HEY! Welcome to Twenty Top 5s. I (Tyler) have been sending out questionnaires to some of my favorite musicians and asking for their top 5 in every category. I’ll be publishing them every Thursday for the foreseeable future. Hopefully this lets you get to know some of your favorite musicians a little bit better, and I hope it distracts you in these trying times.
Today’s Twenty Top 5s participant is Erin Silva. Erin is the lead singer/guitarist/primary songwriter of Wilmington, DE grungey punk band Eyebawl. Eyebawl has released two phenomenal EPs (2018’s Gutterbawl and 2019’s Never Again), and Erin’s gnarled vocals and guitar are the driving force behind both of them. The anthems on both EPs are throwbacks to the 90s, evoking memories of when Nirvana ruled the scene.
Having played a few shows with Eyebawl, I can tell you they’re just as cool as they sound on the recordings. Crack a Miller Lite, and enjoy Erin's Twenty Top 5s.
Songwriting influences
Modest mouse
Elliot Smith
Nirvana
Cat power
Jessica lea mayfield
Instrument influences
Robert smith - guitar
Isaac Brock - guitar
Elliot smith - guitar
Cat power - guitar/piano
Beach house - piano
Modest Mouse songs
Trailer Trash
Dramamine
Talkin Shit About a Pretty Sunset
Birds Vs Worms
Convenient Parking
Karaoke songs
These boots are made for walkin
Son of a preacher man
Len - steal my sunshine
Any scorpions song
Any Nirvana song
Junk foods
Cheese it’s
Deli sliced white American
Does yoo-hoo count ?
Ferreira Roché
Gummy bears
Places to eat in your city
Oyster house
South East Kitchen
Capriottis
Dead presidents
Roccos pizza
Movies
Seven
Rushmore
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid
Cool hand Luke
Harold and Maude
Role models
Chan Marshal (cat power)
My Opa and Oma
Daria
Kate McKinnon
Wes Anderson
Eyebawl songs
No time
Bad Boy Phase
Never Again
I Do
I Don’t Wash My Hands
Musical artists in your city
Grace Vonderkuhn
Fiancé
Ring Finger
Dolphin Hotel
Hoochi Coochi
Productive ways to pass time during corona
Learning covers
Drawing Designs for merch
Reading
Cooking New recipes
Organizing
Unproductive ways to pass time during corona
lots of drinking
Stick n poke tattoos
Playing crash bandicoot
Staring at my phone
Sleeping
Songs right now
Come as You Are - Nirvana
I Hate the Flowers - Nothing
Horse Head - DIIV
The Stroke - Billy Squire
Low Season - Higher Power
80s pop jams
What is love - Haddaway
Blue Monday - New Order
Be my Lover - La Bouche
Like a prayer - Madonna
Everybody wants to rule the world - Tears for Fears
Venues you’ve played
Anywhere in Pittsburgh!
House Shows in Philly
ORTLIEBS Philly
Old house shows in Newark
The Queen in Wilmington
Albums that changed your life
This is a long drive for someone with nothing to think about - modest mouse
Disintegration - the cure
Turn on the bright lights - Interpol
Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division
Toxicity- System of a Down
Pizza toppings
bacon
Spinach
Bacon
Spinach
Bacon
Cities you’ve visited
Chicago
Portland Oregon
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Richmond Va
Condiments
Mayo
mayo
Mayo
Mayo
Cholula hot sauce
Fictional characters
tazmanian devil
Zoidberg
Carl from Sling Blade
All the sailor moon characters
Meat wad (do these count? Lol)
Written by Tyler Gallagher (@TylerGallagher8)