The Brothers Strickland; Aaron & Jeremy
WITH PAST AND PRESENT CONTRIBUTORS:
Melissa Bingle, Caity, Michael Crews, Steve Cruze, Chris Damele, Debrah Downing, Dennis Downing, Damon Green, Yara Green, Dale Johnson, Sarah Judd, Crystal McGraw, P, Matt Parmenter, Jeff Perholtz, Misty Perholtz, Allison Reiger, John B. Rockhouse, Jeff Smith, Darin Strachan, Jason Wells, Whomever's Willing
Influences
The Beatles, Nirvana, The Pixies, Pavement, The Shins, Spectacular Fantastic, Sukpatch, For Algernon, The Velvet Underground, Belle & Sebastian, Butterglory, Straight Arms, The Newbees, They Might Be Giants, Sleater-Kinney, Eagles of Death Metal, the Ramones, Bright Eyes, Apples in Stereo, Denis Johnson, Neutral Milk Hotel, Beat Happening, Built to Spill, Spiritualized, Spaceman 3, The Flaming Lips, The Beach Boys, Hank Williams, Loretta Lynne, Garth Ennis, Steve Dillon, Johnny Cash, Dead Meadow, Black Mountain, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Ryan Adams, Old 97's, Jesse Malin, Bad Religion, Chuck Pahlaniuk, Modest Mouse, the Unicorns, Radiohead, The Rolling Stones, Wilco, NOFX, The Cure, De La Soul, Dr. Octagon, the Pharcyde, Descendents, Mike Doughty, Grandaddy, Earlimart, Elf Power, Eliott Smith, Quentin Tarentino, Foo Fighters, Gorillaz, Folk Implosion, Dinosaur Jr., Green Day, Guided By Voices, The Halo Benders, Iron & Wine, The White Stripes, My Morning Jacket, Henry Darger, Daniel Johnston, Tom Waits, David Sedaris, Freakwater, The Pale Happening, Vince Guardli, The Blue Wisp Big Band, pot, liquor, and crazy girls. Upon it.
Sounds Like
“From riotous, shrieking highs to hopelessly grave lows … like taking a trip to an early-'90s dirty, smoky basement band practice - and hearing a divine fusion of lush garage rock (a little Pixies, a tad Nirvana, some random Beach Boys). It's like Ozzy Osbourne and Damon Albarn got together for an afternoon tea and happened to write some songs, too.” (Kari Wethington, Cin Weekly)
“When you listen to the songs, you can vividly picture the band bouncing off the walls like a cage full of monkeys on double banana day. The Minni-Thins take screaming back from the Emo kids and make it not only palpable but downright tuneful.” (Mike Breen, CityBeat)
“…trying to duck and cover from the barrage of cowbell, screeching guitar and synth, and schizophrenic vocals. Their originality, their cutting sense of humor and sarcasm recall the earliest of punk bands, but their sound is something considerably more modern.” (Kevin Keating, Origivation Magazine)
“Live, the intensity and eerie depth of their sound is magnified, making these guys a sure bet the next time they pass through town.” (Julie G, Punk Planet)
"...noise curfew is seven, ma'am." (Newport Police Officer)
Aaron and Jeremy, The Brothers Strickland, first rallied their musical talents to form Abnormal Myopia, a short lived grunge and punk cover band, circa 2002. Fat Adam formed not long afterwards but fizzled after a few months, and The Minni-Thins formed in 2003, became SXSW alumni and Cincinnati Entertainment Award winners in 2005, and are still going strong today.
The music of the Minni-Thins is best described as Blackgrass.
The band's first full length album, In Black Cause I Asked, can be purchased at www.cdbaby.com/minnithins.
All of The Minnis' EPs are available for free at: http://www.archive.org/details/vibrating_needle
How is life in NY? Still listening to your music in the recorded form back here. Any plans to visit the area and give us the opportunity to hear it live?
Hey Jeremy You never did get back from the "Liquer Store". Me and Debra miss you we hope you can still scream like you used to, Dr.Detox. Check us out at dennisdowningmusic. com
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