Artist description Rock pop with strong melodies and catchy harmonies.

Music Style Modern Rock/Alternative/AAA

Musical Influences Elvis Costello, the Beatles, Graham Parker

Similar Artists Everclear, Graham Parker, Elvis Costello, Jellyfish, Beatles, Replacements, the Wallflowers, Counting Crows

Artist History Four songs featured on Nick Dastardly's debut release,"Let Go of My Bruised Wing", have already received awards from various songwriting contests. "How Did You Get to be Such a Bore" was a top finalist in the 1998 John Lennon Songwriting Contest. Three more awards came from the annual mid-Atlantic Songwriting contest: Semifinalist for "Something is Bound to Break" and Honorable Mentions fo r"The Past is an Addiction" and "Two Frog Legs and The Eye of a Newt." The strength of the CD garnished the band national acclaim when they received semifinal honors in Musician Magazine's 1998 Best Unsigned Band Contest. The band is currently touring behind their second album "The Circus is in Town"

Group Members Carlos Castro - guitars, backup vocals Ira Miller - Drums, backup vocals Scott Miller - guitars, vocals Bruce Boykin - bass, backup vocals

Instruments anything available

Albums Let Go of My Bruised Wing, The Circus is in Town

Press Reviews "There's a persistent trickle of local releases that sound just as polished and radio-friendly as pretty much any offering of the mainstream market today. I can honestly say that the debut release from Nick Dastardly, 'Let Go of My Bruised Wing' , is one of them." -Music Monthly Every once and awhile, an album will come along and just totally blow me away. The Counting Crows, the Wallflowers and the Spin Doctors all wish they could sound this good. Really. -Mish Mash ?There is not a bad song on ?Let Go of My Bruised Wing.?? ?...the songs are good, catchy and hooky...? -Barstool ?This is a band to keep an eye on.? ?Miller...sings his words like he means it.? -Orange Street Press Reviews ?Runner-up? - Favorite Local CD?s of 1998 ?Rising Locals...? -the Washington Post ?...refreshing songs and honest delivery...? -the Arlington Journal ?You could slip most any of these twelve tunes into heavy rotation on national rock radio and no one would bat an eye. In fact, the album would probably go gold or platinum..? ?What can I say, except go buy it!? -Music Monthly ?Very cool stuff, excellent.? -99.1 WVOD ?We?re talking just good, solid workmanship which went into a blissfully unpretentious piece of music.? -Music Reviews Quarterly

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Location washington, dc - USA

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