Music:
Member Since: 11/19/2005
Band Website: thegoldengonk.com
Band Members: jamie azzopardi (everything. badly).....plus friends.
Influences: misheard snatches of strangers' conversations, the wonder of nature, animals, old buildings, remote places, charcoal, singin' birds, the hat playing piece from monopoly, flying over snowy mountains in planes, stella street, lost love, the ridiculous dreams i have, rain, flapjacks, pictures of times gone by, nancy out of hollyoaks, october, space, preston, water features, the young ones, the tickling of the great pudarkus in the sky, swearing in polish, flowery descriptions of music i've never heard in magazines, silly phrases in magazines, dirty pictures in magazines, the hot ex-maid, david sanders, the incredible string band, syd barrett, bill fay, anne briggs, bert jansch, john fahey, davy graham, robbie basho, amon duul II, king crimson, popol vuh, six organs of admittance, nature & organisation, current 93, nurse with wound, henry cow, sandy bull, nico, cocteau twins, july, cluster, spires that in the sunset rise, jandek, coil, charalambides, baby dee, the doors, simon finn, smog, dirty three, the jimi hendrix experience, forest, c.o.b., judee sill, roy harper, principal edward's magic theatre, the soft machine, led zeppelin, will oldham, shirley (& dolly) collins, jackson c. frank, fred neil, tim buckley, the pentangle, julian bream, sandy denny, ivor cutler, robin williamson (& his merry band), john renbourn, third ear band, comus, sand, appendix out, erik satie, thuja, brian eno, circulatory system, jan dukes de grey, the soft boys, tangerine dream, the white noise, gryphon, the united states of america, of montreal, linda perhacs, high tide, gong, kevin ayers, bridget st. john, martin carthy, stone angel, michael cashmore, mellow candle, timebox, patto, slapp happy, robert wyatt, scott walker, embryo, josephine foster, songs: ohia, neu!, yes, gentle giant, dr. strangely strange, stefan grossman, the birdtree, pink floyd, fursaxa, organum, fripp & eno, van der graaf generator, ash ra tempel, blue cheer, dinosaur jr., the grateful dead, august born, boris, dr. hook, can, melvins, merzbow, dead raven choir, cat power, richard youngs, skip james, john martyn, the blithe sons, double leopards, alasdair roberts, alexander spence, biff rose, the heads, the moon lay hidden beneath a cloud, orchis, chrystal belle scrodd, broadcast, trees, egg, faust, sunn o))), oneida, the skygreen leopards, caravan, vashti bunyan, mark fry, leaf hound, kraan, midwinter, steeleye span, love, richard moult, dead can dance, ash castles on the ghost coast, fovea hex, sol invictus, the hafler trio, don bradshaw leather, peter hammill, van morrison, steve hillage, art, moonkyte, the tower recordings, fairport convention, the zombies, tim hart & maddy prior, trader horne, country joe & the fish, dave evans, the bevis frond, fat mattress, jim o'rourke, george stavis, john james, matching mole, gary higgins, joni mitchell, extradition, the famous jug band, aardvark, gorky's zygotic mynci, wizz jones, the sun also rises, fire + ice, scorces, brainticket, frank zappa, earth, amm, pelt, faun fables, hala strana, gnidrolog, sunburned hand of the man, hawkwind, lol coxhill, black swan network, birchville cat motel, throbbing gristle, ray russell, death in june, in gowan ring, christina carter, garlic yarg, jackie-o motherfucker, badgerlore, the ivytree, prydwyn, alfred deller, tir na nog, john cale, nic jones, amalgamated sons of rest, red house painters, david ackles, bob lind, pearls before swine, joanna newsom, the holy modal rounders, magic carpet, leo kottke, bablicon, captain beefheart & his magic band, jason crest, acid mothers temple & the melting paraiso u.f.o., amazing blondel, hatfield & the north, clive palmer, bread love & dreams, second hand, mcdonald & giles, catapilla, no neck blues band, joe byrd & the field hippies, shelagh mcdonald, mormos, the penguin cafe orchestra, big star, wicked lady, the microphones, chillum, the crazy world of arthur brown, peter lang, heron, khan, julian cope, 13th floor elevators, comets on fire, agitation free, keiji haino, loren mazzacane connors, the electric prunes, my cat is an alien, os mutantes, peter walker, quicksilver messenger service, spirogyra, barry dransfield, ron geesin, birth control, twink, stackwaddy, keith tippett, bladder flask, mv & ee with the bummer road, the west coast pop art experimental band, kevin coyne, the franciscan hobbies, l, procol harum, kyrgyz, apple, flied egg, black boned angel, gandalf the grey, amon duul, the mahavishnu orchestra, arzachel, pandit kanwar sain trikha, the seeds, steven r. smith, hedgehog pie, pussy, mick softley, tortoise, foodbrain, arcadium, moss, black widow, harmonia, dando shaft, ghost, xasthur, tetuzi akiyama, the people band, tintern abbey, silver apples, mirza, smegma, guru guru, the black heart procession, the fox, astral navigations, flying saucer attack, dzyan, the new blockaders, algarnas tradgard, black forest/black sea, rachel's, coelacanth, arbete och fritid, directing hand, skullflower, plastic cloud, emtidi, bardo pond, international harvester, the pink fairies, taurpis tula, angus maclise, the smoke, egypt is the magick #, lurker of chalice, fushitsusha, leopard leg, speed glue & shinki, drona parva, lazy smoke, clogs, parson sound, taj mahal travellers, silvester anfang, plague lounge, alexander tucker, hototogisu, hush arbors, flute & voice, prairie dog flesh, loren chasse, white heaven, oren ambarchi, mouthus, simply saucer, group 1850, kemialliset ystavat, burning star core, mrtyu!, german oak, strawberry path, vibracathedral orchestra, trad gras och stenar, the goslings, sperm, prurient, sunroof!, makoto kawabata, ghq, tony conrad, klaus schulze, white rock, brast burn, nackt insecten, aihiyo, harvey milk, zaimph, debris’, hisato higuchi, wolfmangler......
Sounds Like: ....soft clouds over your private parts, then cheesewire through your FACE. or maybe just status quo.
Record Label: woven wheat whispers
Type of Label: Indie
