Craig Northey - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I am probably best known for my work in "Odds". We were labeled a post-punk, powerpop, pomo... um...band from Vancouver BC that formed in ’87, made its first record in ’91, made a few more then stopped in about 2000. If there had been a "myspace" back then our friends would have had really interesting pictures and icons. I went on to become a serial collaborator and practitioner of the creative "grapeshot theory" -- just keep firing and at least one ship will sink. You can find out about all the shots that put a hole in the hull at craignorthey.com. There are enough records, songs, soundtracks and scores to occupy you with the Kevin Bacon game for at least 15 minutes. The stuff that fell into the water and is lying on the bottom will be found here for now. I’ll keep rotating the four pieces of music as quickly as I can. It will be more like picking at twilight through the remains of a drunken garage sale than it will be a stroll through my vain little art gallery. If you find something you like...just take it. The dude is asleep.Could you tell Kevin Bacon that I have now joined "the New Odds" and the snake is finally eating its tail. Our new record "Cheerleader" comes out May 20th on Pheromone Recordings. You can hear samples at pheromonerecordings.com
GET A BUNCH OF THE CD’S HERE: http://www.maplemusic.com/artists/cno/default.asp

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/11/2005
Band Website: craignorthey.com , thenewodds.com
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Influences: Most all music even if I don't like it. I have played music I didn't like and that is what makes me keep digging down harder to define what it is I do like. Down near my musical nuts live the Beatles, the Stones, the Who, the Otis Redding and any K-Tel classic where R&B crossed over to pop. Those were the gateway bands. Christ...this could go on forever...guitar players alone...just look at everybody else's lists...the good ones are all there. In truth you're probably most influenced by the musicians you meet and play with. My mom was/is a great classical violinist who skipped rock entirely so Grieg's "Hall of the Mountain King", Khatchaturian's "Sabre Dance", and a weird "Guitars of Africa" record had to combine in my head to create the CCR record I never had.I have recently enjoyed playing Hagstrom guitars and I have always played through a Vox amplifier. If you want to sound like me just use the same equipment, don't take any lessons and put gaffers tape on your fingers.Its better to be like yourself but if you insist you can get the CD's by clicking here and just start imitating me like I imitated so many others.
Sounds Like: The New Odds, Northey Valenzuela, Odds and Strippers Union (myspace.com/strippersunion)
Record Label: Pheromone Recordings
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Hardstock 08

Sometimes I write because I have the time and then I just see what comes out. Other times I am compelled by an idea. Generally I don't do either lately because I have been pouring those thoughts into ...
Posted by Craig Northey on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:05:00 PST

Here We Come

MapleCore and Kim Cooke hook up to launch Pheromone Recordings with the release of The New Odds' CheerleaderFebruary 27, 2008MapleCore President/CEO Grant Dexter and former MapleMusic Recordings Gener...
Posted by Craig Northey on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:21:00 PST

Holiday Thoughts

What holiday? I'm a musician. Hope you are all snug in your beds and rolling around in gingerbread crumbs. Renewing bonds and enjoying each other...that is the way it should be.Gift ideas: Go to theWo...
Posted by Craig Northey on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:25:00 PST

Dr. Do Not So Little

Dr.Dolittle could talk to the animals and that might be every child's dream. Why was that just doing little? It was a 10-minute walk to the park. Through the mountainous gray chicken coops and corrido...
Posted by Craig Northey on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:51:00 PST

Dark Lotus Land

It was easier for the man to see the city on foot. He got his exercise and threaded his way through the hustle and flow of the city. There is no better way to connect. Halifax harbour was vivid and al...
Posted by Craig Northey on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 03:45:00 PST

News, Views & Thanks

There's been a block in my blogger reflex lately. There has been too much music to stop and write down my abstract musings. Just wanted to thank Tim "the Finger" Der for all his hard work in the myspa...
Posted by Craig Northey on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 12:54:00 PST

Video Footage

There were some pre-teens backstage taking footage of the "Jeremy Fisher & his Tourettes" show at the Commodore. Here it is:http://youtube.com/watch?v=NXCMbwXZ6kQ
Posted by Craig Northey on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:28:00 PST

Dirty Creatures

Dirty creatures. Wasps, ants, cockroaches, and rats. Stinging nettles, poison ivy, bracken and milfoil. Mudshark, bullhead, leach, jellyfish and the red tide. Rub you the wrong way. Other species key ...
Posted by Craig Northey on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 08:54:00 PST

Mouse Trap

The matted old cat has cancer. Four years past his fighting form there is less drama. At 17 he sleeps a lot, shits and pisses where he wants and smells a little like a teenager's room. He no longer ha...
Posted by Craig Northey on Sat, 26 May 2007 12:33:00 PST

Musicals

Baffled by musicals. Breaking from dialog into narrative song. Barely supporting a bizarre and oversimplified plot line. Opera cooked up in a garage meth lab by sentimental scientists already stoned o...
Posted by Craig Northey on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:30:00 PST