Thaylobleu's Page

Name

Washington, DC

About Me

Thaylobleu is a Washington DC Based Band consisting of lead singer/writer Terence Nicholson (Sub-Z of Opus Akoben) and Ezra Greer (bass). Having grown up in DC, Nicholson has been exposed to the sensibilities of groups like Black Flag, Bad Brains, Rare Essence, Chuck Brown, and a myriad of hip mc's and Jamaican DJ's. He was carrying equipment for a rock band that lived next door to him when he was 11 years old, which got him exposed to Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and other artists of that era. At 16, he was known as T-Slice in a hip hop group called Dynamically Fresh. This group did a film for the BBC in 1984 about Go-Go music in DC. By 18, he was a rapper in a Reggae band called Soup. After graduating from the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, Nicholson continued his pusuit of artforms and met saxophonist Steve Coleman and along with his childhood friend Carl Walker (Kokayi of Opus Akoben), helped create Steve Coleman and Metrics in 1995. After touring extensively in Europe, Nicholson and Walker co-founded Opus Akoben and released their first album, The Art of War in 1997. The second album, Raw Life was released on French Label, Label Bleu in 2003. Since then, Nicholson has been writing and composing music for Opus Akoben and his fledgeling effort from Thaylobleu entitled , "Purge". He says, "I just wanna tell the truth. I am not concerned about genre so much as getting the ideas out. Every song is like a painting and together form a body of work. Once I stopped worrying about making what I thought people would dig, the true stuff has begun to flourish...so far."..

You can be my friend if...

If you are friendly.

Website :

http://thaylobleu.tumblr.com

Occupation:

Artist

Favorite bands:

Queens of the Stone Age,Led Zep, Elvis Costello, KISS,Bad Brains, Living Color, Fugazi, Iggy Pop, Earth, Wind and Fire, Jimi, Peter Gabriel, John Coltrane, The Roots, Opus Akoben, etc......

Favorite movies:

A Simple Plan, Big Fish, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Departed, etc.

Favorite books:

James Baldwin books, Manchild in the Promised Land, 2000 Seasons

Favorite Magazines:

none.

Favorite TV shows:

The Office

Relationship status:

Married

Orientation:

Straight

Zodiac Sign

Virgo

Kids?:

One Boy

Smoke/Drink?

no/ no

Band Question - Genre:

Funk Rock

Band Question -Band Members:

Terence Nicholson- vocals. guitar
Ezra Greer- Bass
Bill Vaughn- Bass
Anisha Moon Newbill- vocals
Darrell Perry- Guitar
Ayce International-tables
Jay Nichols- drums

Band Question - Sounds like:

I don't know

Band Question - Musical Influences:

Bad Brains, Coldplay, Queens of the Stone Age

Band Question - Record label:

DIY