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Turkestan Road

TURKESTAN ROAD... TAKE THE SCENIC ROUTE, PEOPLE...

About Me

CDBABY LINK for TURKESTAN ROAD: Sometimes... Distance --

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/16/2006
Band Website: turkestanroad.com
Band Members: MIKE LOFTON on GUITARS and VOCALS;JUAN C. on BASS;And introducing GARY UITICH on DRUMSFor now... just hit your "REFRESH" button to see the slide show, y'all!
Influences: Mike Lofton--- Sabbath, Zeppelin, Rush, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Tool; Juan C.--- Rush, Pink Floyd; Gary Uitich--- Big Rush fan... and anything that rocks!!!
Sounds Like: TOOL, SYSTEM of a DOWN, RUSH, SABBATH, PRIMUS... and occassionally hints of THE DOORS, PINK FLOYD, and generic jam bands.
Record Label: NONE (invisible, nonexistent... unattached)!!!
Type of Label: None

My Blog

BIG TOPIC... NO EASY ANSWERS...

 Illegal immigration is one of the most controversial issues facing the United Sates right now. The following is a summary of my thoughts on the issue... it is basically what I wrote in answer to...
Posted by Turkestan Road on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:23:00 PST

10 THINGS ABOUT ME... GOT TAGGED BY AUDREY...

 Ok... I've officially been tagged by Audrey. Now, I'm supposed to write 10 random things about myself, and then "tag" 10 other people, and they're supposed to do the same, or somehow the space-t...
Posted by Turkestan Road on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 08:03:00 PST

LYRICS to "GIBRALTAR"...

  "Gibraltar" is the companion song to "Pillage and Plunder"; both songs are on our CD entitled SOMETIMES... DISTANCE. They were written around late 2001, and deal with the same subject matter (v...
Posted by Turkestan Road on Wed, 16 May 2007 08:56:00 PST

POETRY FROM THE MIND OF MIKE L...

 Here we go, folks... not one, but TWO pieces of... um... poetry for you! Actually, the first one is the lyrical part of a T-Road song called "Bird Watching", from our CD entitled SOMETIMES....
Posted by Turkestan Road on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 08:40:00 PST

FIRST IN SERIES OF STORIES...

why I (eventually) gave up on heavy drinking&        &nb sp;         &nb sp;       ...
Posted by Turkestan Road on Sun, 22 Apr 2007 10:05:00 PST

CHECK OUT THE NEW UPLOADS (songs 1 and 2)...

 OK... they're not really NEW... just new to Myspace. They are the first 2 songs on our Player now... first is "Pillage and Plunder", a cheery little song about an untamed aggressor breaking the ...
Posted by Turkestan Road on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 01:41:00 PST

MP3 LINKS... OUR MUSIC...

 Howdy, folks. Just letting you know that we have pages on TWO mp3 sites now... Apple iTunes ( http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/vie wAlbum?playListId=164379603) and...
Posted by Turkestan Road on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:14:00 PST

T-ROAD'S LIVE MU-U-U-U-U-SIC...

Hi, y'all... just letting everyone know that we finally snagged a good drummer... double-kick (and nice rack!), hard-working, not scared of weird time signatures and weirder guitarists! Hopefully, we'...
Posted by Turkestan Road on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 07:37:00 PST

We could SURELY use a Drummer...

 Well... still no prospects to fill the position of drummer- the essential anchor for ANY rock band- as we sprint into the second month of the (not so) New Year. So... ironically, the band known ...
Posted by Turkestan Road on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 02:54:00 PST

WE'RE ON INTERNET/COLLEGE RADIO...

That's right, folks... ***Engel_Dust*** (in our "Top 8" list) has included us in her radio show's playlist for the first Tuesday afternoon of April. Go to her Profile Page, and check out her blog--- o...
Posted by Turkestan Road on Mon, 03 Apr 2006 12:30:00 PST