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CELEST

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About Me


www.celestworld.com
Let me tell you a story
The name 'CELEST' which was chosen years before metal bands, anti-baby pills and the like, originates from a fine single released in the early 90's by English indie/shoegazing band 'The Telescopes' (titled 'Celeste'), at a time when shoegazing was being swallowed up by manchester rave. Which was not a bad thing! As an open-minded indie kid, who spent last pennies buying the latest Creation/ SubPop/ Factory records etc. 12" vinyl releases, having bands like The Stone Roses, Ride, Chapterhouse, Pixies, Mudhoney, Sonic Youth and the like was fucking amazing. Every teenage mood swing was just a lift of the needle away! Getting goose pimples from Sonic Youth's 'Teenage Riot', or Spacemen3's 'Transparent Radiation', playing tin cans to the crashing cymbols of Ride's 'Drive Blind' or screaming along to Frank Black's voice in The Pixie's 'Tame', all but drove ambitions to play music, and be influenced/ manipulated by these fantastic musicians.
Celest's debut album 'Take it in your stride' is described in the press as being 'a classic combination of indie-rock .....a masterful debut album'. Click here to buy it and burn it for your friends.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/1/2006
Band Website: celestworld.com
Band Members: Ollie Purcell
Oliver Anders Hendriksson
Hermann Koepf
Marc Boysen

Influences: The Pixies, Ride, Stone Roses, Inspiral Carpets, Whipping Boy, Strokes, Jesus and Mary Chain, Sonic Youth, Joy Division, Mudhoney, Pavement, Lush, Swervedriver, Teenage Fanclub, The Wedding Present, The Creation, The Jam, Undertones, Ramones, Primal Scream, Happy Mondays, The Fall, The Cure, Spacemen3, Loop, The Telescopes, Inspiral Carpets, The Stills, Doves, Hoggboy, And you will know us by the trail of dead, Interpol, Kitchens of Distinction, BRMC, Dirt Bombs, Dim Stars, Sebadoh, Seam, Longpigs......etc.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

59to1 live photos online

Check out our Photo Album "Celest Live" for some pictures of celest live at 59to1. Many thanks to Peter for the great photos!...
Posted by CELEST on Thu, 22 May 2008 06:31:00 PST

59to1

The lastest 'semi -private concert' at www.59to1.net turned out to be a great success, made possible by you the audience, our technician Klaus Jedelksy (www.subzmedia.de/), visualist Bettina (www.mysp...
Posted by CELEST on Mon, 19 May 2008 02:08:00 PST

New Drummer

Dear HenryNach einer kurzen Zeit der Depression ist der Platz an den Drums neubesetzt. Mit Marc Boysen hat Celest einen energiegeladenen Besessenengefunden, um die Gehörgänge mal wieder richtig durchz...
Posted by CELEST on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 06:54:00 PST

Celest im Studio

Es wird Zeit. Anfang nächsten Jahres soll das neue Celest Album in den Musikläden stehen. Deshalb wird im Dezember und Januar der kleine Proberaum gegen ein schnukeliges Studio eingetauscht und das ne...
Posted by CELEST on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 06:58:00 PST

On stage with The Undertones

Genug geprobt, zurück auf die Bühne. Spontanität ist Trumpf. Und so finden sich Celest heute am 30. Nov gegen 20 Uhr auf der Bühne der Kleinen Elserhalle (Munich) ein um The Undertones zu supporten. L...
Posted by CELEST on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 06:56:00 PST