On a grey winter Saturday in Neukolln, 2009 the Virgin Tongues recorded their only ever studio take of this their most notable underground hit: "Six Feet Underground". Recorded in one take as the neighbors banged at the door and the building shook to the sheer volume of the band, the sound and performance capture the Tongues in a unique and authentic light. Produced by Mark Hinterhof, this recording lay in his forgotten archives until now. But the first version (non studio) was officially released the 22 May 2007 on 8MM Compilation "Shots".
THE VIRGIN TONGUES backstory: In 2006, Duncan McKnight and Nima Ashe decided to move from Los Angeles, California to Berlin, Germany. There they met Robert Michael Giddens and began playing shows under the name Duncan McKnight band, building a decent fanbase and working with a psychedelic rock label in Berlin called Trip in Time records. The trio later decided on the name The Virgin Tongues and kept playing shows, eventually opening for The Kills in Berlin. Then, on May 1st, 2009 while on tour to Reykjavik Iceland (and to record their debut album with Singapore Sling frontman Henrik Bjornsson), McKnight fell from a window in downtown Reykjavik, suffering serious injuries and spent 9 months in hospital learning how to walk and talk. Despite valiant efforts, The Virgin Tongues did not play together again, and only a few recordings remain from those days. The past quickly becomes a distant dream, but the music remains alive forever.
On a grey winter Saturday in Neukolln, 2009 the Virgin Tongues recorded their only ever studio take of this their most notable underground hit: "Six Feet Underground". Recorded in one take as the neighbors banged at the door and the building shook to the sheer volume of the band, the sound and performance capture the Tongues in a unique and authentic light. Produced by Mark Hinterhof, this recording lay in his forgotten archives until now.
But the first version (non studio) was officially released the 22 May 2007 on 8MM Compilation "Shots".
THE VIRGIN TONGUES backstory:
In 2006, Duncan McKnight and Nima Ashe decided to move from Los Angeles, California to Berlin, Germany. There they met Robert Michael Giddens and began playing shows under the name Duncan McKnight band, building a decent fanbase and working with a psychedelic rock label in Berlin called Trip in Time records. The trio later decided on the name The Virgin Tongues and kept playing shows, eventually opening for The Kills in Berlin. Then, on May 1st, 2009 while on tour to Reykjavik Iceland (and to record their debut album with Singapore Sling frontman Henrik Bjornsson), McKnight fell from a window in downtown Reykjavik, suffering serious injuries and spent 9 months in hospital learning how to walk and talk. Despite valiant efforts, The Virgin Tongues did not play together again, and only a few recordings remain from those days. The past quickly becomes a distant dream, but the music remains alive forever.
“ Perpetual Motion 25 “ brought me here 10 yrs ago . It’s crazy how times flies , but how an amazing song and band can take you back to good times .
love this band, found them on myspace
Thank you for posting this
Sick, get back to me when you know. Thanks dude!
Holy Cow these guys have amazing potential
Does he still play!? Your little brothers band is awesome! Please respond back, i love their music and want to hear more!
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He is working on some stuff, I will ask him next time we talk.
Is he solo now or is The virgin tongues still a band?
the singer of this band is pretty short
Sorry the late reply, man! I now have some taller boots