Member Since: 1/9/2005
Band Website: smilingcynic.com
Band Members: All songs written, arranged, produced, performed and recorded by christopher h.
*"whores and thieves" written by christopher h., dan h., noel ventresco, ben lowengard and carl treichel.
Influences: Influences range from Pop to Classical to Metal to Funk and pretty much any other style you could think of. Some of the obvious (and not so obvious)include Nine inch Nails, The Beatles(especially the White Album), Moby, Ministry, Nikka Costa , Sheryl Crow, The Cure, Adam and the Antz, The Kinks, The Killers, Afghan Whigs, Radiohead, Fleetwood Mac, Billy Corgan, Garbage, T-Rex, U2, Depeche Mode, Ashley Simpson, Blur, New Order, Brian Wilson, INXS, Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Ramones, Pink, Devo, Nirvana, William Orbit, Yaz, Enya, Joy Division, The Stones, Cheap Trick, Gorillaz, Allman Brothers, Madonna, Zappa, Primal Scream,Tears for Fears, Pepper's Ghost, Nirvana,Louis The XIV, Abba,Dandy Warhols, Dresden Dolls, Smashing Pumpkins, The Yardbirds, Faith No More, Coldplay, Brian Eno,The Smiths, Justin Timberlake, Foo Fighters, Tori Amos, Ry Cooder Gary Numan, Meat Puppets, Hole, Angelo Badallamenti, Sananda Maitreya, Oasis, Prince, Duran Duran, Ludwig Van,
the Happy Mondays, Henry Miller, Bret Easton Ellis, Bill Hicks , Lenny Bruce, Sam Kinison ,The Way Outs, the soundtracks to "Liqiud Sky" and "New Wave Hookers", Cheater's - R.I.
Sounds Like: Nine inch Nails, The Beatles(especially the White Album), Moby, Ministry, Nikka Costa , Sheryl Crow, The Cure, Adam and the Antz, The Kinks, The Killers, Afghan Whigs, Radiohead, Fleetwood Mac, Billy Corgan, Garbage, T-Rex, U2, Depeche Mode, Ashley Simpson, Blur, New Order, Brian Wilson, INXS, Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Ramones, Pink, Devo, Nirvana, William Orbit, Yaz, Enya, Joy Division, The Stones, Cheap Trick, Gorillaz, Allman Brothers, Madonna, Zappa, Primal Scream,Tears for Fears, Pepper's Ghost, Nirvana,Louis The XIV, Abba,Dandy Warhols, Dresden Dolls, Smashing Pumpkins, The Yardbirds, Faith No More, Coldplay, Brian Eno,The Smiths, Justin Timberlake, Foo Fighters, Tori Amos, Ry Cooder Gary Numan, Meat Puppets, Hole, Angelo Badallamenti, Sananda Maitreya, Oasis, Prince, Duran Duran, Ludwig Van, the Happy Mondays, The Way Outs, and the soundtracks to "Liqiud Sky" and "New Wave Hookers"
Record Label: Smiling Cynic
Type of Label: Indie