During and after our shows with my band, I Met Violet, we get to know a lot of great musicians and bands - and often become friends.
A band we know, since four years ago, and we're in close contact with - maybe because our first show as I Met Violet had been together with them - is Ghost Mice. Since our first show we played two more gigs with them. Keep in mind that they are from Indiana, we're from Germany.
It's always a great pleasure to support them on their world-wide tours - but we didn't make it out of Bielefeld, yet.
Let me introduce them to you:
In 2002, Chris Johnston (aka Chris Clavin) and Hannah Jones decided to leave their old punk bands behind, to play 100% acoustically - they founded Ghost Mice.
The shortage of space became a concept: Amplifiers and drums presented an obstacle while touring - transporting a violin, a guitar, a harmonica and a tambourine is much easier and uncomplicated.
Combine these instruments with the singing duet (Chris and Hannah) and you will get wonderful, hearty, acoustic country-folk-punk, which the singers scream to their audience - unplugged.
Their songs are about life on the road, painful love or politics. Their sound combines the best elements of punk and folk - it mixes fun with rebellion and makes it appear, as it is all the same.
And according to their anarchist attitude, they want to play everywhere: on the streets, in the backyards, in the living rooms, in the rain, in the clubs - even if the electricity fails - or at the lost and found at the railway station - where the noise of the trains complete the sound...
Instrumentation:
HANNAH JONES plays the violin and lives in Bloomington, IN.
CHRIS JOHNSTON plays guitar, lives in Gainesville, FL.
PASCALOO plays ukulele and concertina, lives in Paris.
more info on Ghost Mice:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Mice
http://www.plan-it-x.com/
http://www.myspace.com/ghostmice
A band we know, since four years ago, and we're in close contact with - maybe because our first show as I Met Violet had been together with them - is Ghost Mice. Since our first show we played two more gigs with them. Keep in mind that they are from Indiana, we're from Germany.
It's always a great pleasure to support them on their world-wide tours - but we didn't make it out of Bielefeld, yet.
Let me introduce them to you:
In 2002, Chris Johnston (aka Chris Clavin) and Hannah Jones decided to leave their old punk bands behind, to play 100% acoustically - they founded Ghost Mice.
The shortage of space became a concept: Amplifiers and drums presented an obstacle while touring - transporting a violin, a guitar, a harmonica and a tambourine is much easier and uncomplicated.
Combine these instruments with the singing duet (Chris and Hannah) and you will get wonderful, hearty, acoustic country-folk-punk, which the singers scream to their audience - unplugged.
Their songs are about life on the road, painful love or politics. Their sound combines the best elements of punk and folk - it mixes fun with rebellion and makes it appear, as it is all the same.
And according to their anarchist attitude, they want to play everywhere: on the streets, in the backyards, in the living rooms, in the rain, in the clubs - even if the electricity fails - or at the lost and found at the railway station - where the noise of the trains complete the sound...
Instrumentation:
HANNAH JONES plays the violin and lives in Bloomington, IN.
CHRIS JOHNSTON plays guitar, lives in Gainesville, FL.
PASCALOO plays ukulele and concertina, lives in Paris.
more info on Ghost Mice:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Mice
http://www.plan-it-x.com/
http://www.myspace.com/ghostmice
Ghost Mice - Hang On Kids
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