the mercy bends
new york natives and upstate upstarts join forces resulting in audio explosions, general chaos and mass hysteria.
ears will ring.
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
we're making it now.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
yes, all over new york and surrounding states for now.
Your musical influences
dive bars, loud guitars, stones, ramones, ny dolls, girls with barrettes, bummed cigarettes, the replacements, the plimsouls, trailer parks, redneck roadhouses, television (the band, not the destroyer of civilization), rockabilly, the holiday cocktail lounge, william burroughs, old country, edith piaf, iggy, bourbon, cheap trick, disco, rakim, hermann hesse, dirt track racing, james brown, bull riding, sumo wrestling, somerset maugham, insomnia, johnny cash, the clash, reggaeton, old movies, the jam, french pop, brooklyn, blondie, bon scott, abba, alexandre dumas, django reinhardt, marlene dietrich, elvis, alice cooper, alex chilton, dollar drafts, patsy cline, françoise hardy, william powell, hank williams, velvet underground, veronica lake, john lee hooker, western swing, dick dale, big band jazz, henry miller, t-rex, house music all night long, the mercy bends.
What equipment do you use?
fender and gibson mostly. some pedals - distortion, overdrive, chorus.
