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The Substitutes

the substitutes are going to change their name!

About Me

WE ARE THE SUBSTITUTES - - - - - - - - -new ep on the way

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/27/2008
Band Members: Byron Taylor - (Vocals/Guitar) George Nowacki - (Bass) Rob Holmes Reed - (Drums)
Influences: The Velvet Underground, Radiohead, Bob Dylan, Interpol, The Rolling Stones, The Smiths, Jimi Hendrix, Beatles, Iggy Pop and the Stooges, The Brian Jonestown Masacre, Van Morrison, Arcade Fire, Patti Smith, Pink Floyd, The National, miles davis, david baaooowieeee, stevie wonder, PJ Harvey, david lynch, Nick Cave, Will Oldham, Kings of leon, massive attack, Pablo Picasso, the strokes, Leonard Cohen, Ray Charles, Arthur Rimbaud, the doors, john lee hooker, The Fall, the libertines & babyshambles, allen ginsberg, my gorgeous chinky girlfriend, roman polanski, george gershwin, R.E.M, the clash, pablo neruda, elvis costello, Serge Gainsbourg, the band, isaac rosenberg, lars von trier, my blood valentine (not to be confused with that gay emo band), charles baudelaire, Elmore James, editors, cocorosie, the birds and the bees, joni mitchell, prince, ingmar bergman, lee perry, norman mailer, billie holiday, F.Scott Fitzgerald, Ice Cube, morrissey, Cezanne, fela kuti, RHCP, the yeah yeah yeahs, muddy waters, blondie, primal scream, ryan adams, the handsome family, the fiery furnaces, frank sinatra, vladimir nabokov, the raveonettes, dylan thomas, Smokey Robinson, Blonde Redhead, Can, aphex twin, the eyes, bloc party, erik satie, Queens of the stone age, cats, the white stripes, Billy Childish, Diego Riviera, singapore sling, captain beefheart, Andrei Tarkovsky, 2Pac, the Stone Roses, the happy mondays, pills, the new york dolls, led zeppelin, nina simone, william burroughs, Aretha Franklin, Joanna Newson, edith piaf, howlin wolf, tom waits, elliott smith, Gravenhurst, william faulkner, bach, oscar peterson, sylvia plath, Faust, Milan kundera, the pogues, sonic youth, rufus wainwright, william blake, stanley kubrick, the sight of Rihanna, chopin, king tubby, jacques brel, and yes...the occasional zoot.....
Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Setlists

Filthy's @ The Red Lion - 09.07.08 Yesterdays Papers1957ElectricityNo No NoPull Me InGood Ones Are Gone (Current Bun)Waterfall Of Broken GlassKnives & NeedlesVanishing Act The Comedy Club - 07.07....
Posted by The Substitutes on Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PST

AMAZING NEWS!!!

AMAZING NEWS!!!   Do you know a band called The Icarus Line? well u do now - theyre a cult band from hollywood n though not all of their songs are my cuppa tea lol they are very good, n very pop...
Posted by The Substitutes on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:22:00 PST

I’ve got new for YOU baby

R.I.P   Bo Diddley   well well well, what an adventure its been and how fast its all happening. so many friends now, great bands we would never have heard otherwise - i wont start lis...
Posted by The Substitutes on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:58:00 PST