Member Since: 11/28/2005
Band Website: woodentopsmusic.com
Band Members: 80's Rolo Mcginty(®¬) (singer, acoustics) Simon Mawby (electric guitar) Benny Staples (drums) Frank de Freitas (bass) Alice Thompson (Casio) Ann Stephenson. (keys violin).2000's Rolo Mcginty(®¬) (singer, acoustics) Simon Mawby (electric guitar) Benny Staples (drums) Simon Goodchild (drums) Frank de Freitas (bass) Zero Ping (Casio, electronics, Flamenco guitar) Aine o'Keeffe (Casio/keyboards) Everybody sings.
Influences: These are some of the Artists liked by various memebers of the band. James Brown, Fela kuti, Miles davis, Black Sabbath, Jimi Hendrix, totally Carl Craig, Can, Ameican punk rock, Stooges, Kraftwerk, early Pink Floyd, reggae music in general, experimental music, electro acoustic music. The Ruts, Def jam, Stax, Soft machine, Curtis Mayfield, Parliament, Art ensemble of Chicago,Talking heads, Motown, Stax, Masters at work, Lil Louis, Derrick may, Kevin Saunderson, Alex Reese, Marvin Gaye, professor Stretch, Motorhead, Simon and Garfunkel, Hot Chip, Holly Palmer,Johnny Cash, the Birthday party, Nick Cave, Coltrane, the Meters, the Bays,Bill Hicks, Dan Hicks + hot licks, Mouse on mars, the Clash, Sex Pistols, ll cool J, ltj bukem, Sly and the family stone, Osborne borthers, Suicide, burt bacharach, Leonard Cohen, Don Cherry, Boards of canada, God speed you black emporer, Green day, Primal scream (live), Django, Louis armstrong, Rodolfo Ceasar, Adam F, led Zeppelin, Klute, Derrick May, louis Armstrong, Mogwai,Bill laswell, Public image, Slipknott, the Doors, Janis Joplin, Einsterzende neubaten,the Dammned, Charlie Mingus, the Silver Apples, Bootsy Collins, Faust, John Martyn, Amp Fiddler, Tortoise, the Klaxons, Captain Beefhart, Yello, mrScruff, Jeff Mills, Cornelius group, Derrick May, the eels, Beck, Nine inch nails, On u sound, Roxy music, Brian Eno, Todd terry, Cornelius, Morricone, Billie Holiday, Mingus, Lester young, Burt Bacharach, Profeeser Stretch, Janes Addictcion, Prince, David Bowie, Radiohead, lenny dee, Francis kervorkian, BBC Radiophonic Workshop, the Who, Bartok, Def Jam, Lou reed,Arcade Fire, Massive attack, the Cramps, Css, Rolling stones. King sunny ade, Phillip Glass, uk punk rock, Patti smith, 50 cent, Sonic youth, the velvet underground, lou reed, the Specials, Messer Chups, Ike and Tina Turner, Giles peterson mix tapes, radio shows dj’ing, Photek, yeah yeah yeahs, Marc bolan and T-Rex, the music of outdooors . All that open source music software glitchy. Fun.oh yeah and Grinderman comin in!
Sounds Like: the woodentops
Record Label: cherry red/ One little indian/ rough trade
Type of Label: None