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Charlie Crane

About Me

I am a notorious band whore. My bread-and-butter rock-and-roll band is The Uncontrollable Few , but I've also slutted it up on the drums with Richmond Avenue , Blindshot , Sweatshirt Fetus Head , and Normal Jeans . I've also produced many a session for local bands; my lack of professionality is made up for by my dirt cheap pricing. Besides, how can you go wrong with a guy who just failed an introductory college audio class?
My latest album is "Holiday Tripper," an epic, brilliant, kaleidoscopic travel through the calendar on a mission to create songs for each and every holiday! (Except religious ones. That includes Christmas. There are way too many damn Christmas songs. And I didn't hit on every "National Toasted Marshmallow Day" - August 30, for those keeping track - either. There are 15 holidays represented though, so what you complaining about?) It'll make an excellent stocking stuffer, so contact me and be the first one on your block to own a copy of what is sure to be a perennial classic.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/12/2005
Band Members: little ol' three chord me
Influences: a halo called fred, andrew bird, angry samoans, april march, arne hansen & the guitarspellers, badfinger, beck, belle and sebastian, ben folds five, big star, black sabbath, bob dylan, brendan benson, brian wilson, calvin don't jump, cake, cars can be blue, chuck berry, clap your hands say yeah, cleaners from venus, daniel johnston, death from above 1979, dogs die in hot cars, electric light orchestra, elvis costello, eric clapton, fountains of wayne, frank bango, frank zappa, franz ferdinand, freddie and the dreamers, gang of four, george harrison, guided by voices, hanson, head of femur, herman's hermits, hot hot heat, hussalonia, interpol, jellyfish, jethro tull, kaiser chiefs, king missile, liam, lmp (la musique populaire), matthew sweet, mclusky, mike nesmith, morrissey, moxy fruvous, negativland, neil innes, new pornographers, neutral milk hotel, oasis, of montreal, olivia tremor control, pearl jam, r.e.m., real estate fight, sean lennon, starflyer 59, starlight mints, sufjan stevens, syd barrett, talking heads, the beatles, the beach boys, the bonzo dog band, the buzzcocks, the byrds, the clash, the cleaning ladys, the connells, the cure, the dave clark 5, the dead milkmen, the decemberists, the ditty bops, the dukes of stratosphear, the flaming lips, the futureheads, the gears, the hold steady, the jetset, the kinks, the las, the magnetic fields, the monkees, the move, the pixies, the rolling stones, the rutles, the shaggs, the shins, the smiths, the smithereens, the spongetones, the tables, the violent femmes, the white stripes, the who, they might be giants, weird al yankovic, weezer, wilco, xtc, yoko ono, zombies
Sounds Like: It's said that whatever art one experiences comes through in their own work, whether consciously or unconsciously. What we call "originality" is nothing more than blurred copies of what has come before. So I guess it sounds like the bastard love child of all the above artists, with a little bit of "My Humps" and Jandek thrown in for bad measure.
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

What If Pod Was One Of Us?

Howdy y'all. My second podcast is up right now. You can listen or subscribe at  http://champagneorslimfast.podomatic.com And now it's compatible with iTunes! Oh fangorious day!
Posted by on Wed, 08 Mar 2006 20:39:00 GMT

Pod(cast) Is A Concept By Which We Measure Our Pain

Hey everybody. I've made the first in a monthly series of podcasts, and you can listen or subscribe at the address below. http://champagneorslimfast.podomatic.com
Posted by on Sat, 07 Jan 2006 01:20:00 GMT