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Bettie Black

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About Me

Bettie Black music: Dark Wave ~ Goth ~ Rock.................... Joy Division ~ Iggy Pop ~ PJ Harvey ~ Johnny Rotten..............."a friend turned me on to post-punk music, and it's had a huge impact on me artistically. The bands play this darker music, and the lyrics are very real and descriptive of the trials of life......of REALITY. I loved punk, but what most attracted me to the bands rising out of England in the early 80's was the minor darkness of their music. It still has a close relation to punk rock..........stripped down and urban, street like and honest...." (Bettie Black)

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Member Since: 12/23/2004
Band Website: bettieblack.com
Band Members: BETTIE BLACK: vocals, guitar, songwriter.................. SEAN GRIFFIN: Lead guitar, atmosphere, higher planes......... RALPH SPIGHT: bass, tambourine and hand gestures ........... LUCKY: drummer prophet..........

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Fan list management by FanBridge.comBettie Black.::.May 17, 2008.::.San Francisco
Influences: Iggy Pop, Velvet Underground, Gary Numan, Joy Division, Johnny Cash, Jimi Hendrix, The Clash, John Lee Hooker, Bauhaus, David Bowie, NWA, Stereolab, Tom Waits, Big Black, Alice Cooper, Buzzcocks, PJ Harvey, Film School, Hank Williams Sr., Joan Jett, Jonathan Richman, The Kinks, The Clean, The Rolling Stones, Louie Armstrong, Kraftwerk, The Cure, Violent Femmes, Brian Eno, The Sex Pistols, Rolling Stones, Crispy Ambulance, Sam & Dave, The Beatles, Fischerspooner, Gang of Four, Black Sabbath, Manhead, Ministry, New Order, Nina Simone, Prince, The Magnetic Fields, Revolting Cocks, Soul Coughing, Minny Pops, Devo, Elliot Smith, William Shatner
Sounds Like: Music that sounds AWESOME!! hee hee. We sound like PJ Harvey, Joy Division, Iggy Pop, and the Velvet Underground all shmooshed up together..............Smells like lavender.................... Feels like black rabbit fur............ Sounds like.....:BETTIE BLACK:..:Dark Rock:.I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)
Record Label: Self Produced
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Terrier Stricken

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56N6mqU7Xx8 ...
Posted by Bettie Black on Wed, 21 May 2008 11:05:00 PST

Tibet Protests in SF

I’m proud to be a part of the protests regarding the occupation of Tibet that are going on in my city this week. I understand the Olympic torch is a symbol of global unity and peace, but there&r...
Posted by Bettie Black on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:32:00 PST

Alchemy, Bresny, odds & ends

I think alchemy is cool. dig this.......from Rob Bresny's book - *PRONOIA IS THE ANTIDOTE FOR PARANOIA:How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings*SHADOW SCHOOLYou're a gorgeous mys...
Posted by Bettie Black on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:39:00 PST

my CD is on AMAZON

Yay!My latest CD "Bettie Black" is now available on Amazon!Just go to Amazon dot com and find me:http://www.amazon.com
Posted by Bettie Black on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 04:27:00 PST

Love

in celebration of the new moon in Libra last night....What does love mean?A group of professionals posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds. They got these answers: "When my grandmother go...
Posted by Bettie Black on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:14:00 PST

Find your candidate

Check it out! I guess I'm voting for Kucinich! The following is an interesting exercise.... You answer a few questions then click the "find your candidate button" and the program selects the candi...
Posted by Bettie Black on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 04:01:00 PST

Bettie Black on National Radio - this weekend!!

YAY! We're going to be broadcast this weekend on this great radio show out of Massachusetts! Check out the details below and be sure and listen in!! Bettie Black will be played on the "Off the Beat-...
Posted by Bettie Black on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:06:00 PST

New Record

We spent last weekend at Hyde Street Studios in SF recording eight new songs! We're REALLY excited about them, but we can't unveil them just yet. I've posted some new pictures from our session thoug...
Posted by Bettie Black on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:21:00 PST

Kurt Vonnegut Rest In Peace

wow. I love these quotes! a friend of mine sent them to me....All this happened, more or less. The war parts, anyway, are pretty muchtrue.Kurt VonnegutAny reviewer who expresses rage and loathing fo...
Posted by Bettie Black on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:54:00 PST

The Reindeer at the Cow Palace

I saw this on the news last night, and for some reason it struck me as really funny. It's common knowledge that I'm easily entertained:)Anyhow, unless you follow the cowboy circuit, you probably have...
Posted by Bettie Black on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:41:00 PST