Mixed With Rain
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
We started playing sometime last year, near the end of March, for no reason other than a friend wanted to sing for a nu-metal band... For some reason, instead of playing nu-metal, we ended up playing The Knack and Twisted Sister covers...
...After we realized he couldn't sing, we fired him and started playing horror punk, which somehow morphed into folk-pop, then into pop-punk, and finally into what we play now...
...We're still looking for a drummer and places to play gigs, neither of which we've had much luck with... Thankfully, we've acquired a cowbell and an 80s sounding keyboard, so we should be ok. Currently, we're working on an epic adaptation of the Wizard Of Oz soundtrack.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
Our town only has one venue where minors can play, and the owner is a mean-spirited drug addict.
Your musical influences
Our biggest influence is definitely The Beatles, even if it can't be heard in the music... Other, more direct, influences are The Misfits, The Velvet Underground, The Turtles, blink-182, The Dresden Dolls, Kimya Dawson, Sleep Station, and Nirvana.
What equipment do you use?
Marshall and Ibanez amps, Yamaha and Ibanez guitars, a custom SX bass, and Casio keys.
