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Tim Wheeler, Emmy The Great & More to Honour Pixies

The JD Set returns for its tenth year in March 2011.

Posted 1st February 2011, 11:50am in News, by DIY News Desk
Ash The JD Set is entering its tenth year in existence this March. Tim Wheeler will be sharing the stage with Emmy The Great, And So I Watch You From Afar, Ma Mentor and The Crookes to honour Boston band The Pixies.

The Ash frontman said:

"I've chosen to cover Pixies for The JD Set for a few reasons. The first being that they're one of my favourite bands of all time and had a especially big influence during the years when we were starting Ash. My introduction to alternative rock happened when I was 13, some kids older than us played a school concert of Stooges, Mudhoney and Pixies songs. I remember sitting in a friends car a couple of weeks later, simultaneously baffled and excited, listening to "Bone Machine" at the start of "Surfer Rosa". The weirdness, coolness, backwards drum beats, discordant guitar notes, tortured lead vocals, sweet female backing vocals. Surreal biblical and sexual lyrics. So many strange and interesting elements, it was like nothing I'd heard before and opened up a whole new world to me.

They were a massive influence on my songwriting and the Ash sound. I became obsessed with the 'Trompe Le Monde' album when I was 16, the sci-fi lyrics kickstarted my own sci-fi phase when I wrote songs like 'Girl From Mars' and 'Angel interceptor'.

They have a mighty and diverse catalogue to choose from, their songs are so much fun to play and they've influenced so many bands since. It's going to be great reworking these songs with Emmy The Great, And So I Watch You From Afar, The Crookes and Ma. Mentor at the JD Set this year.

The JD Set will take place at XOYO, London on 24th March 2011, with further shows in Glasgow and Manchester yet to be announced.
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