Member Since: 14/11/2005
Band Website: www.purevolume.com/wilsmithandthecontinentaldrift
Band Members: Willie Edward Smith Jr. aka Mac, aka Willie Boy, aka Will, aka W.E.S., fka Macado, fka Mac Attack, fka Big Mac, fka Little Willie, fka Will Power. (Guitar, Vocals, Bass, Drums on the occasional Humbug)
Mike Lapse - the Real Deal Drumming and Percussion.
Influences: If not for the following artists being in both Wil and Mike's Cd collections they may not have started working together or continued to:U2 Nirvana David Garza Radiohead Blind Melon Led Zeppelin Palo Alto MAE The Velvetteen The Fire Theft Coldplay National Skyline Tragically Hip Rage Against the Machine Elliott Soundgarden
Foo Fighters
Sounds Like: People say Wil sounds like Tracy Chapman when he sings. People say he plays guitar pretty raw, like Neil Young, and when he finger picks some have said it sounds pretty. The Jazzier and bluesier songs remind people of Ben Harper and the Stray Cats. The "Rock" songs have reminded some people of Jeff Buckley and Jimi Hendrix. Some have said the arrangements remind them of Coldplay and Nirvana. WIL SMITH & THE CONTINENTAL DRIFT say "We need to practice more often and do a better job of capturing the energy that these songs have when we are at our best and most enthusiastic." If we could be a cover band, we would be a Sunny Day Real Estate cover band, doing songs from Diary to the Rising Tide (and beyond.)
Record Label: none