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Amanda Graves

About Me


FOR SHOW CALENDER GO TO: WWW.MYSPACE.COM/SHUTDOWNTOWN
"You can paint a garbage can platinum but it's still a garbage can."
I'm the lead singer of ShutDownTown. I'm usually the one saying what everyone else is thinking but too scared to say. I love TX/Red Dirt Music, mixed up with a little Grunge and Rock N Roll. I don't really care for the stuff they play on the radio, it's all the same crap to me... no originality, no honesty, nobody truly being themselves. I don't really know what to say when people ask me who I sound like... I sound like the blues.... I'm loud, you will hear me even if you don't want too... that's the best way I can describe it. I play a little geetar and write a few songs.
I love Janis Joplin and Merle Haggard; Led Zeppelin and Alice in Chains; Gene Watson and Mike McClure; Keith Urban and Patty Griffin; Guns N Roses and Vern Gosdin; Reckless Kelly and Micky and the Motorcars
I like music to be real, to have a soul, to tell me something. I don't really like people telling me what to do or how to do it... So, yeah, I'm pretty stubborn. I take criticism well, just don't expect me to do what you want. I just want to make music, plain and simple. Good music, at that. I'm learning everyday more about myself as an artist and how I want to make my mark in this world. Being loud and obnoxious is working out pretty well so far...
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.."Boring damned people. All over the earth. Propagating more boring damned people. What a horror show. The earths swarmed with them."..
.."If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose"..
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Member Since: 11/21/2005
Band Website: WWW.SHUTDOWNTOWN.COM
Band Members: Amanda Graves-lead and harmony vocals, rhythm guitar
Cari Smith-lead and harmony vocals, lead and rhythm guitar
Matt Stevens-Bass guitar
Mike "MadDog" Madden-drums
Brandon McEnturff-spoons, g-funk

This is my Sex in a Band-Spotlight Man of the Minute:

Slash

"Accidents Can Happen"

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Stoney Larue

Alice in Chains-Would?

Influences: Patty Griffin
Heart
Merle Haggard
Mike McClure
Alice in Chains
Reckless Kelly
Micky and the Motorcars
Mike McClure
Jerry Cantrell
did I mention Mike McClure?
Janis Joplin
Gene Watson
Led Zeppelin
Pearl Jam
Dixie Chicks
Stone Temple Pilots
Vern Gosdin
Alison Krauss
Emmylou Harris

Sounds Like: Blue Dirt Grunge 'N Roll
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Hangin tough

Before I start, let me just say, F*ck all you haters that will give me shit about this.... But I hear these kats are going back on tour and I am all about it!!!! Let them come to Dallas and best belie...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:47:00 GMT

Pretty on the inside

Everytime that I sell myself to you, I feel a little bit cheaper than I need to. I will tear the petals off of you. Rose-red, I will make you tell the truth. Was she asking for it? Was she asking...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:18:00 GMT

The end...

Well, 2007 comes to a close... thank goodness! Been a pretty insane year, sort of glad to start over! Had a good, drunken time last night at Club 148. I think that was the most fun we all have ever h...
Posted by on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:17:00 GMT

Get over yourself...

People who whine and cry all the freaking time really piss me off. Walking contradictions, they are... Wait, is this blog considered whining and crying about people who whine and cry? Then I hate myse...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:27:00 GMT

Time for a change

In more ways than one... Me and Cari have been doing this music thing for a while now and we have FINALLY decided on an official band name, so we are gearing up to change everything over. I'm sick an...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:22:00 GMT

Princess Nikki...

I was graced by the presence of Mr. Nikki Sixx last night.... For all the shit I talked standing in the line waiting for the "big moment" I was a complete mess when I finally got in front of him!! Ok,...
Posted by on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 13:36:00 GMT

Did I mention??

I was getting to meet Nikki Sixx tomorrow night??? You know this guy: Yeah, him... I finally figured out what my brilliant opening line to him is gonna be. I'll fill you in tomorrow on how it w...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:58:00 GMT

Matt Stevens...

...ia a golden rock bass GOD!!! And when I meet Nikki Sixx tomorrow night, I will tell him that he's got nothing on ole Matters.... Except for maybe that hair... Nikki's hair is a little better than M...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:35:00 GMT

I love...

Brandon McEnturff... he's awesome!!! He's in my top friends list, if you wanna be friends with a cool cat then he's your man!!! He's gonna be playing with us and he sat in with us tonight, and we...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:53:00 GMT

I’m so uncool

Well, so I won Jerry Cantrell's shirt from his auction.... now I get to meet the one and only Nikki Sixx, if I don't have a panic attack first. I'm so freaking excited!! I have no idea what I'm going ...
Posted by on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:28:00 GMT