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Marty Willson-Piper / the Church
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2003 2:55 pm
by longhouse
No single player has pushed Rickenbacker guitars to their limits so much as Marty Willson-Piper. From the natural Ric into an AC-30 chime to the most soaring solos to majestic soundscapes, MWP has taken those Eastern Maple beauties from Santa Ana to places few can go. His hummingbird fast right hand vibrato and impeccable phrasing are rarely matched.
He's been in the band The Church since the early eighties, playing Rics on each album. He's also released a score of solo albums which are brilliant in and of themselves. He was in All About Eve during their most creative period and has produced many albums by other artists.
His collection of Rics, featuring some rare Capris, is staggering (though he's sold a few, sadly). With a new Church disc being released in a matter of weeks, it's time to give MWP a chance.
Cheers, Noel
http://church.tristesse.com/pictures/marty3.jpg
http://church.tristesse.com/pictures/marty5.jpg
http://church.tristesse.com/pictures/renegade/marty.jpg
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2003 3:02 pm
by longhouse
The Church's official site (slightly sleepy):
http://www.thechurchband.com/
Marty's site (a bit sleepy too):
http://www.martywillsonpiper.net
the seminal fan site (a bit dated maybe, but full of goodness):
http://church.tristesse.com/
a great fan bulletin board site:
http://www.hotelwomb.com/
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2003 7:45 pm
by iamthebassman
My band loves The Church, and many have compared us to them. Our guitarist plays Ric 6 and 12 strings.
www.daylighttitans.com
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2003 12:54 am
by rickde
Noel. I really like your sound. Any chance I could buy a cd and have it sent to me?
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2003 2:20 am
by longhouse
Rick, do you mean Nigel?
My bands are Longhouse and The Foglifters. I checked out your MP3, Nigel.
Reminded me of Husker Du or the Smithereens playing 'Under The Milky Way'!
I believe I have some MP3s from an album I did last January up at MP3.com:
http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/372/the_foglifters.html
The Longhouse album will be mastered soon, I hope.
As for Marty Willson-Piper, he's one of the reasons I play Rickenbackers, though I was fairly guitar-ignorant when I ordered my first one (360V64). I came to realise that almost everyone I was listening to was a Ric player -after I got my first one. Marty pushes the envelope a little farther than Buck, Weller, Marr, etc.
Cheers, Noel
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2003 4:34 am
by rickde
Yeah I did mean Nigel. Sorry about the confusion.
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2003 4:51 pm
by shamustwin
and don't forget
http://www.shamustwins.com and the links therein to our mp3 site!
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2003 6:55 pm
by longhouse
More on Marty Willson-Piper:
go to the Heyday Records website to download two (free) MWP MP3s:
http://www.heyday.com/home.html
'High' and 'Forget the Radio' are both wonderful songs. Dig the harmonies and gorgeous chime on 'High'.
Cheers, Noel
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2003 1:07 am
by mike_smith
Hey Noel,
I recently did a set-up and clean on one of MWP old Ric's, it had been passed to a guitar tech who sold it on and been bought by a a guy local to me. Almost the same as the one Marty is pictured with on the Ric web-site, basically a Fireglo 360 with double edge binding and vintage pick-ups, but with an 'f' sound hole, under the truss rod cover MWP was scratched into the paint. A great player, original hardcase too with touring stickers.
Cheers Mike
Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2003 4:07 pm
by indytone
I've always wondered why he didn't have his own signature series when the Church was at the height of their popularity.
I love the Church. If you haven't heard their album from 2002--After Everything, Now This--you're missing out. It's great.
