Bobby Sandal
Bobby sandal leads a life of great frustration. As a young boy he used work at the railroad company in Mechelen-city, playing songs for passangers and railroad-men. He fell in love with a girl at the age of 17. He tried everything to express his feelings for her, but things never worked out. Not knowing how to deal with frustration and marginality, he started performing in clubs and bars and became more and more frustrated
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
Bobby Sandal's life is very sad and gloomy. He prefers not to talk too much about his youth. Key words : frustration / child-abuse / getting beat up by boyfriends / homeless / pregnancy / Britney Spears
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
Bobby Sandal likes to play under the influence of huge amounts of alcohol.
Your musical influences
Bobby Sandal likes the following musicians :
- 50 Cent
- Bonnie "Prince" Billy
- Jelle Van Rossem
- Johnny Cash
- Devendra Banhart
- The Ramones
- The Ronettes
- Charles Mingus
- Neil Young
- Frank Zappa
- 5th Dimension
- Daft Punk
- Belle and Sebastian
- Bishop Allan
- Tom waits
- Cocorosie
- Ben Gibbard
- Becherovka
- mammoeten op kousevoeten
- the unicorns
- Claude François
Unfortunatly he doesn't have the money to buy their albums
What equipment do you use?
Bobby Sandal plays a Saetan-guitar and blows a 1920's Honner-harmonica. He likes to mix and mutilate his tracks via Protools, fruity loops and audacity.
Anything else?
Bobby Sandal likes to receive a lot of mail, posted by pretty, clever and music-minded girls and boys.
