excel, Aesop Rock, Doseone, ClouDead, Subtle, Autechre, The Prodigy, DJ Cam, DJ Coldcut, DJ Swamp, DJ John, Del the Funky Homosapien, Andrew Sikora, Terell Paris, Clint Eckberg, Jig Monkey, The Asparagus Children, Pooka Kru, The Chris Barber 3, Black Flag, Duke Ellington, Ella Fizgerald, Billie Holliday, Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughan, Erma Thomas, Circle Jerks, The Pixies, The Breeders, Durruti Column, Tegan and Sara, The Legenday Marvin Pontiac, Mr. Bungle, Tomahawk, Faith No More, Peepting Tom, Fantomas, Trulio Disgracias, The Three Amoebas, Fishbone, Neil Young, XTC, Action Figure Party, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Outkast, Air, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy, Ornette Coleman, Exuma, Banyan, R.E.M., Syd Barrett, King Crimson, early Yes, John Lurie, Lounge Lizards, Thelonious Monster, My Dad, too many others too name... you know who you are . . .
Sounds Like: If Nirvana got in a car crash with The Beatles and Eazy-E...A funked up mariachi band eating a dinosaur's ass...WHAT?! MAYBE NOT...Hear It In Your Ears!!
Record Label: none
Type of Label: Indie