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Mother Flux

I held the ceiling up but then couldn't move

About Me

METHOD MAN BROUGHT THE PAIN.
BILL CLINTON FELT YOUR PAIN.
MOTHER FLUX HEALS YOUR PAIN!
MOTHER FLUX formed in New York City as a rock power trio by songwriter and guitarist John Madera with three goals in mind. First, to create energetic music fusing rock, funk, and noise. Second, to hit all the dives with songs, extended improvisations, and poetry that bordered on invocations of holy spirits. And finally, release an album of original music that rocks the head and shakes the rump. In January 2007, Mother Flux releases their first full-length album entitled: Divine Day Formula.
Mother Flux’s music easily fits in shuffle play with the likes of The Eels, Rainer Maria, Sparta, and Built To Spill along with the Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, Jane’s Addiction, and the Smashing Pumpkins, while segueing seamlessly into Godzilla rock like Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, and Black Sabbath. They serve a mixed drink of Seattle grudge music, Sixties freakflag flying, heart-on-sleeve ballads, New York Noise, and machines making love.
Award-winning poet John Madera’s credits include playing with John Legend’s keyboardist Chris Rob, D’Angelo’s touring guitarist Jef Lee Johnson, Dub Trio's Stu Brooks, My Brightest Diamond ’s Shara Worden, Wheatus' Gerard Hoffmann, Bogs Visionary Orchestra ’s Alex Talavera, Poet Sage Rader, Dub Affair and Noirkestra’s Benoir , Victor Wooten's drummers J.D. Blair and Derico Watson, and Indian classical music violinist Ganesh Prasad. John is equally adept at guitar, voice, bass, and drums and counts Prince, Stevie Wonder, and Dave Grohl as multi-instrumentalist paragons. His soloing is an amalgam of the caterwaul shrieks of Vernon Reid and Sonny Sharrock, the layered terraces of Mahavishu Orchestra’s John McLaughlin, and the searing blues of Jimi Hendrix, or at least he thinks so. A schoolteacher from the West Coast, who moonlights as a rockabilly punk, said John's vocals sound like a cross between the Dead Kennedy's Jello Biafra and Sleater-Kinney's Corin Tucker. Huh? Must be that excessive melisma thing going on.
Mother Flux's cd Divine Day Formula is available now at cdbaby.com.

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Member Since: 8/24/2006
Band Website: motherflux.com
Band Members: Divine Day Formula features:

John Madera: vocals, guitars, bass, percussion, and odd noises

Jeff Bloom: drums

Kareem Goubran: bass
Influences: Spinning the dial of the Radiohead, the Talking Heads pour some Cream into a Buckethead. Jimi screams about his Bad Brains then coughs up a Fishbone in Living Colour. A Public Enemy spreads Pearl Jam on some Stones rolling into Muddy Waters. The Police are called and frisk the Innocent Criminals. Doctor Funkenstein and Doctor Feelgood talk about The Cure for Jane’s Addiction because she still runs to her Chemical Brothers. Stepping on the shoulders of Beatles they still sink in Quicksand. Sonic Youth plant the Roots in the Soundgarden. She draws A Perfect Circle with her Nine Inch Nails. Eating Red Hot Chili Peppers while Smashing Pumpkins he shouts, “Faith No More! Let’s Return to Forever!” and “Go ask Alice In Chains for a song of freedom!” Al Green tells Otis Redding that he’s feeling Kind Of Blue. Then James Brown paints it black. Watching David Lynch At The Drive-in he Rages Against The System of a Down. They argue whether to Let It Be or Let It Bleed. Opening the Doors of the Temple of the Dog he finds the Last Poets swimming in Muddy Waters. She consults the Weather Report and thinks aloud, “Looks like Love and Rockets in the air.” He shakes his head and says, “the answer my friend is Blowing In The Wind.” He climbs a Tower of Power then calls the Tribal Tech to check The Meters. Tom Waits while Bill Withers. Neil Young says he hopes he dies before he gets old. She kisses his Flaming Lips. He watches her Ghost Dog take Giant Steps and whispers, “Instant Karma’s going to get you” then reaches Nirvana. In Bermuda, under a Marquee Moon, she reflects on her love triangle with Squarepusher and A Perfect Circle and turns on the Television on the Radiohead. On the next Black Sabbath he writes a Song of Despair but on Sunday Bloody Sunday says Nevermind.
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Record Label: "The bottle I'm in has no label." -Capt. Beefheart
Type of Label: None

My Blog

I Have a Dream: 2008

I have a dream that I danced at the edge of expectations.   I have a dream I was an etherealist.   I have a dream I spoke in zentences.   I have a dream I built a table of discontents. ...
Posted by Mother Flux on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:32:00 PST

Martin the King of Peace vs. Barack the Obamanable Showman

Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! Corporate media, glad-handing politicians, and countless misinformed and misinforming educators would lead us to believe that Dr. King was a starry-eyed somnambulant...
Posted by Mother Flux on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:23:00 PST

You Say You Want a Resolution? 2008

Happy New Year! Here are my resolutions for 2008:I resolve to keep my surprise wide open. I resolve to become a blood brother of the Family Stone.  I resolve to scent you. I resolve to ship you s...
Posted by Mother Flux on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:31:00 PST

That Time

Dear friends, I've rewritten the lyrics and rearranged a song by Regina Spektor. I posted it as one of my songs. It's my end-of-the-year gift to you.Love,Johnny Respect HerThat TimeHey remember t...
Posted by Mother Flux on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 08:27:00 PST

Frost On Her Eyelashes: Winter Haiku

Winter has been especially trying this year but was not without beauty. Despondency was often palpable in the air but I felt comforted by this season's stillness. I loved watching snow fall from my ki...
Posted by Mother Flux on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 09:30:00 PST

Happy Valentine's Day!

Jeunet's film "A Very Long Engagement" concluded as the clock struck midnight, Valentine's Day. I think the critics panned this film but I thought it was excellent. Contrasted with the pristine sparkl...
Posted by Mother Flux on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:11:00 PST

It Brings A Tear

Bob Marley sings on "Trenchtown Rock", a song I love, that: "One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain." Not to contradict the great Duppy Conqueror but here are some songs that h...
Posted by Mother Flux on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:40:00 PST

I Dream: Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. 2007

Martin Luther King's voice resonates in my skull. His warm timbre, cascading cadences, mellifluous repetitions, soulful call-and-response, and ever-surging forward propulsion, is unparalleled in the h...
Posted by Mother Flux on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 07:07:00 PST

You Say You Want A Resolution?: 2007

I resolve to listen to November rain with the Decemberists.I resolve to sew a stitch in time and space and save the world.I resolve to laugh when my money's funny.I resolve to speak peace sign languag...
Posted by Mother Flux on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 10:45:00 PST

Say It Loud! God's Not Dead! Long Live James Brown!

Some years ago in the deep catacombs of the converted meat locker turned club "The Cooler" Amiri Baraka held court on a dimly lit stage. He faced stage right hunched over and clutching a pile of loose...
Posted by Mother Flux on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 06:35:00 PST