Artist description A cup-o-roots rock, a tablespoon of blues, a smidgen of guitar noise and a dash of alternative, not to forget the occasional Spaghetti Western instrumental thrown in for good measure and you have... The Pike Bishops.

Music Style Rock

Musical Influences Neil Young, The Who, The Groundhogs, The Beatles, Johnette Napolitano, Pink Floyd, Patti Smith, Ennio Morricone, Wall Of Voodoo, Neil Finn, The Plimsouls, Tom Waits, PJ Harvey, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, The Ventures, Blue Cheer, MC5, Wild Colonials, Gideon Chrome

Similar Artists Neil Young, The Cruel Sea, The Groundhogs, Lou Reed, Giant Sand, The Beat Farmers, Sidewinders, John Doe, Havana 3am, Calexico

Artist History San Diego born guitarist/songwriter David Thomson formed The Pike Bishops after sifting through the ashes of his former band. Rising from the ruins of that band are the rhythm section of, L.A. born bass player Martyn Evans and the crazed Texan, drummer Weston Reid. Having played together since 1992 with a brief layoff in between, the three have reunited to make some noise and to see what kind of trouble they can get themselves into once again. Finalizing the live line-up is musician/actor Orrick Smith (a high school friend of David's) on bass (when Marty is too busy with his computers and rhythm guitar when Marty is playing bass. Don Cruz (yet another of David's high school friends) on keyboards. He's actually a much better guitarist than David, but it's David's band (egomaniac!) so he's stuck playing keys. So, we've got two more guys from San Diego: an actor on rhythm guitar & bass, and a guitarist on keyboards. Go figur

Group Members David Thomson: Lead Guitar & Vocals, Bass, Keyboards... Martyn Evans: Bass, B/U Vocals... Weston Reid: Noisy Drums... Orrick Smith: Bass, Rhythm Guitar, B/U Vocals.

Instruments Fender, Gibson, Gretsch, Danelectro, Naked, Harmony & No-name Guitars, B.C. Rich, Ibanez, Tokai & Vox Basses. Pearl Drums. Roland & Korg Keyboards

Albums They Came Too Late & Stayed Too Long

Press Reviews "They owe us money!"...Ex-Girlfriend Gazzette "We should have never bought him a guitar!" ...Mom & Dad Magazine "On a bad night they're better than watching TV" ...Spudboy Today "The 2-headed guitar player is Elvis' love child"...Weekly World News "They put on a live show we'll never forget" ...General Mapache

Location Studio City, California - USA

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