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R.I.P. The Showmachine...long live...

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About Me

A constantly morphing line-up whose longest term mebers included Dan on guitar and Dominic Simmons on Drums. Orlando & The Showmachine played constantly but ended after Sarah left to work a ranch in the Rocky Mountains and the gap she left in the line-up was too large for anyone human to fill.

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Member Since: 12/7/2005
Band Website: photobucket.com/albums/f218/showmachine/
Band Members: dan
orlando
dom
sarah
eliza
mark
crystal

Influences: Waylon Jennings - My Hero, Warren Zevon, Gregory Schneider, Palace Brothers, John Zorn, Christopher Doyle, Matthew Barney, Ian Winn, Twin Peaks, John Coltrane, lithographs, Phillipe grandrieux, Sun Ra, Slint, Jean Cocteau, H.Miller, John Fante, Josh Pearson, Gastr Del Sol, C86, Steve Reich, Wagner, The Grand- Sam Beer , forests, the ocean, beauty
Sounds Like: REVIEW FROM musictruth.co.uk
"Columbia Road" kicks off the set, a song reminiscent of 80s cult heroes Violent Femmes, with a kick-in groove which would make Larrakin Love purr!! "Ruby Lee" a paean to a 17 year old "Little Girl in an old man's world" owes something to the Modern Lovers' minimalism, but powered by bassist Dan's busy riffing it sounds like punk rock wanting to crash through as singer Orlando yelps "She's got me where she wants me".Then we take a trip 1970s style to Laurel Canyon for "We Guilty Men Must Grieve" as Dan switches to slide guitar. Here the raw, amateurish sound adds a certain cool to the proceedings. The sweaty feedback of "Rise and Gain" sounds like Mick Jagger pouting his way through Caribou or slanted-era Pavement."Monica Vitti" and "Pirate Broadswipes" wed the geekiness of Jonathan Richman and the tense, jittery hyperactive feel of new wave through a good-ole Southern helping of pancakes and grits. The final song "Don't Get Cute with Me" (I think - although i'm rather drunk by this point) is an ancient Chinese version of patter cake in sub one minute!!In the half hour or so that OATSM are on stage the crowd are woken up to cold showers and shaken to their feet. I can't really pigeon-hole them, nor would i want to, but i'll say this - it would be well worth your while keeping an eye out for these guys in the future! 19/01/2006: Bethnal Green Pleasure Unit Orlando and the Showmachine Jimmy The Fruitarian
from the Brixton Windmill:
ORLANDO & THE SHOW MACHINE(London) They're from London, they're a four-piece. Those are just about the only two facts you can say with any confidence about Orlando and his Showmachine friends. As unpredictable as they are brilliant, musictruth.co.uk columnist Jimmy The Fruitarian said they were best band he's seen so far this year, so we HAD to get them in. One minute beautiful and melodic, the next haunting and atmospheric, prepare to be enlightened. www.myspace.com/orlandoandtheshowmachine
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My Blog

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come on45% of londoners votedand the majoirty of that 45% voted for BorisAre you fucking stupid?...
Posted by R.I.P. The Showmachine...long live... on Sat, 03 May 2008 05:47:00 PST

Bang bang banging my head 'gainst the wall

Everyone Mus come to our next gig on 18th May if only to see the excellent 'THE SCARE' who area great and i think ahave a single out,   After that we have a gig in West London that our drummer c...
Posted by R.I.P. The Showmachine...long live... on Fri, 12 May 2006 10:25:00 PST

Barrington De La Roche

Just wanted to inform people of the good people who are helping us up the tricks factor in our shows, Barrington De La Roche and Inesa Vaiciute, their enthusiasm is part of the reason we continue. ...
Posted by R.I.P. The Showmachine...long live... on Sun, 23 Apr 2006 05:04:00 PST

Edie Sedgewick Don't Give it Up

www.thewarlocks.com/news.php - Bobby anounces it might be the end, last week: dumped and left for dead by a fortune teller, i discovered the forests and a tambourine player and a bass player, we push...
Posted by R.I.P. The Showmachine...long live... on Wed, 05 Apr 2006 01:55:00 PST

The End of Everything. Death of the Showmachine, THE NEW SHOWMACHINE

so everything comes to an end   but from the ashes rises Orlando and the Showmachine   hotter than Basic instinct 2 more gags that hot shots part two and more players than ever   wi...
Posted by R.I.P. The Showmachine...long live... on Sat, 01 Apr 2006 04:15:00 PST

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Orlando and the Show Machine Date: Feb 19, 2006 9:47 AM Subject: warlocks Body: its quarter to nine Sunday AM, the Warlocks are hitting my stereo in the car, im driving past buckingham palace,...
Posted by R.I.P. The Showmachine...long live... on Sun, 19 Feb 2006 08:18:00 PST

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Posted by R.I.P. The Showmachine...long live... on Sun, 19 Feb 2006 01:51:00 PST

Erol Flynn

  As much fun as i have found a recent purchase of "6 Organs of Admittance" it is Bruce Springsteen's beautiful downbound train i go too "I had a job, I had a girlI had something going, mister, i...
Posted by R.I.P. The Showmachine...long live... on Wed, 15 Feb 2006 01:50:00 PST

Friends Forever !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

new song is up on the site, its for anyone who ever was a kid It doesn't rock but its got a complex heart!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by R.I.P. The Showmachine...long live... on Sat, 28 Jan 2006 06:14:00 PST

Nightmare FLuffer Turned Guitar Mess Fetish GRR

Saturday NIGHT thanks for those who witnessed the collapse of the finale not enough sweat for my liking any photos email: [email protected] o...
Posted by R.I.P. The Showmachine...long live... on Tue, 24 Jan 2006 01:50:00 PST