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Rose McDowall

Why do you wear that stupid bunny suit?

About Me

I've helped start 4 bands (the Poems, Strawberry Switchblade, Spell and Sorrow). And I have sung, played guitar and drums in several other bands like Felt, Psychic TV, Coil, Current 93, Death in June, Primal Scream (briefly), Sol Invictus, Backworld, Alex Fergusson, Megas, Hilmar Orn Hilmarson....I was born and raised in Glasgow but have since fled to the English countryside where I'm kept busy with the children and the animals.PLEASE HELP!!!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/19/2006
Band Website: rosemcdowall.com
Band Members: sunny smiles and shady characters, contrary fairies and poppyheads
Influences: Dolly Parton, The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, the Mamas & Papas, Tommy James & the Shondells, VU, Leonard Cohen, fairies, mushrooms, the streets of Glasgow and the voices in my head
Sounds Like: The Scottish Highlands on the morning after nuclear war.
Record Label: negotiating
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Radio Interview Tonight

Rose was pleased to be interviewed recently for a show called "Revenge of the Eighties."  The programme featuring this interview will be broadcast tonight on Q99.1 out of Hudson Valley, NY betwee...
Posted by Rose McDowall on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:21:00 PST

After Lisbon....

AFTER LISBONJanuary 26th saw a rare appearance by Rose and the full line-up of her backing band (as yet to be named, suggestions welcome) in the heart of beautiful Lisbon at the Music Box.  She a...
Posted by Rose McDowall on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 06:18:00 PST

Live appearance and radio interview

Rose McDowall will be performing live at the Indietracks Festival on 28th of July.  She and her backing band are currently scheduled to headline in the railway chapel starting at 7:50pm though ti...
Posted by Rose McDowall on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:34:00 PST

Interview on Resonance FM

This just in:An interview with Rose McDowall will be broadcast on London's Resonance FM 104.4fm as part of Will Stone's The Hour of the Apocalypse series at 11:30pm (UK time) on Monday the 15th of Jan...
Posted by Rose McDowall on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 09:42:00 PST

First Things First: Maintenance & Friends

This MySpace profile is irregularly maintained and monitored by Rose herself, and occasionally otherwise by someone else. She eventually reads and appreciates any/all messages/comments but her time on...
Posted by Rose McDowall on Mon, 23 Jan 2006 08:53:00 PST

News of shows and records

The website shop now has copies of Grief (picture disc with Jhonn Balance & Tactile and Rosa Mundi) and The Poems - Achieving Unity, a 3 track 7" by the punky-noise-experimental-artsy group w...
Posted by Rose McDowall on Thu, 13 Apr 2006 06:41:00 PST