Music:
Member Since: 11/6/2004
Band Website: tommydempseymusic.com
Band Members:
ME: Melodic interpretation of lyrics, lame guitar parts, pie-anna, skins, and Mrs. Don Tremonts purple fish
SMUG is:
Gary Rand :The bass guitar and comedy
Pete AbdOu :Drums/Percussion, tatoos & cool factor.
Pedro Silva :Lead Guitar, first rehearsal drum ideas :)
Influences: My Grandmother Wilhelmina -and anyone else who can stay as open-hearted in the face of this world for as long as she did! After that in no particular order: Elvis Costello, Joeseph Campbell, Aretha Franklin, Enrico Palazzo, Pete Best's old band, Ben Folds, Sam Cooke and the Soul Stirrers, Whinnie the Pooh, Robert Smith, Paul Westerberg, Barton Fink, Cheap Trick, Stevie Wonder, Alice Cooper, Larry Bird, Otis Redding, Bob Dylan, Pee-Wee Herman, Jeff Buckley, Cow But, Rick Springfield, Dio vs Ozzy, Oscar Wilde, Pete Townshend, Anyone who has the heart to be themselves, U2, Kiss, Tracy Chapman, Dave Cochran, George Carlin, Jellyfish, Ray Charles, Dawn & KivO, Toll Booth Willie, My 2 beautiful nieces Davan & Ava, The Cars, Nina Simone, Foghorn Leghorn, Socrates, Butch Walker, Vincent Gallo, Paul Rodgers, James Brown, Shakyamuni, Charles Bukowski, Theo & Vincent Van Gogh, Joe Jackson, Aurthur Fleischman, The Black Crowes, All my current and X bandmates, Billie Holiday, Really good coffee, The Knack, Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Daniels, Liz Phair, Elton John, Jonie Mitchell, Gary Rand, Bud Abbott & Lou Costello, Squeeze, Weezer, Marvin Gaye, Radiohead, Iron Maiden, Steve Perry, Chuck D & Public Enemy, Rainer Maria Rilke, The Muppets, Tom Waits, Chrissy Hynde, Jake and Elwood Blues, J Tagg, Bruce Campbell, Neil Gaimen, Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn, Van Halen, Freddie Mercury, Steve Martin, Edgar Allen Poe, A really well crafted pop tune, The lovely "FC" Carolyn Kepes, House of Pain, George Orwell, Miles Davis, Peter Wolf, Smokey Robinson, Indian food, Ani DiFranco, Kitty (RIP), David Bowie, Ice T, Rumi, Victoria, Jay Tagg, Monty Python, Nick Cave, Bob Marley, Fishbone, Neil Finn, Sinead O'Conner, Prince, Patty Griffin, Chet Baker, Peter Gabriel, YOU, chocolate-chip and pistachio ice cream to name but a few...
Oh yeah, F**K Coconuts! No... really. Ef em
Sounds Like: whoever makes YOU feel comfortable is fine with me
Record Label: None
Type of Label: None
