Music:
Member Since: 09/08/2006
Band Website: n/a
Band Members: c. dodson - guitars keys multi-f/x unit vocals chair bucket hamstring
"The Ivory Coast" is with an early Savantes lineup:
David Smilow - drums
Xavier Becerra - sax
Charles Dodson - guitar, vox
check http://www.myspace.com/savantsny for current Savantes lineup and music
Influences: too many to list, but some of the less obvious ones perhaps:
Fear, Love, the Flamin' Groovies, Einsturzende Neubauten, the Chrome Cranks, Oneida, early Dr. John, the Cheater Slicks, Bassholes/Gibson Bros, Sun Ra, "Like Flies"-era Alex Chilton (not just the Big Star stuff), the Butthole Surfers...
Sounds Like: blood guts 'n raw sewage
Type of Label: Major