DSO + Musician in Enmore, NSW

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ABOUT

Active for years before taking a break. Returned to it about 6 years about, roughly. Currently working at forming something original and creative, or joining the right kind of band. Bass is preferred in bands (love bass, not a frustrated guitarist!) but also play piano/keys for compositional purposes or as needed. Creativity and fun a must. Very open to collaboration and exploration.

Screen name:

DSO

Member since:

Sep 29 2024

Active within 1 week

Level of commitment:

Very Committed

Years playing music:

35

Influences

Early punk and very early metal/thrash, folk punk, ambient, grotty Oz pub, Outsider Music in general, Post Punk, Post Rock, blues, honky tonk, traditional sea shanties, boogie, psychobilly, classical, surf punk and much more. Notable specifics: Conflict, Magazine, Adolescents, Nick Cave, Tangerine Dream, Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Le Tigre, Leonard Cohen, Misfits ('78 to '80 or '82 only), Roky Erickson, Iggy Pop, Fields of the Nephilim, The Pogues, Bauhaus, GG Allen, Jean Michael Jarre, Days 'n Daze, Rusty Cage, The Birthday Party, Tim Carol Band, Hendrix, The Feederz, Beasts of Bourbon (and associated incarnations: Tex, Don And Charlie, etc), Amanda Palmer, Kaelan Mikla, early Blondie, The Shadows, Ramshackle Glory, Mischief Brew, i.e., all Pat The Bunny and so forth, Aurora, Motorhead, The Plugz, Blonde Redhead, Youth Brigade, Minor Threat, Low, Ramones, The Cramps, The Saints, Radio Birdman, the 1st 2 or 3 Iron Maiden albums, same with Metallica and Megadeth’s earliest outings, The Dresden Bombers, early B-52s, bits of Mike Oldfield (Incantations), all sea shanties in general, prime era Pink Floyd, The Divinyls, Florence and the Machine, Mitski, Flower Face, Weyes Blood, Operation Ivy and early Rancid, Family Fodder, Hillbilly Moon Explosion, Demented, AC/DC, Messer Chups, Tentative Reels, The Creepshow (any horror music, really, plus old splatter platters and death discs from the ‘50s and ‘60s), The Living Deads, Neil Young (particularl live recordings), Anna Von Hausswolf, The Pixies, Sex Pistols, Klaus Nomi, David Bowie, Nina Hagen, Joy Division, Bad Brains, The Cure, Suburban Lawns, Lorn, pre-“the change” Clash, The Jam, David Sylvain, Gang of Four, early Butthole Surfers, Portishead, John Carpenter's movie themes, The Jolly Rogers, GBH, Bongwater, Electric Wizard, Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats, Jack and Jill, n Taylor, The Taxpayers, Stan Ridgeway, FEAR, Bad Religion, The Sunny Boys, Norma Tanega, Tom Waits, Soap and Skin, Jungstotter, Michael Nyman, Mazzy Star, Kate Bush, Death, Graveyard Train, The Circle Jerks, Don Walker, Friends of Dean Martinez, the Tiger Lilies, Larry Wallice, Leftover Crack, Bad Manners, The Fibbonaccis , Black Math, Francis Haines (e.g., ROTLD), SSQ, Jamie T's later pop stuff, Ren, early Alice Cooper, Brian Eno, Gary Numan, the Be Good Tanyas, Le Fete Triest, The Divinyls, Devo, early Slayer, Dead Can Dance, Skinny Puppy, The Voronas, Empress Of Fur, Johnny Cash, X (the Oz one), Laurie Anderson, Phillip Glass, Suicidal Tendencies, The Stooges, Don Walker, Alt J, Mogwai, Fontaines D.C., We Lost The Sea, Low, Death Grips, Adolescents, Lou Reed, John Dowland (and general renaissance, plus baroque), Julian Bream, Danzig, Heilung, The Knife, Einstürzende Neubauten, Anna Calvi, Fever Ray, Kris Kristofferson, The Smithereens, Ministry, Legendary Stardust Cowboy, The Scallywags, Goblin, Spinal Tap, latter-day Edward Sharpe, Cake, Ennio Morricone, Grinderman, John Lee Hooker, Mono, The Walkmen, Small Faces, Buzzcocks, Kraftwerk, Wall of Voodoo, The Specials, New York Dolls, Echo and the Bunnymen, They Might Be Giants, The Sound, Jack Off Jill, Zombieralla, Electric Youth, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Princess Chelsea, Rose McGowan, Russian Circles, Chris Isaak, Cyndi Lauper, Kavinsky, Lebanon Hannover, The Skallywags, The Zombies, The Longest Johns, John Frusciante, The Mountain Goats, Kim Wilde, The Dreadnoughts, The Divine Comedy, Mercury Rev, Odetta, The Beach Boys, The B-52s, Harley Poe, The Bridge City Sinners, Grandpa’s Cough Medicine, Wingnut Dishwasher’s Union, Mephisto Waltz, Nation of Ulysses (and Alan Sevonius in general; XYZ), Sicillian Gang (Morricone again).

Plus selected occasional bits of things like Radiohead, Jinjer, the Stones, The Big Push, Eric Bogle, Jeff Buckley, Meatloaf, Danny Elfman and occasional parts of Radiohead, CBGB-era pre-pop Talking Heads, Exploited, a lot of good pop on a case by case basis, Siouxsie And The Banshees, the Chronos Quartet, M83, RHCP, Kyuss, parts of Ministry from here or there and the same with P.I.L., Mr Floppy, Australian Crawl and Romeo Void, plus traditional Irish/Celtic, Chicago, Descendants, the Melvins, Concrete Blonde, Nina Simone, Edith Piaf, the film score work of Toto, The Stranglers, the scores of Basil Poledouris, Ultravox, The Animals, Arcade fire, Kid Cudi, Rock Plaza Central, Poppy, April March, Maurice Jarre, Moses Coltrane, Placebo, select pieces of Frank Black’s solo work, Yazoo, The Suicide Dolls, occasional Aimee Man, Truckfighters, Barry Gray’s television work, Regina Spektor, Amy Shark, Warren Zevon, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Kirsten Hirch, specific moments from R.E.M., Supergrass, Skeletal Family, Selofan, Fleetwood Mac, some collated moments and songs by Soundgarden, most of the Pre-Mike Patton Faith No More stuff (plus some early Patton-era music), Billy Idol, Flock of Seagulls, Billie Eilish, Dan Sartain, The Boys Next Door, occasional parts from System of a Down, Bjork, Lorde, The Moody Blues, Guns ‘N Roses, some themes of Jerry Goldsmith, Graveyard (early, particularly “The Siren” etc.), Isobel Campbell, Mark Lanegan, the cooler parts of Dire Straights, Ashley Serena, Danny Schmidt, The Paper Chase, Q Lazarus, assorted Everclear parts, The Runaways, Pat Benatar, Boney M., Starcrawler, Godless Wicked Creeps, Roxy Music, Hunters and Collectors, Acid Youth, The Melancholies, Agnes Obel, Sea Power, Berlin Child, Matt Elliot, Of Monsters And Men (taken in moderation; the same as Rage Against The Machine, Elvis Costello or Pantera), and the odd bit here and there of Anthrax, particularly covers, Joanna Jinton, The Lumineers, The Casualties, NOFX, selected parts of Ween, Moloko, Massive Attack, Queen, TISM, The Dirty Three, Hole, Gotye, The Cardigans, Sofia Isella, Lunachicks, The Julie Ruin, Cold Cold Hearts, Peaches, The Vandals, Grindhouse, Cosmic Psychos, The Chats, Candlemass, Amigo The Devil, Holy Locust, Cousin Boneless, Blackgrass Gospel, Social Distortion, Anti-Flag, The Goddamn Gallows, Those Poor Bastards, Carrie Nation and the Speakeasy, Morphine, The Cog Is Dead, Reverend Glasseye, This Way To The Egress, Adam and the Ants, The Window Smashing Job Creators, Brad Fiedel, She Past Away, MISSION (specifically their stripped down work), Forever Grey, Aaron Wright, Claudia Cane, Bridgette Wickens, Traitrs, IV and the Strange Band, The Pine Box Boys, Filthy Still, Viva Le Vox, Woodbox Gang, Sidewalks and Skeletons, Trevor Something, Faithless (in small doses), Tindersticks, Ben Chatwin, Vilma Flood, Akine, Nekromantix, Tim Fite, The Cemetery Girlz, The Naked and the Dead, Firewater, Bridget Fontaine, Merle Allin (even without GG), plus many more but I’ve gotten tired of writing. Even more tired than you will have from reading. Suffice to say my influences are wide.

Instrument experience:

Bass Guitar:

Advanced

Keyboard:

Moderate

Other:

Moderate

Vocalist - Bass:

Beginner

EQUIPMENT

Bass:
Yamaha BB
Cort performer series relic
Oversize Dean Semi-acoustic
Short-scale bass
Miniature bass
Boss MB-90 digital effects processor
Keys:
Yamaha P-515