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Before forming Sparklehorse, Linkous fronted local bands Johnson Family and Salt Chunk Mary. Only one song, "Someday I Will Treat You Good", survived from these earlier bands to be played by Sparklehorse. Linkous said he chose the name Sparklehorse because the two words sounded good together and could be a loose metaphor for a motorcycle.
Distorted Ghost is an EP by Sparklehorse, released in 2000. [3] [4] [5] It is a collection of b-sides and live tracks. [1] ... "Happy Pig" (live) 4:01: Total length ...
Not wanting to record a guitar solo for the song, Linkous instead discovered what he wanted for the tune's middle section when he called home to check his messages. The lyrics for "Spirit Ditch" include the line "horse-laughter is dragging pianos to the ocean", which was inspired by a scene from the Luis Buñuel film Un chien andalou. [12]
Frederick Mark Linkous / ˈ l ɪ ŋ k ə s / (September 9, 1962 – March 6, 2010) was an American singer, songwriter and musician, best known as leader of Sparklehorse.He was also known for his collaborations with such artists as Tom Waits, PJ Harvey, Daniel Johnston, Cracker, Radiohead, Black Francis, Julian Casablancas, Nina Persson, David Lynch, Fennesz, Danger Mouse, and Sage Francis.
It's a Wonderful Life is the third studio album by American musical act Sparklehorse, released in the UK on June 11, 2001 [1] and in the US on August 28, 2001 [2] by record label Capitol/EMI. The album features appearances by Tom Waits , PJ Harvey , John Parish , Nina Persson and Dave Fridmann .
Matt and Melissa knew Linkous’s music better than anyone. Before Sparklehorse, Matt played with his brother in a long-forgotten band called Salt Chunk Mary. “It was a bit more aggressive than ...
The album's title came from a sound that Sparklehorse singer-songwriter Mark Linkous once heard from an old pump organ that reminded him of a spider building a web. He was later told about an old folk superstition in which seeing a spider in the morning is an omen for a sad day. [ 6 ]
The album features a hand-numbered 100-plus-page book of photos taken by David Lynch, said to be a visual narrative for the music. [7] This book was limited to 5,000 copies. This was the final album that Sparklehorse leader Mark Linkous completed before his suicide on March 6, 2010, although In the Fishtank 15 —recorded in 2007—was released ...