Music:
Member Since: 4/4/2006
Band Website: www.theblueskins.com
Band Members: Ryan Spendlove (vocals, guitar)
Paul Brown (drums, backing vocals)
Andrei Nosov (guitar, backing vocals)
Tom Bailey (bass, backing vocals)
Influences: Blind Willie Johnson, Robert Johnson, Blind Blake, Golden Gate Quartet, Sonny Boy Williamson, Dave Van Ronk, Lead Belly, Doc Boggs, Bob Dylan, The Doors, Janice Joplin, The Animals, The Beatles, White stripes, The Steve Miller Band, The Kinks, Bert Jansch, Tim Buckley, Toots & the Maytals, Curtis Mayfield, Canned Heat, Fleetwood Mac, Hendrix, Pink floyd, Led Zeppelin, Victor Wooten, Les Claypool, Stanley Clarke, Jaco Pastorious, Dave Matthews Band, John Butler Trio, Incubus, Vex Red, Reuben, The Mars Volta
Sounds Like: "Its a crime that the blueskins are not one of the most talked about bands in the country"
"A mass of hair... took nothing away from a show positively oozing confidence"
"...they are the best band in the country"
- Yorkshire Evening post
"the authorative and skunk-soaked vocals rasp and soar, howling out the words as if the future of the Blues depended on it"
"If you closed your eyes for just a second it could be Jim Morrison presiding over Brian Wilson, Bo Diddley and Keith Moon. But it's not, just four lads from Wakefield. How amazing is that?"
- Leeds Music Scene
"They have the sort of cosmo pop sound that makes The Datsuns and The Hives sound like a lost Hyena who has just eaten a dodgy zebra"
- BBC Liverpool
"Every single song in the set is an absolute classic"
"The Blueskins are an incredible band and will do a lot of great work"
- The Junction, York
Type of Label: Major
