Biography
Robyn Hitchcock is one of England's most enduring contemporary singer/songwriters and live performers. Despite having been persistently branded as eccentric or quirky for much of his career, Hitchcock has continued to develop his whimsical repertoire, deepen his surreal catalog, and expand his devoted audience beyond the boundaries of cult stature. He is among alternative rock's father figures and is the closest thing the genre has to a Bob Dylan (not coincidentally his biggest inspiration).
Starting his career as a folkie in Cambridge, England, Hitchcock has been compared to such other British folk-rock figures as Roy Harper and …Read More
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Influenced By
- Syd Barrett
- The Beatles
- The Byrds
- Bob Dylan
- John Lennon
- Pink Floyd
- Big Star
- The Doors
- Captain Beefheart
- Lothar & the Hand People
- Nick Drake
- The Incredible String Band
- The Beau Brummels
- Roky Erickson
- The Kinks
- Love
- The Shadows
- Skip Spence
- The Zombies
- The Cascades
Followed
- Pat Collier
- Andy Metcalfe
- Kimberley Rew
- Matthew Seligman
- Morris Windsor
- Close Lobsters
- Kid Icarus
- Shecky
- Nilon Bombers
- Baby Ray
- The Decemberists
- Rex Daisy
- A House
- Twenty Seven Various
- Arlo Leach
- El Niño Gusano
- Lawrence Arabia
- Tom Alford
- Poverty Stinks
- I Am Kloot
- Mystery Jets
- Nobody & Mystic Chords of Memory
- Gelbison
- Black Medicine
- Colin Meloy
