Member Since: 3/20/2006
Band Website: ghostplane.com
Band Members: Achilles Botes (Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Keyboards, Claps and Footstamps)------
Mark Dryburgh (Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Keyboards, Hoots and Hollers)----------
Ash Harmer (Bass Guitar, Vocals, Percussion, Keyboards, Accordion, Noise)----
Mike Scudder (Keyboards, Percussion, Trombone, Accordion, Bells and Whistles)-
Influences: Grandaddy, Silver Jews, Smog, Cat Power, Flaming Lips, Pajo, The Verlaines, Wilco, Sparklehorse, Arcade Fire, Bright Eyes, Will Oldham, Bob Dylan, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Calexico, Lambchop, M Ward, Radiohead, Doves, Gomez, Fugazi, Jim White, Neil Young, Air, Pixies, Iron and Wine, Belle and Sebastian, Sonic Youth, The Beta Band, Loose Fur, The Velvet Underground, The Band, Beck, The Black Heart Procession, Sufjan Stevens, The National, Radar Bros.... um, and lots lots more. This is probably just a list of bands we like, we probably don't sound anything like them...
Sounds Like: Ghostplane fall very approximately into the category of experimental indie rock/pop with a side of dark alt-country thrown in. With three vocalists, acoustic and electric guitars, miscellaneous semi-functioning electronic devices, lopsided rhythms, old drum machines and due respect to the random element, you could say, in musicological terms, they've got their own thing going...
Record Label: Check out our releases www.archhill.co.nz
Type of Label: Indie