Bettie Black

"Be the FLAME"

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    members

    Sean Griffin, Ralph Spight, Lucky

    tags

    Iggy Pop, PJ Harvey, Kim Deal, Joy Division, Velvet Underground

    into

    salmon, fruit and hummingbirds

    state of mind

    searching

    vices

    falling for unavailable men (I'm working on it though)

    favorite artists

    Velvet Underground, Gary Numan, Joy Division, Johnny Cash, Jimi Hendrix, The Clash, John Lee Hooker, Iggy Pop, Bauhaus, David Bowie, NWA, Stereolab, Tom Waits, Big Black, Alice Cooper, Buzzcocks, PJ Harvey, Film School, Hank Williams Sr., Joan Jett, Jonathan Richman, The Kinks, The Clean, The Rolling Stones, Louie Armstrong, Kraftwerk, The Cure, Violent Femmes, Brian Eno, The Sex Pistols, Rolling Stones, Crispy Ambulance, Sam & Dave, The Beatles, Fischerspooner, Gang of Four, Black Sabbath, Manhead, Ministry, New Order, Nina Simone, Prince, The Magnetic Fields, Revolting Cocks, Soul Coughing, Minny Pops, Devo, Elliot Smith, William Shatner

    favorite movies

    Lord of the Rings, Men in Black, Elizabeth, Seabiscuit,
    GENRES: rock, alternative, goth, new wave, dark wave
    LOCATION: San Francisco CA, US
    WEBSITE: http://www.bettieblack.com
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    About
     
    “My earliest memory was this little green radio I had. I memorized every song I heard." Bettie Black recalls growing up in the California suburbs. “I must've been 3 or 4 years old listening to everything coming out of my mom's car radio; lots of soul, disco, whatever; it got...    more »
    Posted 5 Songs    view all »
    Fear is the New Black
    rock, punk pop, garage, indie rock
    I've been watching the changes in American culture the past few years, and the spread of fear and propaganda is like nothing I've seen before....
    Nighttime People in a Daytime World
    rock, pop, goth
    "Nighttime" is a profile of my wild days in the 80's in San Francisco. My friends and I lived in a different dimension, somewhere between...
    Bright As We Can Shine
    rock, other, new wave, post punk
    I was channeling something when I wrote this song. I kept hearing different phrases like "Bright As We Can Shine" and "Mother of the...
    Conquistador
    pop, rock, punk rock
    During the dotcom boom of 1999 - 2001 I saw new internet companies sprout like weeds, non profits squeezed out, rents skyrocket, and many artists...
    Loves 21 Songs         view all »
    Nuclear War
    by Yo La Tengo
    pop, jazz
    Jesus
    by The Lolls
    rock
    Tally Ho
    by The Clean
    pop, rock
    Prison Life
    by The Numbers
    rock