Music:
Member Since: 10/30/2005
Band Website: markpickerel.com
Band Members: Our revolving cast of trouble makers : Steve Fisk , Johnny Sangster,Margrethe Bjorklund,Heather Duby,Micah Hulscher,Jim Sangster,Mike Musburger,Barb Hunter,Ty Bailie,Ian Moore,
Mark Pickerel
Influences: Influences vary from the artists that I learned from first hand : Gary Lee Conner, Mark Lanegan, Robert Roth,Kurt Cobain to the ones I grew up listening to : Elvis,Elvis Costello ,Fritz Lang, Gun Club , Pretty Things,Bowie , Ennio Morricone,Kraftwerk, Serge&Jane, 13th Floor Elevators, Motown, Sun , HI , LHI , Townes Van Zandt , Tom Waits ,King Vidor, Jelly Roll Morton,Motorhead,Bobby Bland,Francoise Hardy,France Gall,Velvets,Peggy Lee,Ben Webster,Zoot Sims,Perez Prado,Ventures,Shadows,Etta James,Johnny"guitar"Watson,Leonard Cohen , Louvin Bros ,Everly Bros ,Wipers, Kinks ,Specials,Delroy Wilson,X,Gene Krupa,Buddy Rich,Art Blakey, Stones , Charlie Rich, Stiff Records, Slash Records, Nick Lowe,Curtis Mayfield,Hendrix,Mitch Mitchell,Deadbolt,Gene Vincent,Dave Edmunds,
Natacha Atlas,Lhasa ,Devo, Leadbelly,Lee Hazlewood ,Stranglers,Spits,Suicide,Cars Love , Clash , Alfred Hitchcock,Billy Wilder,Howlin' Wolf .... you get the picture .
Often it's a movie or a simple conversation that really influences or inspires me ... lately the current political climate has influenced some of my writing .
FILM NOIR!
Sounds Like: I'll let you make that call !! Several songs available at my site or at the UP records site .Mark Pickerel and His Praying Hands website
Bloodshot Records website
UP Records website
Record Label: BLOODSHOT RECORDS
Type of Label: Indie
