Hierophant - ProfilesArchive

About Me

"Hierophant trains its lenses on every corner of the rock galaxy, refracting a sound that is not derivative, but rather all-encompassing. You don't just hear influences, you are actually transported to different eras, often several in one song. Listening to the disc, it's not hard to imagine them in the context of early psychedelic rock, the heyday of prog, the new wave and punk of the '80s or later indie and alternative rock. In fact, it's hard not to imagine it, as the band dons a multitude of musical costumes..."-E.W."It's a weird, almost otherworldly brand of Rock..."-M.B."The guitars shift from textural atmospherics to soulful Hendrixian flutter to buzzing, grungy Post Punk rumble (to name but a few touchstones), while the versatile, time-changing drumming provides so much more than just a simple backbone. The vocal-sharing makes it difficult to tell who's singing what without a scorecard, but all of the singing is impressive and the vocalists do a fantastic job of adjusting their voices to the mood of the song." -M.B."...and goddamn! these MoFo's know how to BBQ..." -Clinton T.

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Member Since: 2/18/2005
Band Website: hierophantsound.com
Band Members: Stormish Watts - Bradley Bowman - S.W. Fuhr - Roberto Blanco
Influences: Each member of the band brings to the table their own unique taste in music, giving seed to the Hierophant sound.The Hierophants enjoy listening to:Pink Floyd, The Police, Creedence Clearwater Revival, some of the bands on that "Nuggets" compilation, Tom Waits, Guided By Voices, Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper, James Brown, John Lee Hooker, Miles Davis, The Grifters, Joy Division, Husker Du, Carol Channing, Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra, DeanO, Elvis, Ike & Tina Turner (preferably live versions), Kiss, Devo, B-52's, Scientist (the dub master), Mr. Patton's material, The Fat Boys, Jimi, El Capitan Beefheart, Brian Eno, most anything produced by Bob Ezrin (even that shitty album Kiss did called "The Elder"), Sex Pistols, AC/DC (preferably the Bon Scott era), Bad Brains, The Clash, The Who, Count Basie (ever hear the Frank Sinatra "Live at the Sands" album with Count Basie?, well, you should.) David Bowie, The Stones, Hall & Oates, E.L.O., Minutemen, Firehose, Prince, Rick James, Velvet Underground, a song by Survivor, Barry White, Blue Oyster Cult, Duran Duran(say what?), N.W.A., Eazy-E, Public Enemy, Mike Watt, etc...etc...etc... We most importantly find ourselves influenced by the curse that seems to follow us around in this project known as HIEROPHANT.
Sounds Like: HIEROPHANT
Record Label: Cuban Fan Belt Records
Type of Label: Indie