Member Since: 2/10/2006
Band Website: catsthatlooklikehitler.com
Band Members: Christian Krieg
Influences: The Beatles, and all Post Beatle Material, Harry Nilsson, Randy Newman, Paul Simon, Pink Floyd (all of it),Carole King, Django Rheinhardt, Stevie Wonder, The Divine Comedy, Ben Folds, Bela Fleck, The Wooten Brothers, The Kinks, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Woody Guthrie, Leonard Cohen, Chopin, Paganinni, Elliott Smith, Weather Report, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Neil Young, Big Brother, Nick Drake, Ray Charles, James Brown, Captain Geech & the Shrimp Shack Shooters, The Police, Jimi Hendrix, Danny Elfman, John Williams, Ennio Morricone, Beethoven, Mozart, Samuel Barber, Tom Waits, Rachmaninoff, George Gershwin, Hoagy Charmichael, Leadbelly, Bob Marley, The Rolling Stones, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, The Left Banke, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, Led Zepplin, Loretta Lynn, Nina Simone, Wade Krieg, Nick Amodeo, John Waite, Mike Nesbit, Jeff Karnowski, Sunnyland Steve Olsen....so many - plus many filmakers, artists of all shapes & sizes. above all else - good story tellers, family & comedians, well behaved children, fear, ego, love, redemption & religious inconsistency, humankind's intention of self destruction and well groomed domesticated animals....and Iranian transvestites...also knife fighting
Philsy...i'm second only to Paul for him:
"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side. "
- Hunter S. Thompson
"Familiarity breeds contempt - and children." - Mark Twain
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Sounds Like: As Sceneazine said in its review of "Wayward Pilgrims""...solid sound with moving lyrics....(Krieg) a des moines native who deserves some attention. If you like good music, you'll like Christian Krieg."
“..compares to the softer side of Pink Floyd…like his influences, (Krieg’s) creative lyrics provoke deep thought…â€
-Des Moines Register – 14 September 2007
Record Label: Shabbey Road
Type of Label: Major