Member Since: 2/1/2005
Band Website: angelfire.com/cantina/marvingardens/
Band Members:THE ARTIST (LYRICS, PRODUCTION, VOCALS, STRUCTURE): Marvin Gardens a/k/a Dr. Man's Vinegar PRIMARY UNITS: ENGINEER: Ray Balconis EXECUTIVE PRODUCER (on newest album): Nick Rella
Influences:MUSIC: FOLK: Nick Drake OLDSCHOOL HIP-HOP: Rakim NEWSCHOOL HIP-HOP: Ghostface Killah LYRICISM: Bob Dylan PROGRESSIVE/BAND: King Crimson FUSION: Medeski Martin & Wood PRODUCTION: Prince Paul POTPOURRI: Beck SINGER/SONGWRITER: Van Morrison CURRENT LISTENING: Adrian Belew's Side Two FILM/TELEVISION: DIRECTOR: David Lynch CLASSIC B&W FILM: Citizen Kane MOVIE: Apocalypse Now HORROR MOVIE: The Shining GUILTY PLEASURE: 80's Steven Seagal actioners ACTOR: Sean Penn ACTRESS: Cate Blanchett CHARACTER: Al Swearengen BOOKS: AUTHOR: Robert Anton Wilson PERIOD FICTION: Caleb Carr
ART: GRAPHIC NOVEL ARTIST: Bill Sienkiewicz
OUTSIDE ARTIST: Henry Darger
SCI FI: Philip K. Dick ARCHITECTURE/STRUCTURE/FORM: Frank Lloyd Wright
GIRLFRIEND/COMPANION: The lovely Susan
SPOKEN WORD: ORATOR: My father, former Deacon STRENGTH/WILL: My mother, lawyer, lawfirm partner
Sounds Like:Marvin Gardens sounds like no other rapper- but if he had to be described then mayhaps he'd be an amalgam of Ghostface, Killah Priest, Rakim and King AdRoc- only not really... He labels his brand of ExperiMental Soul Floetry as Hitchcock Lamberghini style...
Record Label: Hitchcock Lamberghini Records
Type of Label: None