Member Since: 4/10/2006
Band Members: Gad (PJ Church)
Influences: The Cure, Aphex Twin, John Zorn, Merzbow, Wilco, Fantomas/Mr. Bungle, Sonic Youth, Ministry, My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, My Bloody Valentine,NIN, Lisa Germano, Jimmy Hendrix, Mogwai, Marilyn Manson, PJ Harvey, Motley Crue, Aimee Mann, Van Halen, Nick Drake, The Beatles, Depeche Mode, Bjork, Danny Elfman, Mike Patton, Koji Kondo, Bernard Herrmann, Ennio Morricone, Morphine, White Zombie, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Johnny Cash, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Tom Waits, The Flaming Lips, Butthole Surfers, Maddonna, Lords of Acid, Enya.
NON-MUSICAL INFLUENCES AND INSPIRATIONS: My wife, Mark Twain, Philip K. Dick, Robert Anton Wilson, Orson Welles, The Simpsons, Comte de Lautreamonte (Maldoror),the Pacific Ocean, fog, train tracks, Edgar Allen Poe, Bill Hicks, Daniel Clowes, horror films, Carl Jung, Nessie, Doctor Who, George Carlin, Tobasco Sauce, Japan, Robertson Davies, William S. Burroughs, fetish/bondage art and photography, Charles Bukowski, Shel Silverstein, Alfred Hitchcock, Stephen King, Aleister Crowley, Tarot, Kaballah, Monty Python, butterflies, frogs, lizards, pirates/sailing ships, tea, Hunter S. Thompson, Nintendo, and a whole lotta films, including--yes--the once blessedly obscure but now perpetually cited Donnie Darko.
Sounds Like: Dentist, whisper, drowning, syringe, thunderstorm, car crash, womb, nail clippers, rainbow, MRI, hydraulic door, wave, earthquake. You'd think you couldn't hum along to this stuff, but eventually, you can.
Harsh Noise, Experimental, New Wave, Darkwave, Gothic, Avant Garde, Noisecore, Industrial, Psychedelic, Noise Pop, Film Score, Ambient, Dark Ambient.
Type of Label: None