The Phantom Keys staggered from their garage in a little village in the west coast of Spain some months ago and quickly became the next big thing for the spanish garage kids and sixties crew.They like Garage sound but they are NOT another garage band; too Pop for the rudest garagefollowers. They like sixties look but they are NOT another sixties band; too real for the mod wanabees. The Phantom Keys want to have the total control of their own band and they?ll have the control over you if you see them live: from punkish R&B screamers and proto-psych mini-masterpieces to Downliners Sect and Crawdaddys, psychelic suites and purepop-flavored gems. Their live show is the nearest you?re gonna be to your favourite sixties band. They have the attitude of the Music Machine, the instrumental mayhem of the Litter, the psychedelic sense of The Seeds, the high energy of the first Pink Floyd, the roots of the Yardbirds and the elegance of the Easybeats into their original stew. Yes, sure, they have a cool name too. The first Phantom Keys release will be a 7" (El Beasto Recordings), one of the most essential spanish garage vinyls ever, where they show their own trademark garage-pop-psychedelic sound.
~ Band Members ~
Marky - Lead Vocal, Blues Harp, Tambourine
Mal Kergan - Bass, Backing Vocals
Roi - Guitar, Backing Vocals
Manu - Guitar
Alberto (Six Fingers) - Farfisa, Blues Harp
Alberto Chao - Drums
~ Influences ~
Inspired from "Back From The Grave", "Teenage Shutdown" and "Pebbles" compilations and American garage bands like The Seeds, The Music Machine, The Standells or Velvet Illusions. The British invasion, The Pretty Things, early Stones, Yardbirds and Downliner Sect.
~ Current Side Projects ~
Manu : The Born Loosers
A. Chao:Agent V
Alberto (Six Finguers):Los Villanos de Boraville
Mal Kergan:The Wrong Elevators
Mal Kergan: WAS IN The Thanes,Green Telescope,The Offhooks
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