Spindrift (band)
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Spindrift is a psychedelic rock band created by singer/songwriter/composer/producer/movie star Kirpatrick Thomas. Founded in 1992, the band originated in Newark, Delaware along with such other local bands of the period including Jake and the Stiffs, The Verge, Boy Sets Fire, Zen Guerilla and Smashing Orange. Heavily influenced by The Doors, My Bloody Valentine, and Chrome, Spindrift's early stages were experimental and differed greatly from their present sound.
Six years later band members Kirpatrick Thomas, Joe Baluta and Zachary Hansen re-located to Los Angeles. The band re-formed to include Bobby Bones of Psychic TV, Dave Koenig, Frankie "Teardrop" Emerson and Rob Campanella of The Brian Jonestown Massacre and Jason “Plucky” Anchondo of The Warlocks. Inspired by their new locale, the band began a new stylistic approach evoking the spirit of the Old West as mythologized by Western Cinema, Spaghetti Westerns in particular.
In 2005, Kirpatrick Thomas along with filmmaker Mike Bruce began production on the independent feature film The Legend Of God’s Gun[1], inspired by the same classic Western Films that influenced their music, most often those directed by Sergio Leone and scored by Ennio Morricone[2][3].
Soundtrack and Television
In 2008, Spindrift contributed to the soundtrack of the feature film Hell Ride produced by Quentin Tarantino[4][5][6].
The motion picture The Legend Of God’s Gun was inspired by the Spindrift's 2002 album of the same name which was released three years prior to the making of the film[7]. The movie's soundtrack features work from that album as well as tracks by Gram Rabbit and Mike Bruce's own band the Low-flying Owls. The album, The Legend Of God's Gun, was updated and re-released in 2007.
External links
- Official Website
- Template:Myspace
- Cover Photo from The LA Record
- July 2007 Interview with L.A. Record
- Cover story from LA Alternative
- Report by The News Journal
- Feature in LA Weekly
- Article in Soma Scene
- Biography from Vacancy Records
References
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1073221/ Internet Movie Database
- ^ http://www.thefrontpageonline.com/articles1-4130/AcidWesternTheLegendofGodsGun The Front Page
- ^ http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=30268 DVD Talk Online
- ^ http://www.laweekly.com/music/nightranger/bored-of-the-dance/18229/ LA Weekly
- ^ http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/Content?oid=520157&category=32741 The Portland Mercury
- ^ http://www.hightimes.com/ht/home/index.php?page=bow_012808 High Times
- ^ http://www.flomotions.com/0711/itv-Spindrift-Dave_Koenig.html Flomotions interview with guitarist Dave Koenig
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