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these 4-guys-and-one-girl-band was founded 2002 in nuremberg, germany by joe.b.good/ bass, albi/drums and herr hofer/guitar. at 2004 they were completed by jupp colt/ guitar, lapsteel and mel/accordeon, keys.

their songs are pure instrumental without voices, and they don't need it: the music is like pictures in your head.
moving between the 60's guitar sound of pulp fiction and soft melodies that would perfectly fit to a roadmovie. sutcliffe takes you on a journey to wide deserts and lonesome roads.
at the moment you think you know them, they surprise you with sounds like car speed races, space nights or a polish polka.
at the moment they work on a new album and plan to find a label.

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gegründet wurde das aus dem grossraum nürnberg stammende quintett
2002 von albi, herrn hofer und joe b. good. 2004 komplettierten jupp colt
und mel die heutige besetzung.
ihren sound bezeichnen sutcliffe als "instrumentalen kopfkinosoundtrack".
das motto ist auch programm: zur musik dieser band bedarf es keinen
gesang, vielmehr hält das kopfkino was es verspricht. landschaften
und szenen entstehen vor dem inneren auge, verändern sich und nehmen
den Zuhörer mit in ein roadmovie zwischen zeitlupen und verfolgungsjagd.
durch ihren weiten sound, und der vielschichtigen instrumentierung
entwickeln sutcliffe eine komplexe klanglandschaft.
klug arrangierte songs gibt es auf ihrer in eigenregie veröffentlichten cd
"kopfkino" zu hören. sutcliffe präsentieren sich auf ihrer ersten cd mal
countryesk, mal lässig, mal bluesig, aber fast immer mit einer portion
60's gitarrensound.
bei ihren liveshows bleibt neben videoprojektionen viel platz für träumereien.
als nächstes plant die band, die noch auf labelsuche ist, eine kleine clubtour
im süddeutschen raum.

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  • L☆VE $EX n DEA†H says

    Congrats to "Rantings of Eva"!!!

    I also wanna say congrats to everyone in this comp for getting heard and getting the recognition that you all deserve. I know I at times displayed my emotions in ways that was not cool. But it's all in the growing up department, and we all evolved from this.

    Just keep keeping it real, and we will once again (soon I hope), be side by side in our quest for success and being HEARD!

    Here's another idea for being heard!

    There's a new page on MN called "Collaboration Nation" for the listing of music that are collabs between 2 or more artists on MN.
    It's not just there you can be heard, but if you collaborate with other artists in other genres, then your limitations to which contests you can enter just opened up to an endless selection. Use whatever you can to BE HEARD!!!!!
    http://musicnation.com/music/mncollabs


    I love you all to DEATH!

    LSD
  • VIZIONZ says

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  • A.C. says

    So its after 12 and we're still going! Apparently i'm not sleeping tonight. I'm guessing we have a few more hours before we get our lives back so what better way to spend them other than voting for all of our kick ass friends?! Exactly, no better way.
  • A.C. says

    home stretch! good luck!!
  • Ś♪♫ʛĻƹ ҒẴƬĦΞɌ says

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    oo0-(_)-0oo--
    SO IT SEEMS THAT ON THE LAST DAY OF THE SPIN THE TOP TEN IS LIKE A DOORKNOB: EVERYONE GETS A TURN!
    (EXCEPT FOR MARK DOOLEY, HE GOT SOME CYBER-SUPER GLUE MOJO GOIN’ ON! CONGRATULATIONS, MARK! IF YOU’RE NOT A FINALIST, THE RULES LIED!)
    WHO KNOWS HOW THIS WILL WASH OUT TOMORROW, AS THERE HAVE BEEN NO WEEKLY POSTING OF WINNERS (DRUM ROLL, PLEASE!)
    BEST OF LUCK AND HOPE TO EVERYONE WHO STUCK IT OUT THIS FAR-WE ARE ALL WINNERS IN THAT SENSE.
    TO ALL THE FINALISTS, WOMEVER THEY MAY BE, AN EXTRA PRAYER FOR THOSE EXTRA DEALS THEY ARE OFFERING-AND OF COURSE THE BIG CHEESE:
    THOSE TWO BAD ASS GIBSON GUITARS!
    PEACE, AND HOPE TO SEE YOU ON “THE OTHER SIDE”!

    ♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪
    I FEEL A STRANGE CHANGE
    STARTING T☼ REARRANGE
    THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT THINGS
    I’M READY TO LIVE MY LIFE
    AND ACCEPT ALL THE L♥VE
    AND J☺Y THAT IT BRINGS – Д@ŖŐŊ ©ħąЯĻęś
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  • Awaking the Fallen says

    Hey! Help us out if you could... We went from 2nd to 230th in 24hrs!!!! AHHHHHH
  • A.C. says

    So it's finally come. The last day of this interesting competition. One last time I want to thank any and all who sent a vote my way during this crazy ride. At this point I think pretty much anybody can make a run for the top 20 and I'm sure by the end of the day the right people will be where they should be. Although I don't quite agree with the way this competition was handled, I'm kind of glad it did go down this way. There may or may not have been cheating in the beginning, people can complain that they didn't come up in the head to head player as many times as others, some may even consider it rigged. The way I look at is this: this is a community for musicians to meet, build relationships, and interact with other musicians who share the same passion for music as you do. These competitions are meant to help artists get heard by the whole community and bring other people into the community. For that I am thankful. I have been a part of many online music sites where artists put up their music, look for reviews, acceptance, and fame, basically whatever they can get. This is the only place where I actually felt like part of a community. I know it may seem like i'm just beating a dead horse saying how much I love you guys night after night now, but I just want to make sure the community knows that after this competition is all said and done I will still be here and I will still be showing love to all of my friends that I can honestly say are a part of my life now, and I have Music Nation to thank for it. Sorry i'm taking up so much space in your comment box haha i'll shutup now. Anyway, i'll end with saying its been a pleasure, and I can't wait to see how this turns out!
  • JForce says

    Just got a vote for ya'! Good Luck!
  • To The Death says

    Nice groove. Votified!
  • L☆VE $EX n DEA†H says

    LSD Salutes you!

    First, a history, for those who are not familiar with my "Salutes", or what I'm doing in this comment.

    Back in the first round, I started to do daily artist spotlights of around 5 bands / artists that I thought I could relate to, and possibly describe in a way that other artists here could relate to, all the while pleasing the spotlighted, even though it may have not been the way they saw themselves. The results were ones of almost overwhelming love, and it was the absolute most fun that I had here at MN as well. Not to mention, besides breaking up the monotony of the voting phase, I was helping to spread the word about other artists here, as well as myself, all the while everyone was getting to know each other.

    THIS IS WHAT THIS SITE SHOULD BE ABOUT! Not saying totally, but just as one of the basic threads of integrity, made from this kind of moral fiber, that weaves through everyone in a way that even the artist that comes in at #500 out of 500, has gained more than they could have ever expected, or hoped for.

    What happened?

    Well, going into round 2, and not being experienced in the h2h, I was overwhelmed with what was going on. Survival mode kicked in and on top of that, in trying to figure out how this all worked, the positive that once ruled my way of thinking and what I did as a result, now engulfed my head with flames of negativity. But remember, life is made up of balance, where it takes the opposite for the other to exist, and this positive that I was doing was born from a negative. It's the only way that I know of, to make a right out of a wrong. It is how most positive things come to be. I believe we usually chalk that up as, "God working in mysterious ways". Personally, I think it's all pretty simple, and we are the ones who made Gods ways to be mysterious by making him out to be what he is not. A being with faults like jealousy, and anger. To me, to even think that, of such great power and love, is a pure sin. But I, am NOT without these faults, and so I do get lost. More than knowing the way actually. So once again, with the many to come, I do apologize. NEVER sorry, but sincerely I apologize.


    So I'll end with these notes---- E sharp / F flat / B sharp / C flat. LMAO! (Did I forget to mention, that these also came with dumb jokes that I make up?) Okay, but seriously I'm glad that I did, because I just came up with the significance of this joke, to all of this. Here goes............

    Although, just like all of us here at Music Nation, those notes that I mentioned, technically are not recognized nor do they exist. Just like there are no sharps and flats between E and F, or B and C, there is no Love Sex n Death on the radio, in magazines, or on TV. But, if you'd just hit a note, where you'd NATURALLY hit it if I called out those notes, you'd find that although they don't exist "technically", they still have a sound, and they are of great value. Without them, if God were to take away the sound of those notes, music would never be the same, and music of the past would be destroyed. Big, small, existent, or nonexistent we all make an IMPACT. My biggest influence is Led Zeppelin. You know whose just as big of an influence to me? The band KISS. Maybe not so much musically, but everyday after elementary school, when I was so very little, my friends and I would raid our mothers make up, grab acoustic guitars, ukulele's, brooms, and bar stools and set up right in front of a big mirror and amp out in front of it to Kiss "Alive I & II", almost every day. (I always got to be Ace. Uh-huh! Being double jointed in the legs, and having straight long hair got me places.) lol. But getting back to making an IMPACT, the absolute most important influence, even bigger than Kiss or Led Zep.............. the 2 high school stoner's that had me in awe, while they played Pink Floyd and Led Zep songs with 2 acoustic guitars. I'll always remember this as clear as day, even though I was just a little kid when it happened. It was after school, on a late afternoon at my elementary school. It was the place for kids to hang and have fun, being that there were places to sit, big parks / playgrounds, a valley to go exploring in, baseball, basketball, etc. But I had never seen 2 kids jam before. And I had sure as hell never seen, anyone play rock songs live before. Not to mention, these were songs that to my understanding could only be played by it's great creators, and now, they were being played with these simple acoustic guitars, by 2 simple kids. I never saw those local kids as just stoner's ever again. They put an indescribable feeling and determination in me, that I can only describe as "being lost, but knowing what direction you're going in, and where it goes, not knowing what is there for you, yet knowing all that this place contains, and having a pure love for all of it, and knowing that it's there for me". So "Led Zep" might be the fire, and "Slipknot" or "Pantera" or even YOU, the fuel that keeps my influential fire going, but most important was that spark made by the passing of 2 boys on a simple day. That's the kind of IMPACT, that I'm talking about.

    I said in the beginning of the spotlights that I was doing here at MN, that since I was getting a lot of attention because of the high placement that I held in round 1, that I wanted to share it by spreading the love by way of plugging other artists. Not doing as well in this round, I questioned, that if any, who would care anymore? But then I found my answer! There are 5 artists / bands listed below, that can answer that question. And more will follow.

    Please keep in mind what I've always said. The number in which these artists are listed, are in NO way listed in order of a rank of any kind. It's just totally random, and should not matter.

    I also want to state right here and now, that this is NOT to win you over for voting purposes. In fact, that would only stain the whole purpose of the spotlights if you did. I am not saying that I don't want your votes, I'm saying that I don't want it, as result of this. The only way to reward this gesture, is to simply continue the perpetual motion of positive gestures, via promoting others, or in ANY way that you can think of. What I suggest, is a way that you would want done for you. If you happened to hear my stuff because of this, and like it, then great. I would gladly accept your support in the competition. That would be an even greater effect of a good thing as a result of this. If you have your doubts about how genuine this is, I surely cannot blame you, as I would too. Especially if I wasn't familiar with the person writing this.

    However, one thing is very certain! There is NO question, about WHAT I am saying here, and what it's about. Nor are the effects of it and it's value. When you truly think about the big picture, if everything that I'm saying here continues to grow with all of us, then you'll see that this is NOT about me, it's really all about YOU. About all of us.

    I'm not asking you to believe in Aaron, but to believe in whatever you think is right. Hopefully, you'll find most of what I've said here to be right. Today, I am standing on a clean slate. The shitty moments of the past, and who it may have involved, along with the drama that followed no longer exists. Mistakes are not the end of a good run, but the beginning of a good lesson. Accepting it removes all the obstacles, and moving on is as easy as walking forward. Here's my first step. Enjoy.

    Todays SpotLights:

    Jarah: "falling" http://musicnation.com/music/jarahlette/falling
    If
    being impressed by her musical talents of writing and performing wasn't enough, she also holds within her, a stunning voice that was paralyzing to me. I loved how she blends eerie with beauty in her songs, that makes for the same kind of the happy dark feeling that you get from looking at the sky at dusk, on a perfect day. Her use of background melodies with her voice really enhances this effect. Another great example, is her version of "Wont back down".

    Steelroad: "The Opening".
    http://musicnation.com/music/steelroad/the-opening
    I
    was gonna go with their song, "Sometimes I am the sky", which is another incredible one, but after hearing "the opening", I was pretty damn mesmerized. INCREDIBLE guitar work amongst everything else, I could not help but to hear this a few times. The vocals, lyrics, everything was perfect. It was reminiscent of Pink Floyd and a touch of Jane's Addiction. I must really like eerie, because this too, was hauntingly beautiful.

    Imaginary Bones: "Sofie". http://musicnation.com/music/imaginarybones/sofie
    This
    song truly shows how this band takes a sound of another era, captures it, and lets it go into the world of now, with a crystal clear sound of driving drums and bass, along with different guitar melodies, and classic vocals that gets the point of the lyrics across without hesitation. Very easily lovable!

    Harbour Grace: "One Step". http://musicnation.com/music/harbourgrace/one-step
    This
    is a live video of their song "One Step", and I have to say that they fucking rock. It showed truly great vocals, a tight band, and an in-fucking-credible tone of guitars. That kind of crunch, with melodic smooth vocals = fucking awesome. Harbour Grace, is nothing short of impressive.

    5 Tongues: "Cool Aide". http://musicnation.com/music/5tongues/cool-aide
    This
    song would have made the Reverend Jim Jones proud. lol. Seriously, I wanted to do a spotlight on them a while back when I heard this song. The music is fucking incredible, and I especially loved the singers voice in this one. And although this band has all kinds of great songs, I personally think that this is the style and sound that truly shows their greatness. With a heavy-ish sound along with really cool time changes, there's a background of different melodies of piano and guitar that separates this from the norm, and gives it a really cool feel, versus the lyrics. It says in their bio, "kill the band on the radio". Well, you'd better watch out for what you wish for guys, because this could easily be a hit song.

    That's my word. Peace.

    LSD



    PS. Ben Vandagriff is a stud. (you asked. lol.)