Member Since: 8/2/2006
Band Members: Rick plays all instruments (with an occasional guest appearance from a friend or 3) including electric and acoustic guitars,bass,slide,keyboards, cheesy casio string arrangments, perc, therimin , sings all the vocal parts and plays drums on ''no fun in a crisis''.
Ian Kitney plays amazing drums on all other tracks.
Ben Timmis plays keyboards on'' Nothing But Healthy''
and grant conrad plays phaze guitar on ''Let Up''......all songs written and arranged by rick ralli-"Learn To Merge",''Talking Her Round''and ''No Fun In a Crisis'' produced by rick ralli. all other tracks produced by rick ralli and ian kitney.
Influences: Pink Floyd, Neil Young, Led Zeppelin, Cheap Trick,Big Star, THE WHO, The Band,TOOL,X girlfriends(good and bad)
My Bloody Valentine,Joni Mitchell,Johny Cash,the Doors,
the Grateful Dead,Queen,Bob Dylan,The Byrds,the Cars,Kate Bush ,FREE,Black Sabbath,Tom Petty,Nirvana,Bert Jansch, T REX,King Crimson,RATM,Patty Smith,BLONDIE,Paul Kossoff,the Allman Brothers,
,REM,Sonic Youth, David Bowie/Mick Ronson and The Spiders From Mars,Aerosmith,Joe Walsh,the James Gang,Peter Green & Fleetwood Mac, Ace Frehley,George Harrison,MC5, the Stooges,U2,Soundgarden, Alice in Chains,Smashing Pumpkins,Van Morrison,Steve Cropper, the Easybeats,New York Dolls,Simon Garfunkel, the Police,Badfinger,Lou Reed, Velvet Underground, Talking Heads,Bob Marley,Janis Joplin,CSNY,Hawkwind,Tori Amos, Moterhead,Slayer, some Metallica,Freddy King,Ottis Redding,Marvin Gaye,Steve Miller Band,Blue Cheer, Moby Grape,Frank Zappa,BB King,Counting Crows,Public Enemy,Devo,the Yardbirds,
early BeeGees,Cat Stevens,the Sex Pistols,the La's,Kyuss,the Kinks,Bruce Springsteen,Crowded House,Split Ends,Jeff Buckley,Mott the Hoople,early Midnight Oil,
,Radiohead,Randy Rhodes,Andre Warhurst,Jimmy Webb,Stevie Wonder, Guns'n' Roses,Jeff Beck,The Small Faces,Rod Stewart&The Faces,the Rolling Stones,Mick Tayler,Jimi Hendrix,Redd Cross, Crazy Horse, Creedance Clearwater Revival, Tod Rundgren,Rory Gallagher,Elvis Costello ,the Ramones,Peter Gabriel,Janes Addiction,the Clash,the Loved Ones,NickDrake,Robert Johnson,Skip James, John Lee Hooker,Lightning Hopkins,Muddy Waters,Howling Wolf,Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs,Rose Tattoo,AC/DC, the Beachboys,The Beatles and their solo stuff,selected things from Yes,Triumph,Vanhalen,ELO, 10cc,Oasis,the Verve,the Grease Band, Grand Funk,the Guess Who,Roxy Music, dare it be said but-Bread ,70sElton
John, the Hollies,Chicago, the Carpenters and ABBA, Joe Cocker,Steve Windwood, James Tayler,Russel Morris, Cream,Wings,Lynyrd Skynyrd,Bill Whithers,Jimmy Cliff,Peter Tosh, Tesla,Boston,Ted Nugent,Steely Dan,Kiss, Rush,ZZ Top,Thin Lizzy,the Sweet,Deep Purple,the Eagles,Stone Temple Pilots, Helmet,Pearl Jam,Slade,Foreigner,Cold Chisel,Daddy Cool,XTC,Tears for Fears,Blue Oyster Cult, Mountain,the Black Crows...and many assorted good things from many dodgy artist!
Sounds Like: just listen to the songs...
Type of Label: Indie