Member Since: 2/12/2005
Band Website: billylamont.com
Band Members: poet billy lamont,collaborators have included:
Mike Peters of The Alarm,
the late Allen Ginsberg,
Deep Fried Clams,
Craig "Coconut" Santiago of Acorn, The Blue Beats and One Groovy Coconut,
Christopher "DJ Circuit" Kelly,
Klayton of Celldweller and Circle Of Dust,
Heart Of Darkness,
Mayfairgrin,
Bill Poulos,
The Way Sect Bloom,
Jerky Medicine,
Alpha One Seven,
Dr. Onionskin
Influences: U2, The Alarm, Bob Dylan, Larry Norman, Midnight Oil, Patti Smith, The Clash, Skinny Puppy, The Cure, The Beatles, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, Woody Guthrie, Amadeus Mozart, Tom Waits, The Rolling Stones, Bob Marley and The Wailers, Circle Of Dust/Celldweller, Jim Carroll Band, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Burlap To Cashmere, Rage Against The Machine, Van Morrison, Frank Zappa, Ani Difranco, Billy Bragg, Nine Inch Nails, The Smiths, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Neil Young, The Who, The Doors, Guns N Roses, Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, B.B King, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, The Church, The Stray Cats, Social Distortion, Elvis Costello, Devo, Simple Minds, The Pixies, Cocteau Twins, Front 242, Frontline Assembly, Neitzre Eb, Depeche Mode, Joy Electric, Black House, Keith Green, The Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, The Ramones, Bruce Cockburn, Collective Soul, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Live, REM, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Peter Gabriel, Prince, Bauhaus, The Cult, Beck, T Bone Burnett, Johnny Cash, Shirley Horn, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Jane's Addiction, Talking Heads, Dead Kennedys, Cold Play, Bruce Springstein and the E Street Band, The Wallflowers, The Altar Boys, Lust Control, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Peter Frampton, The Call, Squeeze, The Waterboys, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Radiohead, Lauryn Hill, Audioslave, Jewel, Queen, The White Stripes, Sinnead O'Connor, Godspeed! You Black Emperor, Tori Amos, Moby, The Way Sect Bloom, Acorn, Alpha One Seven, Dr. Onionskin, Jerky Medicine, Deep Fried Clams,
Sounds Like: Electronic, Experimental, Ambient, Industrial, Dance, Folk, Punk, Alternative, Reggae, Classic Rock, Spoken WordINTERESTS:
searching for the truth, upholding life, giving hope, encouraging dignity, helping everyday people have a voice, family, poetry, fun, art, experimental film and video, creating and/or collaborating on music, performance art, theater, activism, pacifism, photography, philosophy,MOVIES:
Wings Of Desire, Waking Life, Passion Of The Christ, Lord Of The Rings, Baraka, Koyaanisquatsi, Powaqqatsi, Naqoyquatsi, The Matrix, The Wall, Pie, The Cross And The Switchblade, United States Of Poetry, Bound For Glory. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, The Phantom Of The Opera, Lust For LifeTELEVISION:
Independent Film Channel, Sundance, M2, MTV, VH-1, Fuse, Much Music Television, Def Poetry Jam, The Simpsons, David Letterman Show, Tonight Show, Saturday Night Live
HEROES: ***JESUS CHRIST***BOOKS:
*The Holy Bible* Allen Ginsberg "Howl," Walt Whitman "Leaves Of Grass", Salman Rushdie "Ground Beneath Her Feet", Patti Smith "The Coral Sea, " Octavio Paz "Configurations, " Jack Kerouac "On The Road, " Jim Carroll "Living At The Movies, " C.S. Lewis "Mere Christianity", Arthur Rimbaud "A Season In Hell, " Jim Morrison "Lords And The New Creatures, " Bob Dylan "Lyrics, " Kahlil Gibran "The Prophet, " Jim Wallis "God's Politics, "Howard Zinn "The People's History Of The United States", Anything by Noam Chomsky, Robert Pearson and William Blake, Brennan Manning "Ragamuffin Gospel," Charles Bukowski "Sifting Through The Madness For The Word," Robert Bly "Sibling Society"
Record Label: KultureShift/Mannequin Oddio Media, The Orchard
Type of Label: Indie