Member Since: 08/12/2004
Band Website: http://www.ismism.net/exercisingdemons
Band Members:
Influences: Wire, The Fall, Eno, Can, Neu!, Velvet Underground, Television, The Jam, Swell Maps, Young Marble Giants, Gang of Four, Buzzcocks, The Ex, The Replacements, The Stranglers, The Ramones, Voidoids, Pere Ubu, Dream Syndicate, Monochrome Set, Tubeway Army, This Heat, Mekons, Minutemen, Joy Division, Mission of Burma, Birthday Party, Alternative TV, Pixies, Stereolab, The Embarrassment, Devo, My Bloody Valentine, Modern Lovers, The Sonics, The Monks, Kinks, early Pink Floyd, The Misunderstood, The Creation, 13th Floor Elevators, Nuggets, Pebbles...and all the stuff that influenced them. Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Kinks, Rolling Stones, Led Zep, Tropicalia, Parsons, CCR, Beatles, Wilco, Howlin Wolf, both Elvis P and C, Cash, Clash, Nick Cave, Pogues, Van Morrison, Hank Williams, George Jones, Sun Records, Chess Records, Stax Records, Kurt Weill, Ernie Kovacs, Ludwig Van, Jim Thompson, PK Dick, heartbreak and confusion, etc.
all my previous bands and the folks I played with in 'em as follows in chronological order:
Pittsburgh:
The Dialtones,
The Yes Men,
Actual Size,
Scary Art at McDonalds,
Cousin It,
Hello Betty,
Bbronk
Austin:
Poison 13,
Slang Drill,
Prohibition,
The Spoilers
Baltimore:
Candy Machine,
Science Kit,
The Beautiful Losers,
Brooklyn:
Excercising Demons
Austin:
The Easy Pills
Sounds Like: anti-techno-proto-funk and roll, country tainted garage prog-rock, folksploitation, cosmic soul -beatnik pop for those in need of suggested classification...
Record Label: http://www.ismism.net/demons