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Band Members
Ben Wilson - Guitar, Vocals. Ben is the creative drive behind the band. Over the past 10 years, Ben, with his father Ian, has penned numerous songs, the pick of which form most of the current material for TRIP. Ben's unique vocal sound and versatile guitar style, gives the band the freedom to work with a variety of styles and sounds with their music and not lock them into a particular genre.
Tim Wilson - Drums, Vocals. Tim is the quiet achiever. As the youngest member of the band, he brings a fresh outlook to the music and a mature attitude to his craft typical of more seasoned players.
Chris Wilson - Bass, Vocals. Chris brings a wealth of experience to the band. Having many years of professional playing, Chris has played with bands supporting acts like Rene Geyer, Kevin Borrich Express, Bondi Cigars and the Skyhooks.
Hal Shorter - Bass, Vocals. Hal brings a wealth of experience to the band too! But ... not all of it necessarily good though.
Marnie Newman - Bass, Vocals. Current bass player and number one fan. Marnie is a star in her own right, and as such brings this collection of talent up to unbelievable heights.
Influences
Where do you start ??? Life plays a big part, but if you're after names of bands....It's a little long, but may help in driving traffic through the MySpace search....and besides, these are some of our influences.....and in no paricular order..... Led Zeppelin, You Am I, The Beatles, T Rex, Marc Bolan, Radiohead, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Cream, Yardbirds, Free, Paul Rogers, Bad Company, Pearl Jam, You Am I, Jet, Stray Cats, Wolfmother, Soundgarden, Audioslave, Rage Against The Machine, ZZ Top, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Jimi Hendrix, The Sweet, Alice Cooper, Nirvana, Silverchair, Sonic Youth, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Joe Satriani, Frank Zappa, Steve Vai, David Lee Roth, Van Halen (Not Van Hagar !), Stevie Wonder, Wilson Picket, Joe Tex, Otis Redding, Booker T and the MGs, Sam and Dave, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Junior Wells, Tommy Castro, Coco Montoya, Joe Louis Walker, B B King, Albert King, Lonnie Brooks, Allman Brothers, Rolling Stones, Small Faces, Mountain, Uriah Heep, Grand Funk Railroad, Ted Nugent, Rory Gallagher, The Who, The Darkness, Queen, Smashing Pumpkins, The Tea Party, Alice in Chains, The Rolling Stones, Taling Heads, Baby Animals, Ronnie James Dio, The Doors, The Guess Who, Metallica, Yes, Skunk Anansie, Me'Shell Ndegocello, Manu De Bango, Johnny Clegg, Massive Attack, Tricky, Kiss, Underworld, Lenny Kravitz, Jethro Tull, Henry Rollins, Black Flay, Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Jam, Kate Bush, John Lydon, PIL, Fishbone, David Bowie, Faith No More, Weather Recport, Santana, Alice Cooper, ACDC, Richie Blackmore, Guns'n'Roses, Tool, The Chrystal Method, Ben Harper, John Butler Trio, Chet Atkins, JS Bach, Villa Lobos, Claw Finger, Disposable Heroes of Hiphopcracy, Public Enemy, Fear Factory, Frank Sinatra, U2, Tower of Power, George Clinton, P Funk, Funkadelic, Parlaiment, The Cult, Grinspoon, Jeff Buckley, George, Jamiroquai, The Barkays, Steve Cropper and Duck Dunn, .......more to come
Sounds like
This is always a hard one.....Hmmm.....Definitely a melting pot of Led Zeppelin, Sound Garden, Silverchair, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, Audioslave, and some early Pearl Jam in the song Dragonfly.....
But there are the other tracks which have flavours of Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Cream, The Yardbirds, Grand Funk Railroad, Mountain, Deep Purple, Bad Company, Free, and host of great late 60s and early 70s music, not to mention comtemporary acts like Wolfmother, Nirvana, Jet, Bush, You Am I, Foo Fighters, Radiohead....
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News
Sat 16th January 2010 - Latest Projects
Click here to check out the latest Trip recording sessions.
Sat 24th October 2009 - Kauri Foreshore Hotel
We were invited back to the Kauri but gig cancelled due to illness.
Sat 17th October 2009 - Kauri Foreshore Hotel
Played with Sharon as 'Tripsters' for Penny Coco and friends at the Kauri for the first time. Was blown out by Kevin Coco's guitar work. We were all well received and were invited back again soon.
Fri 16th October 2009 - Lucky Australian Hotel
Played with Sharon as 'Tripsters' at the Lucky Australian for the first time. Got a very warm reception from the locals and they made us promise to come back soon.
Thu 17th September 2009 - Won Carousel Semi Finals
Played with Sharon as 'Tripsters' at the Carousel band comp semi finals and won!