Member Since: 3/15/2005
Band Website: billynayer.com
Band Members: Cory McAbee (vocals, autoharp, and ukulele)
Bobby Lurie (drums)
Frank Swart (bass)
Influences: Hank Williams, Roxy Music, Captain Beefheart, Bob Dylan, The Who, Nick Cave, Sex Pistols, The Kinks
Sounds Like: "Like co-productions of Kurt Weill and Neil Young..." -- The Village Voice;"Indebted equally to Scott Walker’s bile-drenched crooning, Frank Zappa’s twisted surrealism, and Harry Nilsson’s deceptively sing-song melodicism..." – New York Magazine;"An impossible amalgamation of Berthold Brecht and Jello Biafra" – Splendid;"…heavy beats mingled with brief flights of speed, wistful melodies, hypnotic washes of color from a thrumming Autoharp (that democratic, grade school dulcimer), and clever lyrics clothed in the taunting, indulgent rhymes of playground impromptus." -- SF Bay Guardian
Record Label: BSG Records PO Box 220536 Brooklyn, NY. 11222
Type of Label: Indie