| Member Since | 10/30/2005 | | Band Website | markpickerel.com | | Band Members | Our revolving cast of trouble makers might include: Johnny Sangster,Jim Sangster,Micah Hulscher,Mike Musburger,Barb Hunter,Ty Bailie,Ian Moore,
Mark Pickerel,Rachel Flotard,Jon Rauhouse | | Influences | Influences vary from the artists that I learned from first hand : Gary Lee Conner, Mark Lanegan, Robert Roth,Kurt Cobain to the ones I grew up listening to : Elvis,Elvis Costello ,Fritz Lang, Gun Club , Pretty Things,Bowie , Ennio Morricone,Kraftwerk, Serge&Jane, 13th Floor Elevators, Motown, Sun , HI , LHI , Townes Van Zandt , Tom Waits ,King Vidor, Jelly Roll Morton,Motorhead,Bobby Bland,Francoise Hardy,France Gall,Velvets,Peggy Lee,Ben Webster,Zoot Sims,Perez Prado,Ventures,Shadows,Etta James,Johnny"guitar"Watson,Leonard Cohen , Louvin Bros ,Everly Bros ,Wipers, Kinks ,Specials,Delroy Wilson,X,Gene Krupa,Buddy Rich,Art Blakey, Stones , Charlie Rich, Stiff Records, Slash Records, Nick Lowe,Curtis Mayfield,Hendrix,Mitch Mitchell,Deadbolt,Gene Vincent,Dave Edmunds,
Natacha Atlas,Lhasa ,Devo, Leadbelly,Lee Hazlewood ,Stranglers,Spits,Suicide,Cars Love , Clash , Alfred Hitchcock,Billy Wilder,Howlin' Wolf .... you get the picture .
Often it's a movie or a simple conversation that really influences or inspires me ... lately the current political climate has influenced some of my writing .
FILM NOIR!

| | Sounds Like | I'll let you make that call !! Several songs available at my site or at the UP records site .
Mark Pickerel and His Praying Hands website
Bloodshot Records website
UP Records website

| | Record Label | BLOODSHOT RECORDS | | Type of Label | Indie |
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