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Tarnish

"...the spaces in-between the sounds..."

About Me


In a recent interview Tom North described the band as "distinctive but never predictable". Combining emotive vocals, overlaid with soaring melodies, early experiments with late seventies electronic music blended into a stripped down modern sound.
Tarnish formed in Reading, UK in 2000 swapping songs they had individually written and recorded before recording songs collectively. A year or so later they decided to take their music to a live audience (which is rapidly growing) and are now starting to take themselves seriously as a credible band having performed at such reputable venues as The Bull and Gate and The Halfmoon (London), The Bierkeller (Bristol), The Cavern (Exeter).

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Member Since: 11/17/2005
Band Website: tarnish.fsnet.co.uk
Band Members: Thomas North, Robin Wise, Jude, Joe North
Influences: Nick Cave, Grand Master Flash, Rammstein, The Velvet Underground and Nico, Dave Clarke, Nine Inch Nails, Jacques Brel, David Lynch, Kraftwerk, Neu!, Nirvana, Will Self, Bruce Nauman, Gary Numan, David Bowie, Depeche Mode, Brian Eno, Mr. Scruff, The Simpsons, Jonny Cash, R.E.M., Rene Magritte, Aphex Twin, Smashing Pumpkins, Richard & Linda Thompson, William Shatner & Leonard Nimmoy, Edward Hopper, Appliance, Woody Allen, Bjork, Clearlake, Herbie Hancock, Radiohead, Fritz Lang
Sounds Like: Gary Numan, Muse, Violent Femmes, The Cure, Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode, The Chameleons
Type of Label: None

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Giving blood

10:39pm Robin was thinking about giving blood, until the thought of it made him feel a bit queasy. He is currently standing at a new novation synthesiser playing some dark baroque weird spaced-out mus...
Posted by Tarnish on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 02:47:00 PST