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The Touched

Four bad neighbors," says Dusted Magazine!

About Me

The Touched play beautifully twisted rock'n'roll.Too noisy for garage rock, too experimental for punk rock, the Touched occupy a unique cusp in rock'n'roll.The band, Brad Bell (vox, synth) Justin Eslinger (bass) Andy Matter (drums) and J Aughbern (guitar) deftly combine feedback sqawks, electronic beeps and powerful rhythms that draw on bands like the Velvet Underground and the Stooges, to make a sound that is entirely unique and their own.

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Member Since: 12/29/2004
Band Members: Brad Bell-- Vox, synth:Justin Eslinger--Bass:Andy Matter--Drums:J Aughbern--Guitar
Influences: Stooges, Rocket from the Tombs, Sonny Sharrock, VU...
Sounds Like: The Touched, s/t EP (demo): If you can get past the cover art, which is unlikely given that it features a lone chocolate-covered banana, you'll discover that Louisville's The Touched are yet another band trapped in a sticky sludge faintly reminiscent of the Stooges. As music, the EP barely qualifies: the mealy-mouthed yelps and laughably mixed drumming (um, guitars please?) obscure whatever small pleasures might be extracted. However, as an academic exercise, it does serve as an important reminder of how truly exceptional Detroit's original sons were. For every 1000 bands that attempts this caustic, misanthropic testosterone-punk, maybe one succeeds in avoiding the perilous tendency to bury itself in the rubble. Sadly, The Touched hasn't won the lottery here. ---popmatters.com Touched play woman - Lebowski Fest 2006I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)
Record Label: Black Velvet Fuckere , Almost Ready Records
Type of Label: Major

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More Touched Reviews...

from apples and heroinBlack Velvet Fuckre retains their flawless streak with a seven-inch from Touched that bursts through speakers with four crazed, dark '77-style punker jams infiltrated by skronk g...
Posted by The Touched on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:52:00 PST

"Phony Beatlemania has bitten the dust..."

Hey, folks, Andy here. So, I was checking the weekly papers, seeing if there was any note of our upcoming 7" release show with Wooden Tit and Suspected Terrorists (Really!! It's starting promptly. Ple...
Posted by The Touched on Thu, 24 May 2007 08:28:00 PST

Funtown, anybody?

Matter here, folks. So, I caught word that a friend of ours is considering having a Memorial Day weekend throwdown the Sunday before in a magical outdoor area near a lake known by many as Funtown. For...
Posted by The Touched on Tue, 15 May 2007 04:52:00 PST

a few reviews/blurbs for the new ep.

The beardos over at the Black Velvet Fuckere label just dropped this pretty boss single by The Touched. The details on who exactly these jokers are is pretty slim, but taken at face value, it's a pret...
Posted by The Touched on Mon, 14 May 2007 11:10:00 PST

Just so you know

Yes, lead singer Brad Bell is moving to Tennessee for a job. No, nobody else from the Touched is following him there. Yes, the Touched will still play out. No, we're not quite sure when yet. No, we wo...
Posted by The Touched on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:31:00 PST

Love your scrotum.

For years, albums have been known to please senses aside from the ears. Certainly, any album with a striking image of subtle, unrecognized beauty, or sometimes a fine set of tit-tays, can help in maki...
Posted by The Touched on Sat, 25 Nov 2006 02:16:00 PST

If Ken Pyle can't serve you booze, the terrorists have won!!!

The Rudyard Kipling, a.k.a. the home to any meaningful music to come out of Louisville in the past 20 years, is in a bit of a jam. It seems they need a considerable amount of money (even more than we ...
Posted by The Touched on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 09:40:00 PST

Lookit!! Lookit! We're on the computer TV!!

Did you miss Lebowski Fest? Would like teaser-length footage of our blistering performance? Well, thank the good Eagan people, for they have provided. http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=eaganvideoIf ...
Posted by The Touched on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 02:00:00 PST

Reflections from Lebowski Fest 2006: The Drummer Drinks, Drums, Pisses, and/or Moans.

* I arrived in time to catch Lucky Pineapple's set. Great job, coordinating bowling outfits and everything, although it's a shame about their bassist, absent from the show, hitting a truck while cycli...
Posted by The Touched on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 07:19:00 PST

Deliver Us From Flavery: A White Hip Hip Fan's Lament

So, here's how I imagine the season of "Flavor of Love 2" ending. Flavor Flav has started another week of contests with the women who have lower self-esteem than strippers and fewer intellectual cap...
Posted by The Touched on Sun, 20 Aug 2006 10:09:00 PST