Hi, with it being NZ music month and all, I wondered what peoples' dream kiwi line-ups would be. Not necessarily the best or hottest or whatever you wanna choose it for, but a line-up which you think would combine to create an incredible aura of musical goodness.
Mine might be:
Drums: definately Dino Karlis from HDU. He's feckin incredible at mixing subtle and not-so-subtle variations into a song. Gary Sullivan would be back-up in case Dino drum-rolled his own fingers or shumding.
Bass: well i probably would struggle to go past the cool & enthusiasm of Dolf de Datsun. Altho that Lani from Elemeno P & foamy ed is rather tasty ohh yess!
Guitar & backing/alternate vocals : Jeremy Eade (Garageland). I've always reckoned he's a bit of a genius when it comes to pop. I wanna hear what he's up to now!
Guitar & random stuff: Warren Maxwell from TrinityRoots would get a spot on guitar and backing vocals too.
Gat & lead vocals: Shayne P Carter from the Fits & Dimmer. As a true entertainer and coool fecker he is unmatched in NZ. Particularly when he rocks out.
Dave Dobbyn & Neil Finn would pop along for the odd cameo appearance too.
I'd like someone on keys, but can't think off too many. So i'll just go for Gareth Thomas from Goodshirt, cause i feckin love the Cars, and this is the closest I've ever heard any Kiwi come.
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Hmm... good choices all. Mine would ...
Hmm... good choices all. Mine would be:
Drums - Tom Larkin of Pacihad. Hits the drums hard, cool fills, nothing too fancy.
Bass - I feel horrible, but I don't know which member of Bressa Creeting Cake played bass - but him, please.
Rhythm guitar and general distortion - Shayne Carter. Remember early Dimmer? Aaaah...
Lead guitar - David Mitchell of the 3ds and Ghost Club. The man's clearly insane, or at least his guitar is.
Vocals - To complete this somewhat loud lineup, I'd have Jordan Reyne on vocals. Female vocalists in loud, distorted bands are nicely creepy.
And what IS Jeremy Eade doint, by the way?
He's in some new band that sound ...
He's in some new band that sound fairly similar to Garageland - I think they're called Red Drum, but I'm not entirely sure.
//Drums - Tom Larkin of Pacihad. Hits ...
//Drums - Tom Larkin of Pacihad. Hits the drums hard, cool fills, nothing too fancy.//
go listen to devolve man, i'm pretty sure he can still do the odd bit of drum wankery...
Drummer - Well I'd definitely go with ...
Drummer - Well I'd definitely go with Gary Sullivan of JPSE/Solid Gold Hell/Dimmer notoriety, or Stefan Neville of Pumice/Aesthetics/Ho' Dogs fame, or Brendan Moran of Hass. Expt./Subliminals .....all can swing, pummel, play at speed and pull back on the corners....
Bassist - I been pretty impressed with John Douglas outta Accelerants recently, and Marcus outta the Boxcar guitars and the Demiwhores, both nail the groove of the song sweetly...Shaun Jury of Aesthetics/Cat Cat Cat, meanest fuzz bass in NZ! And Henry newest bassist for Die Die Die for the nagging rolling bass runs...
Guitarist - Matthew Heine of Spud/Solid Gold Hell, John Segovia of Axel Grinders/Shaft/Boxcar Guitars..Brent Bidlake of the Ho' Dogs and Assassin...all have distinctive styles and up the ante of any band they're in...
Singer - This is the hardest one....I dig fucked up vocals, but a lotta vocalists I see don't have enough power in the voices live....fer fkd up blues punk voices....Glen outta SPUD/Solid Gold Hell, Rob outta Scuzzbuckets/Ape Management, Smiley outta Voodoo Savage/Savages...one of the strongest voices I know of is Rob Thorne from P/Nth duo, Black Pudding...I also dig John outta the Blunts, and Tim Doe, lead vox man fer the Ho' Dogs....
if only i could replicate myself- cant ...
if only i could replicate myself- cant believe so many crap musicians have been mentioned
Yeah sorry man, I have the crappiest ...
Yeah sorry man, I have the crappiest of tastes...
yours is ok...
yours is ok
yeah, your picks are grrreat! they ...
yeah, your picks are grrreat! they made me go ".. yeah! ... mmm yeah yeah yeah!" etc.
i wrote a big paragraph about who i'd ...
i wrote a big paragraph about who i'd pick, but they were all members of The Clean anyway. except, i went on a bit about Peter Jeffries being great.
so the Clean- Hamish, David and Robert. with backing from Jefferies. rhythm/wiggy bits supplied by David and David from the 3Ds. undercurrent hum and overall big-sublime atmosphere by Halvorsen and Alister Parker.
um ... i'll add more ...
my pick would have to be... beth dawson ...
my pick would have to be... beth dawson on vocals and keyboard bass. brian crook and mick elborado on guitars, the drummer from fake purr, and iso12 on korg.
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