Music:
Member Since: 12/5/2004
Band Website: thecringe.com
Band Members: John Cusimano - Guitar, Vocals;
Roto - Lead guitar;
Matt Powers - Bass;
Shawn Pelton - Drums
though it is worth mentioning that on tour
we have help on drums sometimes when Shawn can’t pull away from SNL: Ant Cee of the SmashUp.
Influences: Hüsker Dü, The Jam, Foo Fighters, Nirvana, STP, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, The Talking Heads, Richard Hell, Live Skull, The Band, The Ramones, Television, Sex Pistols, Joan Jett, 30 seconds to Mars, God or Julie, Bikini Kill, Fugazi, Octant, At the Drive-in, Yo La Tengo, Jimi Hendrix, Cat Power, Matt Powers, Whether Music, ALSO ALSO, The Slits, Helium, Blonde Redhead, Lightening Bolt, the Boredoms, Death Cab for Cutie, Cursive, The Dismemberment Plan, Van Morrison, Neil Young, U2, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, Sonic Youth, Muddy Waters, Generation X, The Secret Machines, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Queen, Ciccone Youth, The Eels, Brian Eno, Roxy Music, Sid Barret, God speed you Black Emperor, The Police, Jane's Addiction, Pornos for Pyros, Smashing Pumpkins (though only Gish), Bob Marley, Primus, Steel Pulse, Israel Vibration, Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, Jaco Pastorius, Victor Wooten, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, David Bowie, Cream, Eric Clapton, Peter Gabriel, Coltrane, Bird, Gang of Four, Iggy and the Stooges, Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, The Rolling Stones, Steve Reich, Santana, Otis Redding, John Lennon, The Who, The Zombies, Jethro Tull, The Silver Apples, Love, MC5, Glen Branca, Dire Straits, Weezer, Os Mutantes, Rasputina, Vic Chestnut, Citigrass, Astrograss, Sublime, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Appendix Out, Mocket, The Need, Sky Cries Mary, Jesus and Mary Chain, Kings of Leon, The Killers, The Strokes, Chris Cornell, Soundgarden, Rage Against the Machine, Phillip Glass, Neutral Milk Hotel, Sunny Day Realestate, Capt. Jack, Postal Service, Le Tigre, Square Pusher, Sleater Kinney, Propagandhi, Less than Jake, Modest Mouse, The Microphones, Rush, Stevie Wonder, Green Day, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Frank Zappa, AC/DC, Elliot Smith, Old Metallica, Beck, Jeff Beck, JOhn Vanderslice, The Shins, Perry Farrell, Perfect Circle, Radiohead, Buffalo Daughter, The Minders, Beulah, The Gerbils, Apples in Stereo, Beta Band, Helmet, Tom Waits, Unkle, Enemymine, Velvet Revolver, Brian Steen, Pocket Earth, Dirty Three, Him, Deer Hoof, Temple of the Dog, Hovercraft, old Pink Floyd, Arcade Fire, Imogen Heap, Bush, New York Dolls, CSNY, CCR, Mamas and the Papas, Lydia Lunch, Bowie with Bing Crosby totally classic hilarity, Elvis, Mission of Burma, Baby Jane, Old Genesis, Guns n' Roses, Green Day, Less than Jake, NOFX, Mad Season (remember them?), Santana, the Runaways, Mudhoney, Dinosaur Jr., Screaming Trees, T. REX, Stereolab, Sublime, Sean Lennon's album "Friendly Fire", The Violent Femmes, and too many others to list here.
Sounds Like: We sound like what your listening to coming out of your speakers... right now. (unless you don't have sound, then you're in a whole different realm of trouble.)
Record Label: Listen Records (SONY RED)
Type of Label: Indie
