Healer/Monster

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Member Since: 7/5/2006
Band Website: roadtov.com/profile/41300
Band Members: Russ - Guitar & Vox....... Steve - Bass ........ Sascha - Drums........
Influences: “A band that really packs a punch. This is like a leather jacketed ogre stomping over a hill with the explicit intention of crushing villages and eating children. But brute force isn’t Healer/Monsters sole selling point. Vocal melodies that recall Bends – era Radiohead and subtle flourishes of ambient production add a 9th dimension to their sound. Decent, decadent and slightly deranged”.Ric Rawlins, Artrocker--------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------“Shades of QOTSA, especially in the bass lines and the vocals, the overall mood is more consistently reminiscent of the Pixies or a ballsier Pavement. For the most part the set is an excellent example of no-nonsense, riff-laden rock. But it’s during the quieter moments that Healer/Monster set themselves apart from their peers. Who knows or cares whether this is what was intended, all that matters is that it sounds ace”.Alex Olorenshaw, Gigsonair.com----------------------------------------------- -----------------------------“Healer/Monster subvert expectations because they are blessed with the refreshing combination of humour, awareness and - whisper it - talent - which enables them to create a sound that is very much their own and yet routed in the history of what makes great rock music possible. What we have is a basic three-piece with an intelligent, well structured set that moves from almost introspective and thoughtful tones to full-on squalls of cathartic release”.Kithogue----------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------“Like all good bands Healer/Monster cement their own style. The more one listens, the more reference points evaporate with such a prominent funk and psychedelic sound.”Mike Adams, Morningstar.co.uk------------------------------------------- -----------------------------“Ambient, intelligent rock for lovers and fighters.” Ewan Thompson, Entertainmentwise.com--------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------We like this kind of stuff------------------------------------ AC/DC, Grandaddy, Primus, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, TV On The Radio, T.V and the Radio, QOTSA, Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Molluscs, The White Stripes, CCR, CCTV, Elvis, Nick Drake, Yeah Yeah Yeah’s, Dave Davies & The Twats, The Who, Foo Fighters, Food Fights, The Kinks, Queen, Arcade Fire, Fire, The Flaming Lips, Stevie W & The Giant Bollocks, GN’R, Smashing Pumkins, Pixies, Elves, Fairies, The Rolling Stones, Massive Attack, Elbow, Knees, Radiohead,Blur, Brian Eno, Van Halen, Doves, Ratskull Peterkill, Faith No More, Portishead, Muse, Nirvana, Trees,V8 Engines (Er Steve likes these... and probably Sascha too), Free Software, Beagle Dogs, World Peas, New Internationalist magazine, Free will, Free willy, Objects made of cloth, things that you will think are cool, bits of paper that remind me what to do today, The Weather, Verses, Choruses and Middle 8’s, Sound, Colours, Shapes, and Everything we have ever heard, seen or felt, .................and lists
Sounds Like: Healer/Monster

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