Artist description Power pop for the new millenium played hard and soft by a trio of Hawaii residents.

Music Style power pop

Musical Influences XTC, Kinks, Crowded House, Beach Boys, The Who, Beck, Paul Simon, Tom Petty, Radiohead, Spike Jones, Jellyfish, Adrian Belew, Wilco, World Party, the Zombies, REM, Elvis Costello, Lucinda Williams, Liz Phair, Joe Jackson,

Similar Artists Beatles, kinks, Who, World Party, Crowded House, Neil Young, Tom Petty, REM

Artist History David and Jim met in the Daytrippers , a Beatle tribute band in Honolulu you can get to from our web site. They applied their skills with harmonies and guitars to the songs Jim is constantly writing and recording. Then Jim brought in his swim coach Lee Young-Kingsbury. Lee has drummed in several bands and won several drumming honors. Sorry girls, they are all married (Not to each other).

Group Members ~Jim Smart: vocals , things you strum or press; - - - - - ~David Hayter: sounds you make with your mouth - - - - - ~Lee Young-Kingsbury: things you hit with a stick

Instruments guitars (acoustic and electric), piano, bass, drums, keyboard noises, household effects, backwards sounds, shakers, cabasas, keys, and lots of vocal harmonies - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Albums 1. Come Down From The Trees 2. Bound 3. Waituke 4. After The Revolution- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Press Reviews - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "With two members first hooking up in a Beatles tribute band called The Daytrippers, it's not hard to see where the name came from after the third member joined. (What, you think Beatle tribute bands are uncool? Beatlemania gave us Marshall Crenshaw, you know.) Hailing from Hawaii, 3Tripper has a trio of releases available on their site, which is well worth a visit as they have a good sense of humor. The list of influences also reads like the Who's Who Of Sixties Pop Music. Hell, even the artwork is great. The release is through MP3.com's DAM label and features some goodies for those of you listening on your computer players. Unlike a lot of Beatle-influenced bands, however, 3Tripper does not focus on classic "Love Me Do" type songs. Yes, "Unbeliever" features a standard McCartney chord progression, but the guys lean heavily towards the Fab Four's contemporaries as well. Fans of West Coast psych-pop will enjoy songs like "Trees" and "My Unfinished Novel", not to mention the ambitious "The Other Side" (and stay with that one for the hidden Big Star sounding bonus track). "Today" starts off with the chorus like many sixties pop songs do, but the guys turn the track on it's ear through tempo changes. Other songs echo the Kinks' music hall style ("Life Is But A Game"), early Traffic ("Play The Odds" and "Wild") and even early Mott The Hoople ("Fall"). Although the production sometimes leaves a little to be desired, Waituke (get it?) is ambitious in scope and well worth chasing down." - Bill Holmes, The MP3 Files, Cosmik Debris Magazine, July 2000 (http://www.cosmik.com/aa-july00/index.html)---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Listen.com Review - - - "Acoustic-driven tunes with heavy Beatle influences and vintage-flavored production. Shimmering chords, soft, loping rhythms, relentless vocal harmonies and lots of shaker/tambourine pay tributes to their '60s pop heroes." (Reviewed by Kelly B.)---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- August 18th edition of the Daily Oklahoman featured a front page article in the weekend section regarding the making of STARFLOWER: "Independent CD Salutes Endless Summers." Some highlights: "...a shimmering summertime soundtrack celebrating the spirit of Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys." "Standout sun-and-surf moments are heard in the layered harmonies of 'Sunflower,' by Minneapolis-based Reynold Philipsek; on the cosmic hang-ten anthem 'Today' from Hawaii's 3Tripper; and on South Carolinian Billy Marsh's 'Riptide Lullabye,' which doesn't sound anything like the Beach Boys but still has a melody, multi-tracked vocals and blazing guitar passages that soar into the big blue sky."

Location Honolulu, Hawaii - USA

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