Member Since: 18/11/2005
Band Members: BILL CREECH--Vocals, guitars, harp
DOUG NEWMAN--Guitars, vocals, bass, mandolin, mandocello, banjo, keyboards, harp, percussion, loops
VARIOUS OTHERS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, INCLUDING:
PAUL BUCKLER--Drums, percussion
JIM HERIN--Bass
ALAN BELL--Guitar, vocals
LAURA FRASER--Plastic hand clappers
ASHLEY WINSTON--Guitar
DEAN RIDDLE--Drums, percussion, vocals
BOB STAPLES--Guitars, vocals
RON TYNDALL--Harp, congas, vocals
CHARLES CLARK--Vocals, percussion
RICH GLEICHMANN--Bass
IRWIN BRODSKY--Bass, vocals
ERIC LANDUYT--Keyboards
BOB SWAN--Drums, percussion
JAKE NOONAN--Bass
DARNELL BELL--Drums, percussion
STAR SMITH--Drums
AL BENKO--Guitar
GREGOR MEERGANZ VON MEDEAZZA--Drums
JEAN PHILIPPE DENRUYTER--Vocals, guitar
MARTIN GIBSON--Louie Louie
Influences: Hildegard, Perotin, Josquin, Gesualdo, Vivaldi, Beethoven, Mahler, Ravel, Debussy, Satie, Delius, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Bax, Holst, Vaughan Williams, Ligeti, Part, Tormis, Barber, Bird, Diz, the Prez, Herbie Nichols, Tal Farlow, Ambrose Thibodeaux, Leo Kottke, Pepe Kalle, Burning Spear, Peter Tosh, Malathini, Gabriel Yacoub, Breton bagpipes, Tuvan throat singing, Bulgarian women's choirs, Rembetika, Jean Redpath, Vashti Bunyan, Balinese gamelan, Hedningarna, Garmarna, Loituma, Ali Farka Toure, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Richard Thompson, Nick Drake, Kinks, Beatles, Beach Boys, Byrds, Hendrix, Syndicate of Sound, Sopwith Camel, Spirit, Terry Reid, Jethro Tull, (black hole in the early to mid 70s), Buzzcocks, 999, Clash, Throbbing Gristle, Young Marble Giants, early Human League, early Psychedelic Furs, early U2, Police, Ian Drury, Mickey Jupp, Wire, Pere Ubu, Throbbing Gristle, Devo, Soft Boys, Television, John Foxx-era Ultravox, Bongos, dBs, REM, B-52s, Cure, Joy Division, Stranglers, Love Tractor, Pylon, Feelies, Fleshtones, Polyrock, Urban Verbs, Echo and the Bunnymen, Cowboys International, Magazine, Comsat Angels, Roy Loney and the Phantom Movers, Ian Gomm, Robyn Hitchcock, the Smiths, early Simple Minds, Bill Nelson, the Clean, the Chills, the Go Betweens, Rain Parade, Rain Tree Crow, Tirez Tirez, Talk Talk, Dumptruck, the Primitives, the Silencers, the Smithereens, NRBQ, Jazz Butcher, Love Tractor, Neil Young, the Windbreakers, Richard X. Heyman, My Bloody Valentine, Seefeel, the Las, the Stairs, Freedy Johnston, the Vulgar Boatmen, Ass Ponys, Son Volt, the Three O'Clock, Dream Syndicate, the Plimsouls, the Neats, the Lyres, Ed Kuepper, Kenny Larkin, Black Dog, Aphex Twin, International Peoples Gang, Higher Intelligence Agency, Leftfield, Orbital, Amiina, Mum, Sigur Ros, Panda Bear, Mountain Goats, The Hiders, Wussy.......
Record Label: None
Type of Label: Unsigned