Member Since: 12/5/2004
Band Members: Depending on the show...
JAKE STEVENS: Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Bass, Drums and whatever else needs to be played
HANK VANRANDEN: 6 & 12 String Guitars, Mandolin, Harmonica & Backing Vocals
JAMES HUGHES: Bass & Backing Vocals
DON SCHWEIHOFER: Drums, Percussion, IPod & Backing Vocals
Influences: The Beatles and all of their solo stuff, Freedy Johnston, Owsley, Travis, James Taylor, Bic Runga, Fountains Of Wayne, XTC and all of THEIR side-projects and alternate names, Toad The Wet Sprocket and their offspring, Bjork, Semisonic, Sarah McLachlan, Howard Jones, The Steve Miller Band, Vigilantes Of Love/Bill Mallonee, Spacehog, Pete Yorn, Sheryl Crow, The Samples, Jim Croce, Jellyfish, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, R.E.M., Sigor Ros, Gin Blossoms, Jimmy Eat World, Alana Davis, Shawn Smith's various projects (Brad, Satchel, The Twilight Singers, etc.), Duncan Sheik, The Eels, John Hiatt, The Muppet Movie Soundtrack, Dada, Paul Simon, Mark Kozelek's bands (Red House Painters and Sun Kil Moon), Ben Folds, Electric Light Orchestra, Pete Droge, Matthew Sweet, The Thorns, Maxwell, James, Keb' Mo', Alison Krauss and Union Station, Damien Rice, The Lilac Time, Del Amitri, Tears For Fears, Wayne, Wilco, Seed, The Lemonheads, The Little Shop Of Horrors Soundtrack...the list goes on and on...I've got over 1,200 CDs in my collection
Sounds Like: Glen Phillips (Toad The Wet Sprocket/Mutual Admiration Society), Owsley, Fountains Of Wayne, Mark Kozelek (Red House Painters/Sun Kil Moon), James Taylor, et al.
Record Label: Substance Records
Type of Label: Indie