THE ARCADE SUPERHERO
I am an acoustic/experimental musician who likes to collaborate with other people. I have many influences that range from Mogwai to Depth Charge and Jimi Hendrix to Can.
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
I have been in a Bluegrass/Folk band where I played the tea-chest bass. Played guitar in a sonic/experimental band, played within the now defunct Arcade Superheroes and now I'm going it alone, for the time being.
I also play bass in a Psychedelic Folk Blues band...
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
I play wherever I go. It may be at the train station, the bus stop, in the park, at parties and in my over-grown garden.
I've also played in bars, festivals and at Manchester's Life Cafe as representative of my local college.
Your musical influences
I like guitar music such as Mogwai, Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett, Nick Drake, Donovan, The Groundhogs, The Aphex Twin, The Damned, Depth Charge, Pulp, The Pooh Sticks, Radiohead, The Stone Roses, Primal Scream and The Velvet Underground. I also like to listen to Led Zepplin, watching The Simpsons, all kinds of folk/ambient/hip hop and pyschedelica.
What equipment do you use?
Farfisa silver series, Tascam 4-track and Roland 101 frequency modulater.
12 string Eros guitar
6 stringer Spanish guitar
12 stringer Spanish guitar
6 stringer Fender folk guitar
Peavey Raptor Electric guitar
Glockenspeil
Trumpet
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