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Ghost of Monkshood

Lift

About Me

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WE CREATE:
Avant-Garde inspiration
A unique soundscape incorporating multiple organic and
electronic elements held together by presice vocal
harmonies over a base of catchy, melodic songs.
CONTACTS:
booking
management
PURPOSE:
We aim for musical transcendence through lovingly crafted and detailed compositions that remain accessable, intriguing and inspiring. The love and energy of our live performance is an addiction. The greatest compliment we ever received was that someone was inspired by our album to start creating music of their own.
DISCOGRAPHY:
Cito & The Almond Bear (13 tracks, Oct 2003)
She Flies With Her Own Wings (14 tracks, Nov 2003)
On the White Horizon (13 tracks, Feb 2004)
Spider Through the Fog (17 tracks, Mar 2005)
Lift (12 tracks, May 2008)
Individuality over conformity
Educate yourself to make an informed choice about what you want to do with your life. Stereotypes exist only because of those who choose to believe in them. Know what you want instead of merely wanting what you know. The paths that others lay before you have been walked a million times. Make your own way. Stand up and live the life that you deserve. Don't believe anyone who tells you that everything has been done before. Even a casual glance at history will easily reveal the flaw in their logic. Move your body. Have no fear. You know how to save the world. Don't wait to be told what to do. Live like you mean it. You know the truth. You are free. No one can guide you through life. You must take the reigns for yourself. If you'd like, we could provide the background music.
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."
- Theodore Geisel

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/18/2005
Band Website: ghostofmonkshood.net
Band Members: Chris : Electric Banana
Chase : Neon Orange
Tanya : Alluring Amethyst
Brian: Mellow Maroon
Todd: Savory Celadon


"Traces of the Cave" used for short film by Susan Emberton

Live at The Conservatory in 2007
Audio is quiet on this one, you'll need to turn it up.

Influences: SOUND:

Beta Band
Pink Floyd
Radiohead
Angelo Badalamenti
Ween
The Kinks
King Crimson
Philip Glass
Gorillaz
Richard D. James
Can
Animal Collective
The Beatles
Steve Reich
Brian Eno
Animal Collective
Sergei Rachmaninov
Alifarka Toure
The Lovin' Spoonful
Moondog
ThaMuseMeant
Danny Elfman
Gaea Spore
Ambassador Bill

PHILOSOPHY:

Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Crispin Glover
Aldous Huxley
Terry Gilliam
Carlos Castaneda
Gene Roddenberry
Bertrand Russell
Jim Henson
Issac Asimov
Special Agent Dale Cooper
Sounds Like: Pitchfork
NONzine
Norman Transcript

Type of Label: None

My Blog

Nonzine interview about new album

Ghost of Monkshood CD Release May 9th! Mini-Band Interview By: Tim Baker After three years of patience, GOM fans will be relieved to get their fix of alien sonic landscapes and lu...
Posted by Ghost of Monkshood on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:48:00 PST

Independant Clauses interviews Ghost

..> Not Walking Dollar Signs Ghost of Monkshood develops a following by sticking to its ideal In a world where the blogosphere is whipped into a frenzy ov...
Posted by Ghost of Monkshood on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:54:00 PST

Race Baker reviews Evangelicals & Ghost live at OU

"It took me forever to find Meachum Auditorium. I was walking up and down every staircase in the University of Oklahoma Student Union. Strange spires reached into academic nothingness. The Evangelical...
Posted by Ghost of Monkshood on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:49:00 PST

Harry stabs himself in the throat with the dull end of a pencil on page 1159

Friday we're performing at Dfest in Tulsa.We'll have some discs with us containing new music.Two songs from the upcoming album sandwiched around one that will only be on this disc. The order is:1. Sad...
Posted by Ghost of Monkshood on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:01:00 PST

What and why are we doing?

Greeintgs! we're going to be taking a few months off to finish important works of global preservation. I will be recording, drinking LSD, playing with babies and building pinecone people. Chris will b...
Posted by Ghost of Monkshood on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:40:00 PST

Norman Transcript Review of show at the Deli

Ghost of Monkshood's Chase Spivey (guitar/vocals), Chris McDaniel (guitar/vocals/banjo/trumpet) and Dorian Small (rhythm/vocals) talked about music before their show Dec. 17 at The Deli. The Hex's Tod...
Posted by Ghost of Monkshood on Fri, 06 Jan 2006 10:36:00 PST

Momentum: Art Doesn't Stand Still

Hosted By: Momentum When: Saturday Jan 14, 2006 at 8:00 PMWhere: 111 N. HarrisonOklahoma City, OK 73104USDescription:Momentum Click Here To View EventRAGA-CHAKA-CHUM-CHUM! We be having light in the e...
Posted by Ghost of Monkshood on Tue, 03 Jan 2006 11:06:00 PST

Ben Erlandson sees ghosts...

OK...so I've got a new band that I've "discovered." They're called the Ghost of Monkshood, and they're out of Oklahoma, I think. Here's the kicker. I read about them on Pitchfork, and then I went to t...
Posted by Ghost of Monkshood on Tue, 18 Oct 2005 09:51:00 PST

Pitchfork reviews "Spider Through the Fog"

In the Year of the Wolf (Bands), Ghost of Monkshood missed it by a hair: Monkshood is another name for aconite, aka wolfsbane. Aconite's a sedative, but also a poison, and hoo boy somebody stop me bef...
Posted by Ghost of Monkshood on Wed, 05 Oct 2005 08:18:00 PST

Spider Through the Fog Review in Pop

Ghost of Monkshood Spider Through the Fog (05/06/05) by Adam Scott "A soundtrack for dreamers" is the best way I can put it. Local quintet Ghost of Monkshood's latest effort (availible at Guestroo...
Posted by Ghost of Monkshood on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST