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Darius Minaee

You gotta keep the Devil way down in the hole

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Music:

Member Since: 7/10/2006
Band Website: you are lookin at it
Band Members: An Unruly Bunch : Lyrics Born , HOLMES , Peter Daily, brighmillion, Bigfoot In Paris, J.L. Stiles, J'Rod Indigio, Gustav Baller, Doug Ellington Group, Joyo Velarde, Chana
Influences: A few influences...the Applebottom Girls, the real people, red, blue, black, green, nationalism, Tain, Miles Davis, real titties and fake although I seem to get a lot of heat for this comment:), Vinnie C, Gene Lake, Jojo, Dave W, Pete Magadini, yoga, clean act, honesty, trader joes spicey hummous dip, real feel practice pads, aquarian heads, aquariums, Thelonious Monk, vinyl, Omar Hakim, Philly Joe Jones, Sammy Davis Jr, David Sedaris, Campbell CA. Parisi and Naylor, technology, the www, Charlize Theron, Glenn Gary Glenn Ross, Jack Lemon, game shows, rain, useful coupons, the big book, Burberry cologne, traveling, The Establishment Sydney, selflessness (spelling?), lights camera action, Gang Starr, Buddy Rich, Multi-Lingual (ism?), the color white (hot), the click aka more cowbell, the Coup (Q!), the Go-Go beat, Me'Shell, meditation, sweat, the mpc, addidas, prada ties, a good looking suit, clean shave, soap, the heart of understanding, Dom and Jared especially, Brian Collier, Chuck Brown, Joe Hodge, Wally Schnalle, Royal Hartigan, Hafez Modirzadeh, Thompson, skating, passion, dates (the dried fruit), leggings, magazines, pain, fear, Carmelita street, a great monitor mix, a horrible monitor mix, Al Jackson Jr, Ringo, The Beatles, Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, the 2nd line, Steve Jordan!, the office, allo allo, faulty towers, black adder, modern drummer, Steve Gadd and Muddy Waters (aries unite), Muddy Waters again just because, Duff/Kev/B'Nai, Jim Keltner, Bravo Channel, Dave Eggers, Martian Mambo, doubles and singles, John Bonham, Kenny Wollensen, Keith Carlock, Nate Morton, Steve Gadd Again, Blue Tooth, Montuno's, Charlie muthafuckin Watts, Levon Helm, Brian Blade, Terreon Gully, Kenny Washington, Yosemite, The Presidio, Paul Simon, drum corp and SCV, David Garabaldi, Mike Clark, Rocky Bryant, Steve Holmes, Scott Amendola, Herbie and VSOP, Jack Daniels, Adam Freakin MacDougal, Jeff Pocaro, dvds, late nights, sunrise, faith, quiet, the bump, Nov26-Dec10, soy chai, nice denim, youtube, wiki-pedia, patches, plantains, red states, blue states, the + sign, the stop sign, mixed messages, The Police and Stewart, ZZTop, vintage gear, Great America clown band, brass bands, ATL, Harmony Fest in MN, mornin love, HOD, hiphop, blues, rock, funk, jazz, alt., minimal, electrofied, Ian Froman, Lock Stock and 2 smoking barrels, Sir Ben Kingsley, the 5, Soren aka Tonga Tonga, and of course my homies. and oh yeah, Tom Waits.
Sounds Like: Jimmy Kimmel Live / April 08 / Performing with Lyrics BornParklife Festival / Melbourne Australia / Rockin the party playing with Lyrics BornPlaying with singer/songwriter/wurly badass HOLMES at Safari Sams / Bordello LA 2007-08 "Common baby what's the the word....UP"
Record Label: Columbia, Epitaph, Indie
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Seee... I told you!!! It was either drums or rocket science.

'Drummers are natural intellectuals' By Gary ClelandLast Updated: 3:00am BST 21/04/2008Drummers are better known for their beats than their brain power, but research has suggested that they might actu...
Posted by Darius Minaee on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:03:00 PST

007 Year End Wrap Up

This year I decided to push myself to have a new musical experience and/or challenge once a month. This is what happened&Jan 07 - studio session: tracked 2 songs at Laughing Tiger studios for an upcom...
Posted by Darius Minaee on Fri, 21 Dec 2007 01:52:00 PST

The Blues - Dirty Dirty Dirty

A compiliation from my good friend CC aka DJ Jack Frost. This is one of the finest collections of clips from Blues Guitar God's that I've come across. All these are worth a viewing. Like Freddie King ...
Posted by Darius Minaee on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 04:18:00 PST

Joni --- Don Juan's Reckless Daughter

Amazing. Joni Mitchell. Nuff said
Posted by Darius Minaee on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 04:21:00 PST

Rolling Stone Review / Lyics Born Overnight Encore

Kinda suprised...Rolling Stone gave the record 3.5stars. A live hip-hop/funk record...3.5 stars?? Wild. Link to Rolling Stone ReviewOvernite Encore: Lyrics Born Live!RS: 3.5of 5 Stars Average User Rat...
Posted by Darius Minaee on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 11:40:00 PST