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Sean O Brien and His Dirty Hands

Sean O'Brien and His Dirty Hands

About Me


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Sean O'Brien is the former lead singer of several California-based rock groups going back in time almost twenty-five years. First was MEANTIME, a power pop quartet that eventually mutated into the Davis, CA psychedelic cowboys, TRUE WEST. Next came DENIM TV, whose two albums, Denim TV and Starving Rich, both broke the CMJ Top 100 in college radio airplay upon release, leading to a very successful national tour.
In 1991, Sean moved to Los Angeles, where he collaborated with math professor and former Angry Samoan Gregg Turner on Sante Fe, by The Mistaken for the independent label Triple X. This winsome CD garnered some pleasant press and appeared in the Top 35 radio airplay in Holland upon release. 1999 saw the release of 12 by The Mariettas, a powerful punk-pop quartet which included former members of several legendary LA-area groups; such as The Leaving Trains, Baby Lemonade and Arthur Lee and Love. 12 drew great notices in the US, as well as in the United Kingdom, in music magazines such as Luke and Bucketful of Brains.
Sean returned to his native Bay Area in 2001. He recorded several new songs acoustically and refined the material for Too Personal, the first solo CD of his career. Sean plays guitars throughout, though two guest musicians do appear on the album. Polly Klemmer, of The Mistaken, plays piano on two tracks. Also, on "The Answer is In", Sean is joined on acoustic guitar by his old friend Russ Tolman, solo recording artist and former guitarist of TRUE WEST.In 2006 Sean released Seed of Mayhem, featuring members of all of the above mentioned. That year he formed his permanent group, Sean O'Brien and His Dirty Hands: featuring Jeff Kane on lead guitar, Bill Davis on Bass, and Matt Shelley on drums. The Dirty Hands have already recording their first CD, Goodbye Game, which will be released in 2008.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/7/2006
Band Website: sean4.tripod.com/mariettas.html
Band Members: Bill Davis - Bass guitar and vocals
Jeff Kane - Lead guitar and vocals
Sean O'Brien - Lead vocals and guitar
Matt Shelley - Drums

Influences: Sean O'Brien's CD "Seed of Mayhem" now on iTunes. ..

X, Howlin' Wolf, Queens of The Stone Age, The Who, The Velvet Underground, Television, Sleater-Kinney, the Stooges, Mathew Sweet, The Leaving Trains, Superchunk, R.E.M., Denim TV, The Suspects, True West, The Mariettas, The Meantime, The Hangmen, Gun Club, Gang of Four, XTC, The Specials, Elvis Costello, Nick Drake, American Music Club, James Brown, Joni Mitchell, The Dream Syndicate, Kendra Smith, the B-52's, Pylon, Wire, My Bloody Valentine, Tom Verlaine, Lou Reed, The Beatles, Radiohead, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Patti Smith, Neil Young, Lucinda Williams, Karen Dalton, June Tabor, Joni Mitchell, Vasht Bunyan, Sandy Denny, Richard Thompson, Linda Thompson, Beth Orton, Tindersticks, The Yardbirds, Hank Williams, Sonic Youth, Suicide, Leadbelly, Bob Dylan, The Shaggs, Larry Williams, Johnny Burnette, Billy Lee Riley, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, The Everly Brothers, Nick Lowe, Dave Edmunds and Rockpile, The Verve, Ry Cooder, Flaco Jimenez, Juanna Molina, Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, The Feelies, Smokey Robinson, Booker T. & The MG's, The Only Ones, Johnny Thunders, New York Dolls, The Smiths, Morrissey, The Skatalites, Alton Ellis, Al Green, The Staple Singers, The Band
Sounds Like: Live performance - Annie’s Social Club - San Francisco

Live video of "7.5" from Mr. T’s Bowl - 5/19/07 - Los Angeles

The Dirty Hands play "Amanda Ruth" by Rank & File - from Mr. T’s Bowl - 5/19/07 - Los Angeles

Live video of a rare Mariettas reunion (minus Henry) playing Doyle Dean’s tune "The Wheel"

Crime Spree by The Mariettas
Directed by Kelly Christensen

Sounds like:

Johnny Cash, Radio Birdman, Rain Parade, Rank & File, Flaming Groovies, Rockpile, Robyn Hitchcock, John Doe
Record Label: First Cold Press
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New song posted!

The first track posted temporarily from our new CD is "Bones Snap", featuring Chris Von Sneidern on backing vocals. The CD will be released July 19th. Please RSVP if you want to attend the Record Rele...
Posted by Sean O Brien and His Dirty Hands on Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:05:00 PST

Check out this event: Record Release Party for "Goodbye Game"

Hosted By: Sean O Brien and His Dirty Hands When: Saturday Jul 19, 2008 at 3:00 PMWhere: Finnish Brotherhood Hall1970 Chestnut StreetBerkeley, California|5 94702United StatesDescription:Sean O Brien a...
Posted by Sean O Brien and His Dirty Hands on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:38:00 PST

Record Release Party Invitation

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Posted by Sean O Brien and His Dirty Hands on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:51:00 PST

Sean OBrien and His Dirty Hands - July events

Hey everyone -We have a couple of shows booked for July, including the Record Release Party for the new CD, Goodbye Game:Saturday, July 5 - The Plough and The Stars - SF - Semi-acoustic songs includin...
Posted by Sean O Brien and His Dirty Hands on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:51:00 PST

UK Review

The real shame of Seed of Mayhem is that it’s creator is one of the band of musicians that you’re unlikely to discover unless you’re either lucky or look very hard.  A veteran o...
Posted by Sean O Brien and His Dirty Hands on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:58:00 PST

Facebook profile

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=768823980 Thanks Sean    ...
Posted by Sean O Brien and His Dirty Hands on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:52:00 PST

More European Press for Seed of Mayhem

Some really good press has come in for Seed of Mayhem from overseas. Enjoy!From the UK:http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Review.aspx ?id=5680&http://www.americana-uk.com/auk/modules.php?op=...
Posted by Sean O Brien and His Dirty Hands on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 09:29:00 PST

Nice UK review

From the UK: http://www.americana-uk.com/auk/modules.php?op=modload&n ame=Reviews&file=index&req=showcontent&id=3478 New CD is being mixed next week! Sean      ...
Posted by Sean O Brien and His Dirty Hands on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:14:00 PST

New song posted!

First track from Goodbye Game has been posted. It's an instrumental called "Get Over Tunis" and will be available for a short time only. Enjoy!Sean O'Brien and His Dirty Hands
Posted by Sean O Brien and His Dirty Hands on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 07:29:00 PST

Live Show Tuesday night!

01/22/2008 08:00 PM - Annie's Social Club 917 Folsom St. @ 5th. St.San Francisco, California 94107USCost:$6.00Description:with Go Kart Mozart and The Hemlock Diaries
Posted by Sean O Brien and His Dirty Hands on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 08:20:00 PST