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Josiah Barnett

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About Me


I was born in 1982 on June 6th, at 6 o'clock in St. John's, NFLD. I never had a pool, but my grandparents did. By 1985 I was listening to Frank Zappa records with my dad. (Broken Hearts Are For Assholes was the first song I knew all the words to)
I have had a cat since the day I was born...Bobby, Peanut, Smoker, Dolly, Porkchop, Radio, Punky, and Gummo. In that order. Bobby died of cancer, Peanut died of old age, Smoker got given away by my parents, Dolly is 13, Porkchop is 11, Radio ran away, Punky & Gummo are 9 months old each.
I have formed, play/played in, or contributed to these projects; The Astral Plain Collective, Catboxer, Burn The Sheep, Bob Goes Away, The Pale Marys, Gil Spectrum and the Requiems/Thee Requiems, Fear of Lipstick, Octopus Trash, Lesser Mook, Perry Normal, The Glendas, I Hate To Think, The Man Whores, ...and more.
A video for my song "In a Dream"
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Member Since: 1/19/2006
Band Website: astralplainrecords.da.ru
Band Members: Josiah Barnett: vocals, acoustic/electric guitar, banjo, bass, drums/percussion, mouth harp, omnichord, mouth organ, casiotone...On the recordings backing appearances come in the form of Leslie Muir on vocals and piano, Cameron Murphy on violin and drums, Joel Fowler does some backing vocals and Ryan White plays a bass note or two. (all these fine people also have a full band together called Thee Requiems...minus Leslie who used to play with them)

I can't trust the evening news.................I've got the Rupert Murdoch blues

Influences: the decline of everything...relationships, friends, culture, society, technology and feelings...oh and also in no particular order; frankie sparo, petunia, june of 44, elliott smith, syd barrett, joan of arc, smog, neutral milk hotel, guided by voices, m ward, sufjan stevens, devendra banhart, yo la tengo, sonic youth, charles manson, neil young, cannibalism, joy division, minor threat, my bloody valentine, hayden, joanna newsom, one speed bike, silver mount zion, do make say think & all of constellation records actually, medical abnormalities, sebadoh, dinosaur jr., daniel johnston, frank zappa, the mothers of invention, tom waits, leonard cohen, kurt vonnegut, hunter s. thompson, chuck palahniuk, dinner is ruined, microphones/mount eerie, belle and sebastian, pavement, sappy records, k records, herman dune, fear of lipstick, dana is gone, sullen bay, moonsocket, orange glass, the peter parkers, elevator/eric's trip, rick white, the unintended, and the other moncton gems, folk implosion, john waters, david cronenberg.......

Sounds Like: Everything and nothing all the time.
Record Label: Astral Plain Records, Vulpine Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Music I did in 2007

2007 was a really busy year for me, musically.I recorded and released my 11 song solo album "Parasite Blues"I recorded 8 more solo songs that will become a new solo record in early 2008The Glendas rec...
Posted by Josiah Barnett on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 07:18:00 PST

Drum Fun

Drum Fun is the title of a new album I am working on right now...I have 6 songs done and another 4 or so to play around with over the next few months.  The title relates to the new found creative...
Posted by Josiah Barnett on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:05:00 PST

Parasite Blues now out!!!!

Hey everyone,This record is finally finished and manufactured...Once again I did everything myself. The album art, the copying, the cutting, the burning.  I am proud of this record and hope some ...
Posted by Josiah Barnett on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 06:53:00 PST

Thee Requiems (my full band!!!)

hey everyone..feel free to check out our full band here..thee requiems...
Posted by Josiah Barnett on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 03:06:00 PST

The Astral Plain Collective

Hey Everyone....My group of friends have been writing and recording music for the last few years, and a lot of it is really great and available for free listening. Bands like Dana is Gone, Ghostown B...
Posted by Josiah Barnett on Sat, 01 Apr 2006 10:27:00 PST

My Complete Discography!!

1994... A home made cassette titled "Burn the Sheep" was made by Josiah and his best friend Evan Moore.  It had two tracks..."I don't want to go to school", and "$100 piece of shit".  Only o...
Posted by Josiah Barnett on Fri, 24 Mar 2006 02:08:00 PST