Music Style Indie -Rock -pop- psych

Musical Influences Velvet Underground, Television, Rain Parade, The Church, Moffs, Chills, Big Star, Died Pretty, Pixies

Similar Artists Adrian Borland, Echo and the Bunnymen

Artist History Singer-songwriter-guitarist-keyboard player since 1989. Once played a gig with the Keatons who were thrown off Blur's first tour! Was also in first few line-ups of Big Yellow (http://www.bigyellowband.com), and has played as their guest guitarist in the new 2003 line-up. Favourite Albums: 60s 1969 - 1969 live VU THE STOOGES - Iggy and the Stooges 1969 VU - VU 1969 3rd - VU 1968 White Light - VU THE KINKS ARE THE VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY - The Kinks 1968 Inner Mystique - Chocolate Watch Band Delay 1968 - Can 13th Floor Elevators 1968 Hard Days - Electric Prunes Sonics Seeds FOREVER CHANGES - Love THE BEATLES - The Beatles BEGGARS BANQUET - The Rolling Stones FOREVER CHANGES - Love WHITE LIGHT/WHITE HEAT - The Velvet Underground ODESSEY AND ORACLE - The Zombies THE KINKS ARE THE VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY - The Kinks A SAUCERFULL OF SECRETS - Pink Floyd AXIS: BOLD AS LOVE - Jimi Hendrix Experience NAZZ - The Nazz HEAD - The Monkees THE DOCK OF THE BAY - Otis Redding OGDEN'S NUT GONE FLAKE - The Small Faces 67 THE VELVET UNDERGROUND AND NICO - The Velvet Underground The Doors- 1st album PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN - Pink Floyd ARE YOU EXPERIENCED? - Jimi Hendrix Experience Introducing the Sonics -Sonics SERGEANT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND - The Beatles NEVER LOVED A MAN THE WAY THAT I LOVE YOU - Aretha Franklin THEIR SATANIC MAJESTIES REQUEST - The Rolling Stones SOMETHING ELSE - The Kinks SMILEY SMILE - The Beach Boys THE WHO SELL OUT - The Who STRANGE DAYS - The Doors INSIGHT OUT - The Association HEADQUARTERS - The Monkees SIDE TRIPS - The Kaleidoscope 66- PetSounds Boom - Sonics REVOLVER - The Beatles PET SOUNDS - The Beach Boys MORE OF THE MONKEES - The Monkees AFTERMATH - The Rolling Stones WALK AWAY RENEE/PRETTY BALLERINA - The Left Banke 5D - The Byrds HAPPY JACK - The Who THE EXCITING WILSON PICKETT - Wilson Pickett I GOT YOU (I FEEL GOOD) - James Brown THE MONKEES - The Monkees 65 Here are the Sonics -Sonics HELP! - The Beatles RUBBER SOUL - The Beatles OUT OF OUR HEADS - The Rolling Stones THE WHO SING MY GENERATION - The Who MR. TAMBOURINE MAN - The Byrds KINKS SIZE - The Kinks THE TEMPTATIONS SING SMOKEY - The Temptations TURN TURN TURN - The Byrds SUMMER DAYS (AND SUMMER NIGHTS) - The Beach Boys OTIS BLUE - Otis Redding DECEMBER'S CHILDREN (AND EVERYBODY'S) - The Rolling Stones POPPA'S GOT A BRAND NEW BAG - James Brown FOUR TOPS' SECOND ALBUM - The Four Tops 70s 2 - Neu! 1979 Chairs missing, - Wire B52's 1st album CAN OF BEES - The Soft Boys ENTERTAINMENT! - Gang of Four 1979 Hex EnductionHour- Fall 1978 Adventure, 1977 Marquee Moon - Television 1977 Idiot, Lust For Life - Iggy Pop LOW, Heroes - David Bowie PINK FLAG - Wire 1976 STATION TO STATION - David Bowie 1975 THIRD (SISTER LOVERS) - Big Star YOUNG AMERICANS - David Bowie 1974 Transformer - Lou Reed RADIO CITY - Big Star Taking Tiger Mountain -Eno DIAMOND DOGS - David Bowie 1973 BERLIN - Lou Reed HERE COME THE WARM JETS - Eno ALADDIN SANE - David Bowie 1972 #1 RECORD - Big Star SUPERFLY - Curtis Mayfield 1971 Tago Mago - Can 1971 No1 Record, Radio City, 3rd - Big Star HUNKY DORY - David Bowie L.A. WOMAN - The Doors WHAT'S GOING ON - Marvin Gaye 1970 Loaded - VU MADCAP LAUGHS - Syd Barrett LOLA VS. POWERMAN AND THE MONEYGOROUND - The Kinks THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD - David Bowie 80's Conviction - Band of Outsiders Tallulah - Go Betweens http://musiccentral.msn.com/Artist/Display/4024 http://musiccentral.msn.com/Album/Display/105747 Labyrinth - Moffs Born Sandy Devotional - Triffids http://musiccentral.msn.com/Artist/Display/118172 Big Shot Chronicles http://musiccentral.msn.com/Artist/Display/105036 http://musiccentral.msn.com/Album/Display/104416 Script of the Bridge - Chameleons Tequila Dementia - Honolulu Mountain Daffodils Flying Color At First Sight - Stems 1989 ?Lost - Died Pretty Winter Hours http://musiccentral.msn.com/Artist/Display/119655 http://musiccentral.msn.com/Album/Display/157607 Doolittle - Pixies BLEACH - Nirvana WORKBOOK - Bob Mould CLOUDLAND - Pere Ubu THE STONE ROSES - The Stone Roses QUEEN ELVIS - Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians 1988 Starfish -Church Two Steps from the Middle Ages (1988) ?Pre-Deity - Died pretty NOTHING'S SHOCKING - Jane's Addiction EVERY DOG HAS HIS DAY - Let's Active DAYDREAM NATION - Sonic Youth A BELL IS A CUP UNTIL IT IS STRUCK - Wire SURFER ROSA - Pixies Green - REM MY NATION UNDERGROUND - Julian Cope GLOBE OF FROGS - Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians 1987 Slow crack - Kilbey Happy Nightmare Baby - Opal http://musiccentral.msn.com/Artist/Display/112483 http://musiccentral.msn.com/Album/Display/131432 Early Opal http://musiccentral.msn.com/Album/Display/131431 Boylan Heights - Connells http://musiccentral.msn.com/Artist/Display/101700 http://musiccentral.msn.com/Album/Display/92401 DOCUMENT - REM SISTER -Sonic Youth COME ON PILGRIM e.p. - Pixies IDEAL COPY - Wire STRANGEWAYS, HERE WE COME - The Smiths Lolita Nation (1987) Brave Words - Chills http://musiccentral.msn.com/Artist/Display/83339 http://musiccentral.msn.com/Album/Display/89965 87 George Best - Wedding Present 1986 The Big Shot Chronicles (1986) It's Alright - Chris Stamey BIG PLANS FOR EVERYBODY - Let's Active HEYDAY - The Church LIFES RICH PAGEANT - REM THE QUEEN IS DEAD - The Smiths FREE DIRT - Died Pretty Real Nighttime (1985) -Game Theory 1985 WALKING IN THE SHADOW OF THE BIG MAN - Guadalcanal Diary EXPLORING THE AXIS - Thin White Rope MEAT IS MURDER - The Smiths FEGMANIA - Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians CINEMA VERITE - Dramarama ELEMENT OF LIGHT - Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians FABLES OF THE RECONSTRUCTION - REM THIS NATION'S SAVING GRACE - The Fall PSYCHOCANDY - The Jesus and Mary Chain RAIN DOGS - Tom Waits 1984 Explosions - Rain Parade THE SMITHS - The Smiths CYPRESS - Let's Active I OFTEN DREAM OF TRAINS - Robyn Hitchcock RECKONING OCEAN RAIN - Echo and the Bunnymen Opal- Ep / Early recordings 1983 TRUE WEST e.p. - True West Murmur -REM Emergency 3rd - Rain Parade THE VIOLENT FEMMES - The Violent Femmes 1982 ENGLISH SETTLEMENT - XTC Chronic Town - REM Days of Wine & Roses -Dream Syndicate http://musiccentral.msn.com/Artist/Display/83326 http://musiccentral.msn.com/Album/Display/98443 1981 OF SKINS AND HEART - The Church NON-STOP EROTIC CABARET - Soft Cell BLACK SNAKE DIAMOND ROLE - Robyn Hitchcock 1980 Correct Use Of Soap - Magazine http://musiccentral.msn.com/Artist/Display/110109 http://musiccentral.msn.com/Album/Display/122139 UNDERWATER MOONLIGHT - The Soft Boys CLOSER - Joy Division CRAZY RHYTHMS - The Feelies 1980 CROCODILES - Echo and the Bunnymen 1980 154- Wire 90's 99 Adrian Borland Venus-Invincible - Mark Burgess 98 1 Hologram of Baal 2 FEELING STRANGELY FINE - Semisonic 3 Using My Gills - Died Pretty 4 Va Va Voom - Cinerama WHITECHOCOLATESPACEEGG - Liz Phair XO - Elliott Smith 3 BRIGHT SIDE - John Easdale 4 HOW IT FEELS TO BE SOMETHING ON - Sunny Day Real Estate 5 ACCELERATOR - Royal Trux 7 UP - REM 8 GIRL BROS. - Girl Bros. 9 RUFUS WAINWRIGHT - Rufus Wainwright 10 SUCCESS - The Posies Strange But True -Yo La Tengo + Jad Fair 1997 Fat of the Land - Prodigy http://musiccentral.msn.com/Album/Display/254239 Pharmakoi - The Re:formation 1997 I HEAR THE HEART BEATING AS ONE - Yo La Tengo O.K. COMPUTER - Radiohead Still Life - Connells Blue Sky on Mars -Matthew Sweet 1996 Great Divide - Semisonic FIRST BAND ON THE MOON - The Cardigans Paradyning - Mark Burgess Interbabe Concern - Loud Family 96 Saturnalia,Mini-Cinerama 1996 NEW ADVENTURES IN HI-FI - REM MOSS ELIXIR - Robyn Hitchcock AMAZING DISGRACE - The Posies FIRST BAND ON THE MOON - The Cardigans 1995 Sold -Died Pretty Marina -Speed the Plough PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - Presidents of the United States of America 1994 Behind the door - Dentists Sometime Anywhere - The Church 1994 Trace - Died Pretty 1994 TEENAGER OF THE YEAR - Frank Black MONSTER - REM DEFINITELY MAYBE - Oasis The Tape of Only Linda (1994) 1993 Plants &B&R&T- Loud Family Hi-Fi Sci-Fi - Dramarama 1993 STAR - Belly 1993 Ring -Connells FROSTING ON THE BEATER - The Posies FRANK BLACK - Frank Black LAST SPLASH - The Breeders Slouching Towards Liverpool - Loud Family 1992 Speed The Plough AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE - REM COPPER BLUE - Sugar SLANTED AND ENCHANTED - Pavement SWEET OBLIVION - The Screaming Trees TELEVISION - Television 1991 Gold Afternoon Fix, A Quick Smoke At Spots - The Church NEVERMIND - Nirvana TROMPE LE MONDE - Pixies WORLDS IN COLLISION - Pere Ubu OUT OF TIME - REM EVERCLEAR - American Music Club Fireworks -Chris Stamey LEISURE - Blur 1990 Priest=Aura - Church 1990 Almost pure - Crystal Set 1990 Umbrella - Crystal Set 1990 Vast Halos - Hex 1990 Primal Dream - Rich Barone Hex: Hex 1990 SUBMARINE BELLS - The Chills Dear 23 - Posies BOSSA NOVA - Pixies THE LA'S - The La's BELLYBUTTON - Jellyfish RITUAL DE LO HABITUAL - Jane's Addiction A CATHOLIC EDUCATION - Teenage Fanclub GOO - Sonic Youth FLOOD - They Might Be Giants

Instruments Rickenbackers, Vox amps, Martin guitars, Steinway piano

Location London, London - United Kingdom

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