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About Me

once upon a time, on a dark and stormy night, they lived happily ever after. the end. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~we are not really aliens. just abductees. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~what's the world coming to when pluto can't be a planet anymore? so pluto's out and goofy's in? you better watch out, uranus might be next! ~~~~~~pretty exciting about the new distant planet they found in another solar system, called 581C just 120 trillion miles away. wondering how far it is from UCI81 and OU812? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ok let's play a little game. in the following slideshow find our gps in some of the photos. do you see it zoomin at ya? the visitors are a rock band with dynamic harmonious juicy yummy grooves--hear some more at http://cdbaby.com/cd/thevisitors. when we play live we mix in some tasty retro and modern cover songs. take the link on the left to our homepage, tons of info there and links to over 1000 images from our shows over the last 5 years. we have 2 cd's of our songs, GLOWFISH and WE COME IN PEACE and have a 3rd cd in progress--we may be releasing it as an ep. john and cris have been playing in bands together over fifteen years, with mike for five years, and most recently with joe. thank you for supporting live original music and keeping your ears open. thanks to our widening base of new friends here on myspace and hope you find some music you like among our musical friends assembled here for your enjoyment. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~peace! =====~~~~~
PEACE! what's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding? all we are saying is give peace a chance! bring our troops home from iraq! this is a music page, not a political page but it keeps getting worse there and other places in the world so...let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me...join in...now is the time to speak up and stop the madness! (speaking for myself, cris) and thanks---now on with the show~~~~~~~~~~~Find more amazing free myspace templates at myspace-html-layout.com!
see more visitors videos at WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/THEVISITORSROCK``````~~~~~~~~~~~``````

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/22/2006
Band Website: hometown.aol.com/thevisitorsrock/myhomepage/tunes.html
Band Members: mike brown, bass, guitar and vocals;joey holland, guitar, bass and vocals;john irons, guitar, bass and vocals;cris walkinshaw, drums, bassinet and vocals
Influences: the beatles, elvis costello, green day, pink floyd, todd rundgren, cracker, weezer, talking heads, rolling stones, david bowie, U2, the who, the monkees, neil young, r.e.m., bodeans, social distortion, standells, xtc, robyn hitchcock, jethro tull, the doors, jack johnson, hoodoo gurus, the call, beck, king crimson, yes, white stripes, the clash, the stranglers, they might be giants, joe jackson, nirvana, peter gabriel, genesis, the porps, allman brothers, oingo boingo, nickelback, frank zappa, alice cooper, sheryl crow,eurythmics, rory gallagher, psychedelic furs, the touched, liquid sky, tool, L7, uk, the wild childs, metallica, sugarcubes, iggy pop, tom petty, the strokes, jet, the kinks, devo, the pretenders, deep purple, steve hillage, pat metheny, brand x, altered images, brian eno, ok go, the go gos, bob dylan, johnny and edgar winter, george and bill clinton, lou reed, bubble puppy, steely dan, steeleye span, banana splits, the byrds, traffic, moody blues, the police, paul reubens, the animals, the turtles, paul simon, ultravox, the pixies, the breeders, the rutles, soundgarden, buddy holly, the hollies, badfinger, the bangles, the beach boys, chuck berry, benny goodman, blind faith, wilson pickett, tomita, jefferson airplane, the b-52's, kate bush, gong, the ramones, blondie, the subways, leon russell, garbage, cheap trick, golden earring, the motels, janis joplin, roxy music, cream, t rex, nick lowe, bo diddley, humble pie, the killers, harry nilsson, harry chapin, the seeds, the troggs, johnny cash, split enz, little richard, dixie dregs, zz top, led zeppelin, jimmie spheeris, alley cats, stray cats, the yardbirds, crowded house, donovan, evanescence, james gang, james brown, kraftwerk, elton john, billy joel, manfred mann, steppenwolf, stereophonics, black sabbath, squeeze, terje rypdal, elvis presley, gary burton, audioslave, miles davis, weather report, wishbone ash, arlo guthrie, madness, jewel, david bromberg, dead milkmen, shel silverstein, fiona apple, roy orbison, gene krupa, aphrodite's child, depeche mode, herman's hermits, van morrison, the cramps, spirit, iron butterfly, the band, no doubt, hawkwind, bow wow wow, sha na na, jesse colin young, goo goo dolls, new york dolls, jerry lee lewis, rickie lee jones, stevie ray vaughan, weird al yankovic, ? and the mysterians, crosby stills and nash, three dog night, shadows of knight, gang of four, wall of voodoo, dukes of stratosphear, mott the hoople, love and rockets, hall and oates, ten years after, return to forever, blue oyster cult, blood sweat and tears, stone temple pilots, vanessa and the o's, electric light orchestra, creedence clearwater revival, grand funk railroad, ludwig and camper van beethoven, sly and the family stone, black oak arkansas, red hot chili peppers, ozark mountain daredevils, orchestral maneouvers in the dark, jimi hendrix experience, nitty gritty dirt band, emerson lake and palmer, crazy world of arthur brown, commander cody and his lost planet airmen, ringling brothers barnum and bailey, shakira shakira shakira, thunderclap newman, gary numan, randy newman, alfred e. newman,...
Sounds Like: the visitors -and- if you click on the "videos" tab above there are some songs we cover and mix in with our originals (50) when we play all night long to our adoring fans
Record Label: home made
Type of Label: None

My Blog

the passing of mike brown

from this morning's Kansas City Star:Mike Brown   Charles Michael Brown, 53, of Lone Jack, Mo., passed away on December 13, 2007, at Lee's Summit Hospital.  Mike graduated from Ruskin High S...
Posted by the visitors on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 08:00:00 PST

video--supersize it 3.17.07 lake house pub

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP5LrMsbZ5Q we had this video from st. pats posted right on our page until recently, then took it off in hopes that would help our slideshows work without having to refr...
Posted by the visitors on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 08:08:00 PST

video--that old shoe 4.5.07 live at pete's inn

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgY2XfR58rY with more kickboxing!
Posted by the visitors on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 08:00:00 PST

video--technology live at pete's inn 4.5.07

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzkY2nQR5fs with kickboxing
Posted by the visitors on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 07:43:00 PST

video--come home live at 3rd st pub 3.2.07

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8YOaLzCI_4
Posted by the visitors on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 07:15:00 PST

come home history

"this is a song about premonitions, and it's funny how many of them came true"  is how i often introduce the song "come home".  this song originated back in 1983 when i played in the porps.&...
Posted by the visitors on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 07:58:00 PST

to blog, or not to blog

that is the question.  and is it like masturbating?...
Posted by the visitors on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 08:41:00 PST