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World is ASHTRAY !

About Me

- After frustrating nights with other bands, “projects”, and attempts at making other peoples music sound good , we collectivly would end up hanging out at my apartment , smoking, drinking , and having a good time until the sun came up; were we a band ? We certainly played together more often, had more fun, and ended up with better sounding recordings ! Peeple we knew asked for us to play .... we became : ASHTRAY !- We didn't really have a lot of equipment; and most of what we have is broken, worn-out, rusted, “borrowed”, rebuilt, and very “vintage”. On any given night you might find us , sitting around; writing out some music charts, learning some "new" chords, discussing ideas... then jamming like crazy, until it all somehow works itself out ! … our practice space is a dark warehouse , its warm enough in the winter, and fiercly hot & sweaty in the summer … can you hear the fans in the background ?- We are constantly searching for the perfect female vocalist, somewhere between Ms. Robert Plant & lady David Bowie , with a killer look , and attitude … who isn’t ?- Ashtray is right now actually in the process of recording our original stuff, creating a great T-shirt , playing out... until we can afford to break up, have a reunion, and die mysteriously, surrounded in controversy.
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/14/2006
Band Members: We are ( in no particular order ) Jeff, Erich, Brian, Mike J., & Jim :Erich attempts to play; a very old Hammond Organ, dusty Synthesizers, creaky effects pedals, a couple of wood frogs, digeridoo's, and half-destroyed guitars...Jeff skillfully mixes drinks while playing ; his sweet Fender P- Bass, his equally sweet Alembic bass, some great keyboards, mangled guitars & occasionaly a vocal...Brian manipulates his electric & acoustic guitars with crazy effects, does a great job on timbales, bongos, finger cymbals...and harmonica.Michael J. Graehling; beats his thundering drums into submission, owns a lovely red electric guitar, whacks on my Udu ,makes his rain sticks rain ,rattles skull-shaped shakers, and even gets a good tone out of my cheap bass...Jim likes to hit things with big wooden sticks, drums, percussion, metal, it doesnt much matter ... stay out of his way...
Influences: Peter Gabriel, Gomez, Dennis Wilson's solo material, Wilco, Duke Ellington, Depeche Mode, Ben Folds, Miles Davis, Talking Heads, Belle and Sebastian, RadioHead, Johnny Cash, ELO, Paul McCartney, 10cc, Chris Whitley R.I.P., John Lennon, Led Zeppelin, Paul Simon, Kate Bush, Genesis, Neil Young, DEVO, Moody Blues, Louis Armstrong, Beck, Johnny Cash, Mazzy Star, Grant Lee Buffalo, Nada Surf, Joe's Garage, Jimi Hendrix, The Band, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Type O Negative, Vivaldi, Nerf Herder, Jeff Buckley, Wall of Voodoo, Bob Dylan, Glen Schwartz, Frankie Valli , The Beach Boys, Wall of Voodoo, MUSE, Kraftwerk, Heaven 17, This Mortal Coil , David Bowie... and several others too controversial to mention here...
Sounds Like: another very restless night...
Type of Label: None