Member Since: 1/5/2006
Band Website: themessengersofgod.com
Band Members: Dave 'The Hat' McGowan - Lead vocals, Swearing;
'Longhaired' Johnny Graffham - Pedal Steel, Guitars, vocals;
Brendan O'Connell - Guitars, 4 & 5 String Banjo, Mandolin, Cuatro, vocals;
Dmitri van Zwanenberg - Violin, vocals;
JoJo - Bass guitar, Viola, vocals;
Andy Ireland - Drums, Guitar;
Jason Meherin - Accordion, Piano.Also featuring:Arthur Bassingham- Bass guitar
Will Sneyd- Violin, vocals
Mr Reality- Drums
Lisa Billson- Lead vocals
Will- Vocals
James- Harmonica, shakers.
Influences: Hank Williams; Big Johnny Cash; Marvin Gaye; The Sex Pistols; Mahalia Jackson;
London Town; Ladies; Pot; Speed;
The Rolling Stones; Sam Cooke; The Harmonizing Four; Spike Milligan; Peters Cook and Sellers; Raymond Chandler; Robert Mitchum; Little Feat; Klezma; Sleep deprivation; A well turned ankle; Cheese (the foodstuff)..........
Tom Waits; Captain Beefheart and his flippin' Magic Band; Jim Thompson; Erich von Stroheim; Screamin' Jay Hawkins; Kate Bush; Peter Tosh; Harpo, Groucho, Chico; Burt Bacharach; Bert Kaempfert; Robert Johnson; Nicholas Hawksmoor; Sister Rosetta Tharpe; Mavis Staples; The Who; Dead Pat; The Kinks; Jermyn Street; Noam Chomsky; The Wizard of Oz; The Half Way Line; The Ramones; Theda Bara; Marlene Dietrich; The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists; David Shrigley; Modern Toss; Simon Wiesenthal; Yasser Arafat; MDMA; Makin' Babies; Psilosibe Semilanceata; Hell's Bells; eating game in and out of season; acting silly; getting on trains; looking; pointing; saying hello to people.
Sounds Like: Leonard Cohen meets Ian Dury in a London pub whilst a handsome country band steal your heart, then beat you up, dust you down, buy you a beer and drag you off into the night. One of us stays, though. just to make sure the ladies are alright. After all, yer gonna be gone for a while.
Record Label: Gieves and Hawkes
Type of Label: None