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Tom Thiel

About Me

It's been a crazy ride... skipping school, guitars, writing, practicing, garages, rehearsing, gigging, losing friends, fighting, haircuts, recording, name changes, radioplay, hotels, police, photoshoots, brake up's, investors, dive bars, sacrifices, insurance companies, studio's, tendonitis, opportunities, arena's, stolen gear, IRS, new friends, old habits, car crashes, second chances, dressing rooms, secret service, record labels, Jaegermeister, showcases, bullshit, new directions and myspace. ----------------------

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/10/2006
Band Website: WWW.TOMTHIEL.COM
Band Members: I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4
Influences: Jeff Buckley, Jellyfish, Jimi Hendrix, Chris Whitley, Pat Thrall, Steve Morse, morphine, King's X, Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Jason Falkner, Kurt V., Charles Darwin, Alex Lifeson, Beck, Foo Fighters, Automatic man, Imperial Drag, Filter, The Cure, The Police, Kitaro, The Cult, 11th House, Muddy Waters, Filter, Eleven, The Mermen, Andy sturmer, Big Wreck, Pink Floyd, MC 5, Marillion, Pat MacDonald, Raging Honkies, MMW, Ian Moore, 13 Horsepower, Billy White Trio, Failure, Janes Addiction, Mozart, Soundgarden, The Sweet, Gomez, Rage Against The Machine, K.D. Lang, Galactic cowboys, Klaatu, The Edge, Audley Freed, PoundHound, Brian Eno, Dishwalla, Man or Astroman, Jack White, Wayne Krantz, Scott Henderson, Michael Landau... hmmm
Sounds Like: A simmering stew of Les Paul's, Led Zeppelin, Telecaster's, Jeff Buckley, Budda and Marshall amps ...
Type of Label: None

My Blog

SONGWRITING

Well I woke this morning from a very real dream... I was playing a gig with "A-Town" who are friends of mine and a great band from Appleton. We were doing what I thought was a Sly and the Family ...
Posted by Tom Thiel on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 09:05:00 PST

gigging

A few things I've learned... the hard way... 1. Load-In: If you get to the club at 2:00 in the afternoon and are supposed to load-in at 7:00, do not bang incessantly on the back door. Usually the club...
Posted by Tom Thiel on Mon, 03 Jul 2006 12:42:00 PST