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The Banzai Kid

About Me

"It's not the way I planned"The Banzai Kid started out making stupid songs on a little tape recorder with his brother and his friends and eventually as he got older felt the urge to actually form a proper band. Every single band that he formed fell apart and along the way he found himself trying to keep creative by experimenting with sounds on his computer. This was the first stage of the Banzai Kid. Eventually, frustrated at his latest bands collapse, he realised that the only real answer was to be a solo artist instead and just "see what happens". He has since written many songs and performed them live on Open Mic Nights and fully fledged Gigs.For fans of the oldschool Banzai Kid sound collage stuff...check out http://www.Last.fm where there's the entire best of album: Blood, Booze and Bullshit - The Best Of The Banzai Kid ALL of the tracks are FREE to download. Enjoy!

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Music:

Member Since: 23/03/2006
Band Website: myspace.com/thebanzaikid
Band Members: Vocals - The Banzai Kid Rhythm Guitar - The Banzai Kid Lead Guitar - The Banzai Kid Keyboard - The Banzai Kid Drums - The Banzai Kid Lyrics - The Banzai Kid Occasional Cohorts - Amanda De Wardia, Phil Redmon and Beeba.
Influences:
Sounds Like: Elliott Smith, Eels, Neil Young, Badly Drawn Boy, Frank Black, Beck, Nick Cave, Ben Kweller, Jeffrey Lewis.Get Your Own! | View Slideshow
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Gig Number 8

LOCATION: A Cellarful Of Noise on ICRfm, IpswichDate: 01/06/10TIME: 5:15pm My hours changed at work and so I had to leave work at 5 to get to a radio station at 5! Problematic?! Anyways so I had to...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:59:00 GMT

Gig Number 7

.. LOCATION: A Cellarful Of Noise on ICRfm, IpswichDate: 16/03/10TIME: 5:00pm Once again left this late. Too forgetful and lazy. Blah. Anyways...
Posted by on Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:21:00 GMT

Gig Number 6

LOCATION: A Cellarful Of Noise on ICRfm, IpswichDate: 19/01/10TIME: 5:00pm Sorry, kind of left it a bit late writing anything about this. Can't think of much to say really...ummm...I played:Creeping ...
Posted by on Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:09:00 GMT

Gig Number 5

LOCATION: PJ McGintys, IpswichDate: 16/12/09TIME: 8:45pm As soon as I got to the pub I started the drinking. I hadn't actually played in front of a group of people since 2007 and i'm ALWAYS nervous a...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:57:00 GMT

Gig Number 4

LOCATION: A Cellarful Of Noise on ICRfm, IpswichDate: 08/12/09TIME: 5pm Didn't fuck up quite as much as last time I was on the show. Okay, so I did have to restart "Home" but...meh. Played:Not The W...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:19:00 GMT

Gig Number 3

LOCATION: A Cellarful Of Noise on ICRfm, IpswichDate: 20/10/09TIME: 5pm First time i've played live on a radio show (does it count as a gig? i say yes!). Didn't have time to go for a few pints first,...
Posted by on Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:26:00 GMT

Gig Number 2

LOCATION: The Bell, KesgraveTIME: 8:40pm My first proper gig...my drinks were: 1 and a bit pints of Carlsberg... Then I played:Appointed Part 2I Don't Wanna Hurt No-OneTalk And DrinkCome And Run ...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:08:00 GMT

What a lovely little review...

I had another bad review on Audio Democracy. I guess those people just don't get me or the type of music I like...oh well...Here's a far nicer review which Mr Phil Redmon left as a comment..."Thi...
Posted by on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 09:46:00 GMT

Gig Number 1

LOCATION: The Bell, KesgraveTIME: 10:45pm My first Open Mic Night...my drinks were: Carlsberg, Coke, Carlsberg, Coke, Water, Carlsberg... Then I played:Appointed Part 2Westfall (Originally by Okkervil...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 20:42:00 GMT

Yay! A Bad Review!!!

This comes from a site called "Audio Democracy" where you can send in your songs and have them reviewed. I sent them a copy of the "It's not that I don't care" demo. They gave...
Posted by on Thu, 31 May 2007 08:19:00 GMT