Under The Influence
The 10 records Milkfloat ripped-off the most
These are the records we listened to over and over again until inevitably bits subconciously started to appear in our own songs. Well, apart from the Gang Of Four where we just went "yep, we'll have some of that, thankyou very much....".
Minutemen
Double Nickels On The Dime
The biggest single influence on Death By Milkfloat, this double LP has 43 blistering tracks on it - with barely a duff one amongst them. A true classic.
Gang Of Four
Entertainment
Andy Gills guitar playing totally influenced me, and Gang Of Fours approach to deconstructing songs and then funking them up became the DBM model.
Sonic Youth
Sister
The first Sonic Youth album to really make sense to me - this record along with it's predecessor EVOL tought us how to mangle guitar strings for good effect.
Pere Ubu
The Modern Dance
Classic post-punk with a twisted edge. This record is dark and spooky but with some great tunes. A vesrion of "Life Stinks" was in our set for a long time.
Can
Ege BamYasi
We always had a penchent for repetition and rhythm, and it probably came form endlessly listening to this classic album from arty Germans Can.
Firehose
Ragin Full On
First post-Minutemen outing for Mike Watt, now with Ed From Ohio on board. Great songs recorded with a great live feel to it.
The Pop Group
We Are Time
The song "Colourblind" which appears on Guilt Edged Steel was origianally on this album from Bristols original art noise terrorists.
Big Black
Atomizer
Big Black were another classic three piece. This is a total attack on the senses - an unrelenting slab of total noise with frightening lyrics that create a mood of fear, panic and death. Groovy!
Wire
Pink Flag
Great collection of short, angular songs which don't mess about and just get on with it.
Rhys Chatham
Die Donnergotter
Pretty damn obscure this one, but New York no-wave composer Chathams set of long repetitive sound pieces really appealed to DBM. But drove Lefty completely up the wall.....
