Member Since: 27/03/2006
Band Website: www.myspace.com/howdareumusic
Band Members: HOWDAREU! (bass/vocals); Evripidis and His Tragedies (Backing Vocals/Ocassional Percussion)
Influences: MUSIC: ESG, The Slits, Motown Records, James Jamerson, James Brown, Fats Domino, Ray Charles, 50's & 60's Girl Groups, The Exciters, Shirley Ellis, The Ikettes, The Fabulettes, Shangri-las, The Chiffons, Phil Spector, The Ronettes, Brenda Lee, Dusty Springfield, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Little Ann, Dixie Cups, Soul Jazz Records, Konk, Pastorius, H. Hancock, James Chance/The Contortions, James Murphy, DNA, Liquid Liquid, The Velvet Underground, Arthur Russel, Robert Wyatt, P.I.L, Devo,The Au Pairs, Talking Heads, A Certain Ratio, David Byrne, The Cramps, Interpol, Jefferson Airplane, Loving Spoonful, Shoking Blue, She, Os Mutantes, The United States of America, Television Personalities, Brian Eno, Jonathan Richman, Syd Barret, Jeffrey Lewis, Devendra Banhart, Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin......................................................
.............................MOVIES: Motown's The Wiz of course!; John Water's Hairspray & Pink Flamingos; Brian de Palma's Phantom of The Paradise; John Cameron Mitchell's Hedwig & The Angry Inch; Tod Browning's Freeks; Michael Winterbottom's 24 Hour Party People; Franc Roddam's Quadrophenia; Dennis Hopper's Easy Rider; Jean-Luc Godard's Week End/ Bande part/Le Mpris/ Bout de Souffle; Michelangelo Antonioni's Blow Up; Joe Massot's Wonderwall; Michel Gondry's Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind; Wolfgang Petersen's The Never Ending Story; Jim Henson's Labyrinth; Visconti, Fellini & De Sica's Bocaccio 70, Tod Solondz's Middle child, Palindromos...etc
Sounds Like: Myself. CheckOut this websites:
www.myspace.com/howdareumusic - www.myspace.com/evripidisandhistragedies - http://jukeboxzine.castpost.com
Record Label: none