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Brian Benson

køpper: Happy Birthday, Brian! Don't be such a stranger. :)
- September 25, 2010
køpper: Hey, thanks for the add! The email worked, huh? Cool. You should come around more often. Lots to see & do here these days.
- October 26, 2010
køpper: Will you be submitting a song for our Hideout comp series? Check that discussion thread for more details. Then share an original with us on our more
- February 10, 2011
Orange Rooftops:
Thanks, glad you dig our stuff! Actually, we took our name from the Livin' End song, "Orange Rooftop Of My Baby's Mind".
- February 8, 2013
Brian Benson → Orange Rooftops:
Great stuff, guys. Did you get your name from the Blue Things' record, by any chance?
- January 31, 2013
køpper: Happy Birthday, Brian! Don't be such a stranger. :)
- September 25, 2010
køpper: Hey, thanks for the add! The email worked, huh? Cool. You should come around more often. Lots to see & do here these days.
- October 26, 2010
køpper: Will you be submitting a song for our Hideout comp series? Check that discussion thread for more details. Then share an original with us on our more
- February 10, 2011
Orange Rooftops:
Thanks, glad you dig our stuff! Actually, we took our name from the Livin' End song, "Orange Rooftop Of My Baby's Mind".
- February 8, 2013
Brian Benson → Orange Rooftops:
Great stuff, guys. Did you get your name from the Blue Things' record, by any chance?
- January 31, 2013

Bio I am a drummer in the band The Sandells.We are probably a krautpunkband. Also played in a lot of other bands, especially Lobe, the wildest garage-psych band Manchester ever had (even if I do say so myself). I am also a dj, playing everything from garage to breakcore depending on the occasion. Also make art,mostly drawings.
Recently I have been spinning discs between bands at The Throbb night at The Salutation in Manchester, and all nigh at the Rubber Room at the same venue.
Favorite Music Garag-punk-psych, rock'n 'roll, doo-wop,, krautrock, industrial, Ennio Morricone.
Music Machine, Dwarves, Mono Men, Petit Vodo, Birthday Party, Standells, The Monks, Instrumentals, Gravedigger 5, The Blue Things, Keggs, Vipers (from manchester), Lobe (I was a member), Sandells (I am a member), Swell Maps, The Morlocks, Little Willie John, Captain Beefheart, Ty Wagner, The Vibes, The Cramps, Legendary Stardust Cowboy, The Stingrays,Johnny Guitar Watson, The Atlantics (Oz Garage, The Scientists, Plasticland, Clawhammer, Lexington etc
Favorite Movies Eraserhead, Fantastic Planet, El Topo, The Good The Bad &; The Ugly, Profundo Rosso, Orson Welles, Decasia project, Harry Smith, Jan Svanmajer, Faster Pussycat, Barbarella, Blow-Up, Teen Gang Debs, Bucket of Blood , etc
Other Hobbies/Interests Drawing, painting, percussion, making electronic music, DJ-ing, listeningtoclassicalmusic, eating, cooking