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Gary Twinn

About Me

I come from London where I played with my band "Twenty Flight Rockers". I formed the group with Mark Laff (ex Generation X). We rocked the city and made some great recordings. The last album is now available through Revel Yell Records from Japan. We also played some cool BBC sessions which I am preparing for release right now. Previously, as a teenager, I was the singer in Australian rock/glam band Supernaut. We were influenced by T-Rex, Bowie and The New York Dolls. Supernaut had some hits, such as "I like it both ways", a gold album and several TV awards for best new band and video. I recorded a lot of rockabilly, as "The Honeydippers", with my guitar pickin' buddy Danny B Harvey. Honeydipper Stomp is on Raucous records and Rockabilly Christmas is through Cleopatra. You can hear one of our songs in the movie "Ladder 49". During the mid nineties, among other escapades, I teamed up with my mates Ratt Scabies , Glen Matlock and Derwood Andrews as "Dead Horse". The group wrote and recorded in Ratt's Kew Bridge studio. We had a few good songs but the Pistols reformed and that was that. My last band was "Speedtwinn", with Derwood . We wrote and recorded the album "California". Speedtwinn recieved great reviews. L.A. Weekly claimed we were a cross between T-Rex and Johnny Cash (which is good enough for me) and that Speedtwinn was one of the pioneer bands of the current Los Angles alt-country scene. I now play solo or with a backing band known as "The Rocket 3". In the summer of 07 Supernaut reformed for a tour of Australia. We played to packed houses in every major city as part of the Countdown Spectacular 2 concerts.

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Member Since: 10/26/2005
Band Website: Speedtwinn.com
Influences: Johnny Cash, Joe Strummer, Desmond Dekker, Gene Vincent, Elvis.
Sounds Like: ’Johnny Cash meets T Rex’ (L.A. Weekly). Speedtwinn perform Marc Bolan’s "Spaceball Ricochet" in Pioneertown, California.Supernaut: Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia.
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Bernard Rhodes and me.

Twenty Flight Rockers was me, Mark Laff, Ian McKean and Jeff Vine. The band was hot at the time. We were at Camden Palace one night, with girlfriends and mates, to see The Lords of the New Church. Ma...
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