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Lupen Crook (born Matthew Pritchard)〔http://drownedinsound.com/releases/12487/reviews/2839736- Drowned in Sound review of 'Iscariot the Ladder'〕 is an English musician and songwriter who records either solo or with his backing band The Murderbirds. ==Style== Initially making his name as an acoustic singer-songwriter, Lupen Crook has gone on to create an eclectic music style incorporating garage rock, "broken folk",〔("Introducing Lupen Crook – Broken Folk" ) – feature in Fly Magazine by Gerry Hectic, 20 April 2005〕 "skiffle, hip-hop and gypsy punk",〔 "off-kilter ska" and "gothic folk music".〔 He has been described, variously, as "a solo singer/songwriter of a particularly unique ilk",〔(Review of Lupen Crook single 'Love 80' ) by Dom Gourlay in Drowned in Sound magazine, 27 March 2006〕 "insidious, vile, an enigma"〔http://www.subba-cultcha.com/album-reviews/article.php?contentID=4892 Review of Lupen Crook and the Murderbirds album 'Iscariot the Ladder' by Brad Barrett in Subba-Cultcha magazine, 2008〕 "a larger-than-life personality that sometimes wilfully seems to court the reputation of idiot savant and awkward bastard"〔http://hydragenic.com/2008/11/21/loss-love-lust-an-interview-with-lupen-crook/ "Loss, Love & Lust: An Interview With Lupen Crook" by Hg, originally published in Drunken Werewolf magazine #5 (reposted on Hydragenic blog on 21 November 2008)〕 and "Kent’s finest neo-gothic psychedelic folk troubadour".〔http://www.subba-cultcha.com/features/article.php?contentID=12755 “Lupen Crook: Young, gifted and broke”; interview with Lupen Crook by Chris Bell in Subba-Cultcha magazine, 2007〕 As influences, Crook has cited Syd Barrett,〔 Carter USM, early Walt Disney and Bon Scott of AC/DC as well as "the spirit that is punk rock, the smell of sex and the sound of stray sods singing out from the Medway Towns."〔http://www.the-gig-guide.co.uk/2009/06/01/lupen-crook-and-the-murderbirds/ Article on Lupen Crook and the Murderbirds in http://www.the-gig-guide.co.uk by Jo Lawford, 1 June 2009〕 He himself has been compared to artists as diverse as Kevin Coyne, The Jam, The Libertines, Ray Davies, The Clash and Jamie T.〔〔〔(Live review of Lupen Crook at The Flower Pot, London ) by Ben Homewood, published at The-Fly.Co.Uk, 4 October 2010〕〔("The Crooked beat"by Lee Trewela ) – feature in 'This is Cornwall', 30 September 2010〕 Crook is also a visual artist (working predominantly in illustration and collage) who creates the artwork and packaging for his own releases as well as exhibiting work formally. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lupen Crook」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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