Member Since: 11/7/2005
Band Website: myspace.com/roymoller
Band Members: Roy Moller a.k.a. The Royster, The Mollerman, Royboy, Royston, Roy Rogers, Ship Ahoy, The Baroque Popster, Roller
Influences: The Beatles, The Kinks, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Gene Clark, The Byrds, Aztec Camera, Strawberry Switchblade, Buffalo Springfield, Orange Juice, Northern Soul, The Beach Boys, Serge Gainsbourg, Elvis Costello, The Zombies, Holland-Dozier-Holland, Goffin-King, Elvis Presley, The Jam, Allen Toussaint, The Who, Sir Andrew Loog Oldham, Richie Benaud, Ivor Cutler, Richard Brautigan, Michel Thomas, Bill Hicks, Zero Mostel, Arthur Alexander, Allen Ginsberg, Jean Miro, John Barry, Jack Nitszche, Pops Staples, The Thin White Duke, Halloween Jack, Chameleon, Comedian, Corinthian & Caricature, Mickie Most, Jacques Brel, The Creation, The Action, Chinichap, The Funk Brothers, The Wrecking Crew, Harry Haller, Al Green, Graham Greene, Howlin' Wolf, Hubert Sumlin, Tom Verlaine, Paul Verlaine ("De la musique avant toute chose"), Richard Thompson, Philip K. Dick, John The Wolfking Of LA, Charlie Rich, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Beck, Jack Kerouac, Chris Morris, Super Furry Animals, Marc Bolan ("I drive a Rolls Royce cos it's good for my voice"), Mrs Dalloway, The Clientele, Gered Mankowitz, David Bailey, Alain De Botton, John Arlott, Toots & The Maytals, The Velvet Underground, Mick Rock, The Poets, Dezo Hoffman, Pavement ("What about the voice of Geddy Lee...?"), Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, William Blake, W.B. Yeats ("the best lack all conviction while the worst are full of passionate intensity"), Joe Meek, Phil Spector, Willie Nelson, Head On/Repossessed, Toots & The Maytals, The Hollies, Buddy Holly
Sounds Like: The Kinks in places, perhaps Belle and Sebastian, Wah!
Record Label: Slumberland
Type of Label: Indie