Other bands influenced by Pogues
| On Project Opus since: | September 12, 2007 |
| Last seen: | never |
| Biography: | 'twas back in 1995, a time that music forgot and when I first found out that I was a pretty average singer songwriter. Me, Mark and Ant throwing some sounds around a front room in Bearwood. A few drummers later, half a dozen name changes and Tunguska was born. A lot of the music on here was either recorded or written during that time. After Tunguska - marriage, kids and jobs (along with a lack of solo talent) curtailed any musical aspirations apart from lending some vocals to a project called Roundwound (some tracks on here) and then I discovered a decent guitar and Ebay. My new guitar and a Tascam 4 track off Ebay led to a reprise and dreams of one day replacing Robbie in Take That resurfaced. Not only did I have a talent as an average singer songwriter, now I could be a well below average music producer too. I could record my own music in the living room........one chord, one line, one note a a time. Suddenly inspired by the opportunities that technology brought I set about furiously recording whatever I could and I was literally churning out one song every 6 or 7 months. So here are my offerings - from Tunguska to The Saturday Boy and broken dreams in between. And to think that talentless gimp Robbie Williams made it big! Thanks for listening, The Saturday Boy |
| Albums: | The Cover Album,The Saturday Boy,Tunguska,Roundwound |
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| On Project Opus since: | April 11, 2006 |
| Last seen: | never |
| Biography: | LEAVING, TX. If you travel a few miles south of Alt-Country and turn right at Cow-Punk you’ll find Leaving, TX… a gritty, dusty, whiskey-soaked hell-hole somewhere just outside the gates of purgatory. Formed in late 2004 by songwriter Chris Patterson and bassist Garry Cecil, Leaving, TX has rapidly come to life in the Washington, DC music scene… Quickly and rightfully earning comparisons to Drive By Truckers, Steve Earle, and Reckless Kelly just to name a few. The bands driving alt-country sound is anchored by its original songs which seem to fill fans with hooks they just can’t seem to get out of their heads. Patterson is a self-taught musician who after leaving the jam-band Grooved Pavement spent the next 18 months studying and writing. During this time he spent many nights on the local singer-songwriter circuit finding out which songs were working with the audience. After a visit to Austin, TX he came back with the desire to finally build the band that would showcase his music. Patterson soon contacted bass player Garry Cecil and played several of the new tunes for him. The magic was immediate and the two set out to find the rest of the band. Thor Smith was soon brought in to fill the role of drummer, having done the same in Patterson’s former band. After several auditions with guitarists, Andrew Buhler showed up on the band’s doorstep and after one song together, he was brought into the mix and given his own keys to the city. Chris Patterson – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars. The bands songwriter is a native of Iowa although he has called sixteen cities home over the past twenty years. Patterson received his first guitar at the age of 8 but claims he didn’t learn to play it until he was 30. He carries with him very strong Irish roots and spends a couple weeks each year in Ireland seeking out music and his ancestry. His songwriting is strongly influenced by Tim Easton, Jon Dee Graham, The Waterboys, and Hank Williams. Garry Cecil - bass and backing vocals. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Cecil was raised in the “wee” village of Corstorphine. He was raised on British music but when he arrived in America he soon became schooled by Hendrix, Zappa, and Capt. Beefheart. This eventually led Cecil to the country rock movement and later to bluegrass. It was a trip back to Scotland that had him dive head first into the punk/new wave scene. He has played in numerous bands over the years, “Non- Dairy Creamers”, “Gunpoint Affection”, and “The Swinging Richards”, and most recently the highly regarded “Primitive Mind”, opening for such greats as BB King, Lunasa, Junior Brown, and Doc Watson. Thor Smith- drums. Smith is a native of Halden, Norway. He started drum lessons in the first grade and played his first professional gig at twelve years old. After a few years in a Hawaiian show band, Smith moved to New York in the early eighties with an original new wave outfit called “Ice Nine”. He then spent almost six years with the DC group “The Smash Band”. Semi-retired from music he was coaxed back into the scene after meeting Chris Patterson and getting hooked on his draft beer at rehearsals and original tunes. Andrew Buhler - electric and pedal steel guitars. Buhler is a proud native of Miami, Florida. He started fooling around with the guitar after his father bought him an LP of Hendrix’s “Smash Hits” at age 10. From Miami to Japan to Cuba, he’s been tormenting his family and friends with the instrument ever since. |
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