We decided to take a different approach and have each member give two influences, as well as adding two overall influences for the band itself! Enjoy.
Personal influences for each member:
Mike (Guitar)
We Are The Union
Probably the best "pop-punk with horns" band. ‘Who We Are’ is incredible from start to finish. Huge riffs and ska undertones, the balance is perfect and WATU are a huge influence as a result.
The Flatliners
They've consistently released quality music and their style has developed while still keeping it instantly recognisable as The Flatliners. Cavalcade especially was a game changer.
Zandro (Drums/Vocals)
Pink Floyd
They were the first band me and my dad ever bonded over and the more I explored their back catalogue and history, the more their music blew me away! I still get goosebumps when I listen to The Wall.
Metallica
I was a little late getting into Metallica! I had bought the S&M live album because I'd liked what I'd heard. The album was so different, with the inclusion of the orchestra that it threw me off! Now S&M is my favourite live album of all time. Life's fun like that.
Andy (Bass)
Box Car Racer and Alkaline Trio
Because they are like totes good and stuff.
Hassan (Guitar/Vocals)
A Tribe Called Quest
“Microphone check one, two, what is this?
The five foot assassin with the roughneck business
I float like gravity, never had a cavity,
Got more rhymes than the Winans got family
No need to sweat Arsenio to gain some type of fame
No shame in my game cause I’ll always be the same
Styles upon styles upon styles is what I have,
You wanna diss the Phifer but you still don’t know the half”
RIP Phife Dawg.
The Pharcyde
“Trapped in the cockpit at forty thousand feet
The sky is the limit, but we supersede
The greed for the speed is like way beyond limits,
I grab my parachute with like forks and spoons in it,
And I’m falling, I’m falling, with my heart rapid rushes
Death before my eyes, oh why did I trust this?
My reactions are repeated over and over and over,
Oh it seems like I will never be sober.”
Triple Sundae overall
Lifetime
I can’t think of a melodic punk band that did time signature changes and palm muted middle 8s as well as Lifetime did. I will forever try to emulate that one way or another in my songwriting for TS. Lifetime are a perfect band and, as much as we don’t sound like them to a tee, it’s safe to say they have heavily influenced the songwriting style for Tripsun.
The Menzingers
Honest lyrics, big choruses and beautiful dynamics – on the the other side of the spectrum from where Lifetime’s fast, raspy and fun melodic punk style lays. The Menzingers are the second band I would choose to cite as an overall influence for this piece as the story telling is amazing and they haven’t put out a single bad record yet - every band in this genre should aim to provide half the quality of content as The Menzingers have.
Honourable mentions: Title Fight, Candy Hearts, Tigers Jaw, Jeff Rosenstock, Alicia Keys, Iron Chic, and Green Day pre-Warning… and post-Warning. Green Day will forever be a punk band, shut the fuck up about it.
Our upcoming EP ‘Peace of Mind’ will be out April 2nd through Umlaut Records - first single Indecisive is out now! It's now streaming on Punknews.org. Check it out here.
Like Triple Sundae here.
Hassan is also playing an acoustic set this Sunday at New Cross Inn supporting Ray Rocket (Teenage Bottlerocket), Sam Russo, Alex Wonk Unit, Dan RxR and many more. The details are here.
No comments:
Post a Comment