Member Since: 4/3/2006
Band Website: www.uprockrecordings.com www.jazzrefreshed.com
Band Members:
UPROCK RECORDINGS:
TopRock,
Adam Rock,
Motet,
Bunny Bread,
Daz i Kue,
Steve Austin,
Johnny Sumthin
LEADERS OF THE OLD SKOOL:
Adam Rock, Motet & TopRock
CASHEW NUT BROTHERS:
Bunny Bread & TopRock
Influences: FIRST AND FOREMOST:
THE CREATOR, MY LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST.
Now in categories and in no particular order...
MUSIC/ MUSIC CULTURE:
Take 6, The Winans, Patrice Rushen, Herbie Hancock, Max Roach, Luther Vandross, Stevie Wonder, Johnny Hammond, Pleasure, Fatback Band, Jimmy Castor Bunch, Blackbyrds, Dennis Coffey, Run DMC, Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, Lord Kitchener, Sparrow, David Rudder, Superblue, Ajamu, Crazy, Fela Kuti, Manu Dibango, Clifford Coulter, Azymuth, Donald Byrd, Bugz in the attic, 4Hero, Azymuth, John Coltrane, Andre Crouch, 4Hero, Kaidi Tatham, Mark de Clive Lowe, Afronaught, Daz I Kue, Norman Connors, Ray Barretto, Sergio Mendes, Oscar Peterson, Tania Maria, George Duke, Airto, Giovanni Hidalgo, Dennis Brown, Smiley Culture, Bob Marley, Omar, Incognito, IG Culture, Demon Boyz, London Posse, Hardnoise, Hijack, Gunshot, James Brown, The Meters, Buju Banton, Roy Ayers, Don Blackman, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Jazzanova, Mckoy Tyner, Jimi Hendrix, Tom Scott, Steely Dan, Bobby Caldwell, Average White Band, Wes Montgomery, Danilo Perez, Jason Rebello, Jeff Lorber, Ahmad Jamal, Ramsey Lewis, Bob James, Weather Report, Stanley Clarke, The Young Disciples, , Marvin Gaye, Donny Hathaway, Miguel Anga Diaz, Rock Steady Crew
PERSONAL:
Errolyn Mckenzie, Wilcox 'Mac' Mckenzie, Jason Mckenzie, Vere Francis, Alan Neckles, Jason Hicks, the Mckenzie family, the Giffard family, the Samuel family, Ekklesia, Adam Moses, Tracey Moses, Ken & Hannah Moses, Stephanie Joseph, Fulham SDA, West Indies (Trinidad & Grenada in particular), the Bartholemew family
ARTISTS (visual):
Maurits Cornelis Escher, Savadore Dali, State of Art, Seen, Mode 2, Snug1, Paul Guagin, Andy Warhol, Piet Mondrian, Franz Marc, Vincent Van Gogh, Chuck Close, Bill Max, Richard Estes, Jackson Pollock, Stuart Davis, Otto Freundlich, Peter Hally, David Bomberg, Bridget Riley, Henry Rousseau, Victor Vasarely, Laszlo moholy-nagy
TV, FILM & POP CULTURE:
Babylon (1979), Commodore 64, The Simpsons, SuperChamps, Dogtanian & the three Muskerhounds, Transformers, Being John Malkovich, A-Team, Brazil, After Hours, Star Wars (original 3), 12 Angry Men, Why Dont You, Tony Hart, Krypton Factor, Gladiators (yep, loved it! Even wanted to enter it!!!), Knightrider, Back to the Future (all 3), Indiana Jones (all 3), The Last Dragon, Style Wars, Wildstyle, Beat Street, The Freshest Kids, Krushgroove, Behind the Beat (Def II), The Equalizer, Police Squad, Airplane,Drunken Master 2, Monkey Magic (big influence on my dress sense!!!), MAD Magazine
MARTIAL ARTISTS/BOXERS:
Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Yip Man, Rickson Gracie, Marco Ruas, Derek Jones, Dan Inosanto, Ronald Winky Wright, Pernell Whittaker, Roy Jones Jnr, Ricardo Lopez, Mike Tyson, Lennox Lewis, Azumah Nelson, Jack Johnson, Pat OMalley, Geoff Thompson, Royce Gracie, Jude Samuels
SPECIAL PEOPLE:
Frederick Douglass, WEB Dubois, Marcus Garvey, Bell Hooks, Malcom X, Martin Luther King Jr, Paul Robeson, Muhammed Ali, Langston Hughes, Bobby Seale, Huey P Newton, James Baldwin, Booker T Washington, Shirley Chisolm
SPECIAL MENTION:
Marco Van Basten, Kenny Dalglish/John Barnes/Ian Rush, Zinedine Zidane, Maradona, Zico, Roti Hut, Ravenscourt Park, The Bushkillers...
This is an impossible task and will take the rest of my life to fully list all my influences in each category SO...I'LL LEAVE IT THERE FOR NOW!!!.
Sounds Like: ...you decide!
Record Label: Uprock recordings
Type of Label: Indie