Member Since: 2/19/2006
Band Website: aquilalovesyou.com lodestar-records.com
Band Members: me, tom waits + ray charles on piano, bob dylan on harmonica, greg dulli on guitar and backing vocals, janis joplin, nina simone and aretha franklin as guest vocalists, danny eastough on bass, jon skibic on lead guitar, paul waight on drums, loudon wainwright III on ukelele... man, that would be cool
Influences: Tom Waits, Lenny Bruce, Nirvana, Bill Hicks, Joan As Policewoman, PJ Harvey, The Smiths, Joe Orton, Billie Holiday, MCR, Greg Dulli, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Bright Eyes, Tori Amos, Jeff Buckley, Bob Dylan, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, Velvet Revolver, George Macdonald Fraser, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Muddy Waters, Rufus Wainwright, Lordi, Otis Redding, P.G. Wodehouse, Roddy Frame, David Bowie, Raymond Chandler, Janis Joplin, The Killers, James Ellroy, Philip Pullman, Robert Johnson, Placebo, Loudon Wainwright III, Spike Milligan, Ed McBain, Martin Grech, Muse, Joseph Arthur, Wilde, Guns & Roses, Odetta, Lou Reed, Mark Lanegan, Ray Charles, Noam Chomsky, Antony And The Johnsons, Audioslave, Led Zeppelin, Stephen Fry, The Twilight Singers, Monty Python's Flying Circus, The Velvet Underground, Pearl Jam, Nick Drake, The Band, Nina Simone, Bret Easton Ellis, Screaming Jay Hawkins... etc
Sounds Like: "This will appeal to alot of you. It's like having the pages of a diary lovingly dribbled onto a CD... perhaps Jeff Buckley would be a good comparison... or, when he plays the acoustic card, Bob Dylan" < Salvo Magazine >
"...Delivers terse and uncompromising performances, essentially looking at themes of desperation, loneliness and relationships in the modern context of dysfunctional life... you're enveloped by the unfolding drama, with the music artfully played and setting a suitably post millenial atmosphere... intense, affirming and ultimately engaging" < Camden Times >
"Moves from vocal caress to catharsis with frightening ease" < Overplay >
Record Label: Lodestar
Type of Label: Indie