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Twentymen

About Me

All twenty of us are currently based in Newcastle upon Tyne. First album is in the (very timely) process of being mixed.

We make occasional live appearances as an acoustic duo, like this:

Twentymen - Moira

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...and this:

Twenty Men - Ikea Society

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Please visit our other MySpace site and our 'proper' website (which isn't really so much 'proper' at the moment as 'under construction,' as it will probably remain until the mixing gets done: there's only two of us, you know!).

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 16/07/2006
Band Website: www.twentymen.co.uk
Band Members:

    Jock Mooney James Mooney
...With guests to date including:
    Dave Moore: drums A.A. Locrian : artistic influence or whatever you want to call it... Alex Tustin: drums Ana Critchley: electric guitar John K at The Soundroom, Gateshead: additional engineering
Thanks!
Influences: a lot, hopefully no direct ripping off has taken place though.
Sounds Like: Divine Comedy, Pulp, David Bowie, Johnny Cash, Sparks, Kraftwerk, Bonzo Dog Dooda Band, The Tubes, The Ramones, hanoi rocks, mott the hoople, Scott Walker, Prince......all mashed up and puked out.Not directly like any of the above, but across the album you will spot the influence of these artists in various places...
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Check out this event: Jock Mooney Book Launch

Hosted By: Gimpel FilsWhen: 03 Jul 2008, 18:00Where: Gimpel Fils30 Davies StreetLondon, W1K4NBUnited KingdomDescription:Gimpel Fils Click Here To View Event
Posted by on Thu, 29 May 2008 06:48:00 GMT

LISTEN TO OUR NEW STUFF YOU CUNTS.

  Over at our "sister" site, or should that be "brother"?, you can hear wonderful pure 100% Twentymen acoustic live tracks - all new songs - from a recent rehearsal...a true pleasure*. Check out:...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:08:00 GMT

Up Coming gigs in Newcastle

Wed 26th at Head of Steam - part of a fake indie label line up of bands and Fri 28th at The Bridge Hotel - a too far north night of bands. We will be playing a sparkly set at both of these, and the ot...
Posted by on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 01:36:00 GMT

Cumberland Arrrrms

  Well that was good, despite the fact that it appears my entire head has gone septic - a cold that was just a cold now appears to be more like a pre-cgi thing from John Carpenter's "The Thing". ...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 22:46:00 GMT

Morden Tower gig was fun!

      Thank you very much to Les Cox (Sportifs) for asking us to support them on Friday 3rd of August, we had never been to Morden Tower before, what a great venue. We played the longes...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:06:00 GMT

Gosforth Mums

  Gosforth, for anyone not in the know, is a posh area in Newcastle (along with Jesmond) which seems to be crammed full of mothers with pushchairs - some (actually most) of whom are a bit "too ol...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:22:00 GMT