Member Since: 11/10/2004
Band Website: woodennickle.org
Band Members: matt boney
(voc, lead guitar, piano) jeff simmons
(voc, laptop, guitar)
kyle delamarter
(laptop)
chris hutton
(drums)
Influences: missouri. portland. beatles. neil. dylan. the byrds. joe walsh. electric light orchestra. muddy waters. bowie. the kinks. loose fur. wilco. grandaddy. elliott. heatmiser. sonic youth. radiohead. hank williams. big star. woody. pearl jam. joanna newsom. jim croce. jim o'rourke. rem. holy sons. the standard. dolorean. grails. joseph arthur. scout niblett. damien jurado, cat stevens...
Sounds Like: ... some kind of mutant avant-country Velvet Underground; big, majestic Crazy Horse/punk Dylan stompers; puddles of freaky abstract psychedelia oozing through the cracks; creaky, abandoned-sounding folk and epic electro-swamp boogie—right up there with Castanets, Six Organs, and the White Album’s weirder cuts. (Look up "Wooden Nickle guitar playing, circa summer 2007" in the Encyclopedia of Universal Cosmic Truth and it’ll say something like: "Riffs snap like baby rattlesnakes … chicken-scratch pickin’ … ’holy crap dude!’ says audience member … enraptured string-bending … composure = totally lost … distortion heaven … livin’ it.") Live, singer/guitarist Matt Boney, drummer Chris Hutton, and guitarist/laptopist/singer Jeff Simmons do all this and more. "More" meaning: They let it BLEED. "More" meaning: Matt’s guitar screams out feedback like an eagle while new ground is won and taken on the sweaty, blistering rock ’n’ roll battlegrounds; Hank Williams homage is done as howling, high plains indierock. The quiet parts are hauntingly engaging; the loud parts feel like pure open-road FREEDOM. It’s a spirited, crowded, authentic burst of energy, passionate intent, and love for each other, the crowd, and the honest soul of music. As says Simmons, the two key elements here are integrity and truth. And when both feel this good, and cry out this loud, you’ll be glad the secret’s now busted wide open, bursting like a firecracker for the whole world to see.
Adam Gande
http://www.adamgnade.com/
Record Label: Borrowdeer
Type of Label: Indie