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happy stars

World famous in several local households

About Me

For Booking contact: VALLEY DOLLS ENTERTAINMENT Audrey Jackson [email protected] 1-(818) 935-5256 www.valleydolls.net

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/6/2008
Band Website: getdeer.com
Band Members: Brian Young, Joe Skyward, Dave Mortenson
Influences: Paul Revere and the Raiders, Jimmy Reed, Claude Levi Strauss, The Zero End, Sir Douglas Quintet, Sun Ra, Coltrane, The Velvet Underground, El Amor, Wipers, Dead Moon, Can, Almendra, Manal, Roy Brown, Jean Baudrillard, Big Star, Hank Ballard, Minutemen, disraeli, Dug Dug's, Zombies, Kinks, Neil Young, Husker Du, Replacements, Only Ones, Beatles, La Quinta Vision, Stooges, Left Banke, The Smoke, The Troggs, The Reasons Why, Rudimentary Peni, Fugazi, Volcano Suns, Perfumed Garden Vols I and II, Funkadelic, The Fugs, The Godz ("White Cat Heat" IS the greatest rock song ever waxed, by the way!), The Chambers Brothers, Hendrix, Creedence, Dream Sydnicate, Salvation Army, Room 9, Green Pajamas, Three O' Clock, Rain Parade, Daily Flash, Sonics, Beauregard, Al Green, Little Willie John, The Shags, Indexi, Fabulous Wailers, Hamlet's Mill, Walking Seeds, Los Locos Del Ritmo, Soda Stereo, Richard Brautigan, Seeds, Count Five, Ornette Coleman, Sonny Sharrock, The Lyres, Kaptain Kopter and the Fabulous Twirly Birds, Parliament, Bob Dylan, The Speed Queens, Buffalo Springfield, Tim Buckley, Nick Drake, John Coltrane, Dollar Brand, The Byrds, The Scruffs, Lloyd Cole and The Commotions, Yes (hi Joe!), Television, Tom Verlaine, The Ramones, The Beach Boys, The Clovers, The Flamingos, The Ravens, Buzzcocks, Soft Boys, Barracudas, Flamin' Groovies, Elliot Smith, Richard Thompson.
Sounds Like: If you took two parts El Amor (or substituted a healthy mixture of Beatles in mono, Left Banke, Dug Dug's, Paisley Underground, Sir Douglas Quintet and Kinks) two parts Wipers and one part '60's northwest garage rock, added a dash each of Husker Du and Minutemen, shook it up real good and served it in mostly two-and-a-half-minute chunks, you'd be close.
Record Label: get deer records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

10 ALBUMS I WISH I HAD MADE (among others)

1: The Shaggs, self-titled. To most people this is discordant and irritating, cacophony at its most amateur and self-indulgent. But if you're willing to listen a little closer, if you can hear passion...
Posted by happy stars on Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:51:00 PST

CLICK FOR JULY 22ND SILVERLAKE LOUNGE FLYER!

We will be playing second at the Silverlake lounge July 22nd. Also playing are The Meadows and Wild Weekend...C'mon out and support local music!...
Posted by happy stars on Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:50:00 PST

still back here in geezerville...cough cough

so its like a flood of useless information, this intertron thingy, and who am i to prove it wrong? happily, for whatever reason, dave's old band, bone cellar, has raised its useless hoary head in a co...
Posted by happy stars on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:53:00 PST

i heart wikipedia

thanks to annen berg (a great band from portland, see their myspace page for music and information), i discovered the existence of a seattle wiki page dedicated to my old band, bone cellar, worth clic...
Posted by happy stars on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:10:00 PST

did i forget to mention we have an album out? i did, didn’t i.

ok folks, the brand new happy stars lp (yes, lp as in vinyl) is in fact for sale, even if the web site is still under construction. a limited edition gatefold of 200 hand numbered copies,  number...
Posted by happy stars on Tue, 27 May 2008 09:04:00 PST