Benjamin Robinson

Music:

Member Since: 10/18/2005
Band Website: last.fm/music/Benjamin+Robinson
Band Members: Me: (vocals, guitars & things)


Influences:Stuff I have listened to most recently: My influences are (or just music i love,,,) :Syd Barrett

In eye liner 70 years ahead of Robert Smith!
Charlie Chaplin - a true genius; remarkably unique and talented maverick who was, and still is, quite unlike anyone else... Composed all the music to his main films. Even had a No 1 hit in the 1960's in the UK and several other countries when Petula Clark covered his 'This Is My song'.
Bob Dylan, Marissa Nadler, The Hour House, Puressence, Verve, John Lennon, George Harrison, Richard Ashcroft, Matthew Jay, The Doors, Jim Morrison, The Beatles, Mazzy Star, Yoko Ono, Antony & The Johnsons, Slowdive, Velvet Underground, Nico, Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, Enya, Scott Walker, Coldplay, Zombies, Sparklehorse, Soup Dragons, Ride, Babylon Zoo, JJ72, Doves, , Mike Oldfield, Joni Mitchell, Baby Bird, Suede, Teenage Fanclub, Oasis, Blur, Beach Boys, Kinks, Donovan, Leonard Cohen, Ryan Adams, ELO, Tom Petty, The Cure, Waterboys, Mike Scott, Spiritulized, Spaceman 3, Sigur Ros, Nick Drake, Mercury Rev, Pavement, Kasabian, Jeff Buckley, Camera Obscura, Edwyn Collins, Badly Drawn Boy, Damien Rice, Flaming Lips, Granddady, Cocteu Twins, Arab Strap, Beck, Sinead O'Connor, Joy Division, Boo Radleys, Cure, Cast, The La's, The Orb, Milla Jovovich, The Lightning Seeds, Ric Veda, Cat Stevens, David Naegele, Zoe Wren, Beck, Snow Patrol, Athlete, Bruce Springsteen
LORD OF THE RINGS (not strictly music but has lots of music in it and some fine elven singing :) ...) .... On the theme of none music; John William Waterhouse - paintings that take you back to a land of castles, myths and legends.. Michael Whelan .... never before have ammonites looked so mystical and enchanting (and homely!).... Finally, my old band Sun Joda - and its previous incarnation, Euforia.
Record Label: Faint Transmissions
Type of Label: None