Artist description Someone took a book off the shelf. Closing her eyes, she opened the book and touched a fingertip to the page. The words she touched were "dark riders"... The hollows and back roads of the Appalachian foothills hold a long tradition of mystery and balladry. Perhaps in solving the problem of naming the group through bibliomancy, the Dark Ryders echo the primitive, magical thinking that lies at the source of that tradition. It is an echo of a distant world peopled by strange, sometimes dangerous characters, a world of bootleggers, gun runners and star-crossed lovers, where ghosts may wander abroad in the full light of day. It is a world where everything happens for a reason, a reason beyond comprehension, and where the presence of elemental forces is personified in angels... and demons. The Dark Ryders are a group of writers and musicians who collaborate together, united by the belief that the creation of music is the realization of magic. Their objective is to capture as much of that magic as possible in their recordings, and to share it with everyone, especially those who listen for echoes of the other world that lies alongside our reality, within the grasp of our imaginations.

Music Style Music of delirium, desire, despair... Future blues.

Musical Influences Plastic People of Prague, Stranglers,The Doors, Rollling Stones, Beatles, Who, Eno, U2, Phil Manzanera, Todd Rundgren, Steppenwolf, Johnny Cash, Echo & The Bunnymen, Canned Heat, Zappa, Leonard Cohen, Sisters Of Mercy, David Bowie, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Black Sabbath, Eddie Mitchell, Television, James Gang, Everlast, Wishbone Ash, Sex Pistols, --no limits.

Similar Artists Plastic People of Prague, Doors, Creed, Stooges, Velvet Underground, Patti Smith, John Cale, Lou Reed, Nick Drake, Steppenwolf, U2, Joy Division, Roxy Music, Todd Rundgren, Iggy Pop, Psychedelic Furs

Artist History "In the yere 1360 the 13th day of Apryl and the morning after Ester, King Edward with his host lay before the Citee of Parys: the which was a ffoule, Dark day... so bittyr colde that sytting on horse bak men dyed. Storm cloudes soon gathered, producing Marvelous hail and torrents of wind and rain, such that by sunset ten thousand met their doome. Wherefore, unto this day, those who survivved this blak monday and all their blud kin are called Darke Ryders..."

Group Members Collaborations as The Dark Ryders include a variety of musicians and writers.

Instruments Keyboards, guitars, bass, percussion, noise, loops & electronics, vocals.

Albums Dark Ryders-- in progress

Press Reviews The Dark Ryders welcome music press contact of all types: high school and college papers, mainstream periodicals, international publications, etc. If you are a writer or music journalist interested in doing an interview or an article about the group, contact us through our MP3.com site or at Darkryders@juno.com.

Additional Info Contact Darkryders@juno.com

Location Cliffside, NC - USA

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