Member Since: 1/5/2006
Band Members: A guy called Scott:
stringed gadgetry, strangled throatwarblery, batterie, assorted modern gimmickry
Influences: Music I like, or that has influenced me, in no particular order:
Tom Waits, Camper Van Beethoven, Television / Tom Verlaine, Captain Beefheart, Radiohead, Calexico, Fiona Apple, The Birthday Party, Joy Division, The Talking Heads, Bill Laswell, Patti Smith, Syd Barrett, Jimi Hendrix, Howlin' Wolf, Peter Green, Skip James, Muddy Waters, Charley Patton, Led Zeppelin, The Band, Steely Dan, The Police, Peter Gabriel, David Bowie, Adrian Belew, Marc Ribot, John Lurie, Stewart Copeland, The Jesus Lizard, Wall of Voodoo, Dave Stringer, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Anant Jesse, Ty Burhoe, U. Srinivas, Mike Marshall, David Grisman, Doc Watson, Bill Monroe, Jethro Burns, Chris Thile, David Lindley, Joaquin Murphy, Joe Pass, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Thelonius Monk, McCoy Tyner, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Django Reinhardt...
Musicians with whom I've studied:
Dan Phillips on Guitar
Don Stiernberg on Mandolin
Other assorted human influences:
My Father, James Randi, Charles Darwin, Carl Sagan, Ayn Rand, George Orwell, Robert Todd Carroll, Michael Shermer, Christopher Hitchens, F.W. Murnau, Guy Maddin, Jim Jarmusch, Terry Gilliam, Woody Allen, Walter Payton, Michael Jordan, Ron Santo, Penn & Teller, Graham Chapman, Graham Chapman, Graham Chapman, Graham Chapman...oh, sorry.
Non-human influences:
Rat Terriers, Mutts, rain storms, properly-smoked pork ribs (spare or baby back - both have their merits), Apple computers, Linux OS, fire, home-made ice cream, obscure history, heavy sarcasm, thorough frustration, rationalism/critical thought.
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