Member Since: 8/31/2004
Band Website: mecca_normal.tripod.com
Band Members: Jean Smith deals with lyrics and vocals. David Lester plays the guitar. On "The Observer" CD Jean also plays piano, keyboard, synth, guitars, percussion and sax.
Influences: Au Pairs, Stiff Little Fingers, Phil Ochs, abstract painters, non-rhyming poets, smiling strangers, well-wishers, whale watchers, trades people, librarians, touring bands, behind-the-scenesters, Poison Girls, Gang of Four, X-Ray Spex, The Clash, The Jam, PiL, UT, Buzzcocks, Joy Division, Scrawl, beat happening, Chris Knox, Can, The Slits, The Kinks, Bob Dylan, Sun Ra, Pere Ubu, Young Marble Giants, feedtime, Fugazi, Minor Threat, Tall Dwarfs, The Velvet Underground, The Clean, Raincoats, The Stooges, Shoplifting, Wax Mannequin, Swearing at Motorists, Al Green, Rolling Stones, Lester Young, Meredith Monk, Jimmy Cliff, Ry Cooder, Pretenders, Neil Young, CCR, Yo La Tengo, Xiu Xiu, Robert Johnson, Van Morrison, Eno, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Joni Mitchell, Nina Hagen, friends and colleagues.
Sounds Like: (same as above)
Record Label: Kill Rock Stars
Type of Label: Indie