Member Since: 2/5/2005
Band Website: myspace.com/theworldpalestine
Band Members: Current members...Les Easterby (The World Palestine, guitar, keys, lead vocals), Chasta Easterby (clarinet, keys, vocals), Jackson Graham (drums), Casey Loren (guitar), Jesse Askren (bass), Andrew Bales (guitar, keys).............Past members... Marcus Stoesz (Paper Airplanes), Ryan Rodine (Reverend Rhodes/And Academy), Nathan Wilder (Paper Airplanes), Ryan Law (Lunar Claw/And Academy), Phil Ross (Leavenworth/Arms For Hands), The Late A.B. Philopolis (The Monoplex/And Academy), Drew McClellen (Sky Meets Earth/Someone Fell), Nathan Easterby (Crock and a Half), Scott Korth (The Spoon and Fork Family), Chris Gifford (The Sleaze Club), and Logan Moore (The Dream Supreme).
Influences: The Beach Boys, Electric Light Orchestra, My Bloody Valentine, Joan of Arc, King Crimson, Sonic Youth, Talking Heads, Michael Jackson, Captain Beefheart and his magic band, Stereolab, AIR, Brainiac, Frank Zappa, New Order, Divine, Wu-Tang Clan, The Peep Show, Make Believe, Euphone, Todd Rundgren, Bell Biv DeVoe, Gastr Del Sol, The Music Tapes, The United States of America, Joe Byrd and the Field Hippies, Nobukazu Takemura, Broadcast, Swirlies, Strawberry Alarm Clock, The Move, Blue Cheer, Le Shok, Prefuse 73, New Kids on the Block, Belle and Sebastian, The Sea and Cake, The Apples in Stereo, Slowdive, The Soft Machine, Robert Wyatt, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Blonde Redhead, Jim O'Rourke, Marshmallow Coast, Comets on Fire, Danielson, The Olivia Tremor Control, The Free Design, Art Bears, Henry Cow, Starflyer 59, The Flaming Lips, US Maple, The Velvet Underground, Love, Polvo, Jetenderpaul, Roadside Monument, Fugazi, Pale Saints, The Microphones, Boys Life, Yes, Iron Butterfly, Trans Am, Donovan, Silver Apples, Tortoise, Of Montreal, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Snoop Dogg, Devo, Kraftwerk, Television, The Beatles, Stryper, Charles Bukowski (spoken word), and everything else.
Sounds Like: And Academy, The Royal Palestine, George Washington and The Storage Units, Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory, The Associated Risks, The Robot Piano, The Crap Clappers, Skin is Sneeze, Shit 4 Brains, The New Piano Lesson, and Dope Roberts with Jungle Jim.
Type of Label: Major