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The Flying Spider Revival

About Me

The Flying Spider Revival; four men and a gnarled fistful of the transmundane. Bringing with them the quixotic hope of wistful Americana they are possesed with the kind of romantic spirit only found when staring forlornly at the bottom of a bottle of Jose Cuervo's finest. From the windy dustbowl of Newport, South Wales they travel like weary gunslingers telling tales from the dark south of man's heavy heart. The Robs play, Bean sings; together they sound like the last Figaros of The West - pervasive, inescapable and disconsolate......

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Music:

Member Since: 22/03/2008
Band Members:Rob plays Guitar, Bean Sings, Rob plays E-bass/ Jezebel and Mr Mark D is on the drums....................................................... ............................................................ ...........................
Influences: Townes Van Zandt, The Handsome Family, Howe Gelb and Willard Grant Conspiracy. Literary influences are Flannery O'connor, Barry Gifford, Richard Brautigan, Harry Crews, John Steinbeck and Alexander Cordell.
Sounds Like: Our overall sound has a western folky feel to it, like if Morricone moved to the valleys and wrestled with the spirits of good and evil whilst drinking tequila in a little log cabin.
Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

SingalongaSpiders

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wyHLp1SFUc Dead Flowers at Le Pub April 2009
Posted by on Sat, 09 May 2009 03:27:00 GMT

The Flying Spiders @ Le Pub April 2009 - We're now a Trio!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wyHLp1SFUc
Posted by on Sun, 12 Apr 2009 08:18:00 GMT

Spiders fly again

Three yes three new tracks added.  Count 'em.  Fire On The Mountain is a new one of ours, Carmelita a Warren Zevon cover we love, and Arlene a cover of a Handomse Family Song.  If ...
Posted by on Thu, 01 May 2008 14:19:00 GMT

Background reading for your edification

Flying Spiders abound.  A quick perusal of the great oracle of Wikipedia reveals that spiders weighing less than 1mg fly about us constantly, tip-toeing and flinging long web strands into the win...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:43:00 GMT

And another new song

An original this time, dang!  Again only a rough demo version (for some reason Cakewalk keeps mucking up the timing of takes) but it might give you an idea of the sort of thing we’re going ...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:41:00 GMT

New song uploaded

Good evening.  Just added, for your listening edification and amusement, a rough demo cut of our version of Whiskeytown’s ’Dancing With The Women At The Bar’.  We hope that...
Posted by on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:48:00 GMT