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The Big Friendly Corporation

Building Better Machines To Replace Us All

About Me

The Big Friendly Corporation started years ago when a 20-something Ryan Marth recorded a low-budget indie record called "Analog Prototypes Vol. 1" in his house. Years later, he was joined by his little sister Melissa, Lame's Jeff Ford, and Ataqi's Mike McDonald and Rick Miller to become one of the best bands out of Las Vegas. In August of 2007, The BFC released their debut album (as a full band) "Building Better Machines To Replace Us All." And because I don't want to make this a too-serious bio, here's some awesome fun facts to make up for a short history that is not as interesting as it should be:

1. Ryan prefers plantains over bananas.
2. Jeff is searching for the real whereabouts of Walt Disney's body.
3. Mike knows a guy who knew this kid who saw a ghost one time.
4. Melissa's animated likeness appears in the Care Bears Movie.
5. Rick can juggle for real. Seriously!
6. The BFC thinks your swell for reading this far.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/10/2005
Band Members:
Ryan Marth
(vocals & guitar)

Jeff Ford
(guitar & vocals)

Melissa Marth
(keys & vocals)

Rick Miller
(bass)

Mike McDonald
(drums & vocals)

Influences: Squeeze, Gary Newman, Pixies, Pedro the Lion, Olivia Newton John, The Cars, Talking Heads, Radiohead, ELO, Beatles, Peter Gabriel, Micheal Jackson, Diane Eddington, Tom Marth, Ween, Modest Mouse, Pavement, Bjork, Weezer, David Bowie, Dolly Parton, Ataqi, Michel Colombier, Cyndi Lauper, Pinback, a bunch of classical and jazz, and most of the great bands we get to play with.
Record Label: None
Type of Label: None

My Blog

CityLife reviews Building Better Machines To Replace Us All

BIG FRIENDLY CORPORATIONBuilding Better Machines To Replace Us All (self-released)      After revealing to an audience member I was at my first Big Friendly Corporation show, she p...
Posted by The Big Friendly Corporation on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 06:49:00 PST

944 interviews Melissa Marth

KEEPING COMPANYBIG FRIENDLY CORPORATION CONTINUES TO PUNCH OUT MELODIC ROCK TUNES BY JARRET KEEN  PHOTOGRAPHY BY SHANE O'NEAL (not shown)      Struggling to eke out a living i...
Posted by The Big Friendly Corporation on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 05:31:00 PST

CityLife reviews The Big Friendly Corp.

The Big Friendly Corporation An indie-pop initial public offeringBY HEKTOR D. ESPARZANepotism is generally frowned on in the corporate world, but looking within his own musical family solved a big pr...
Posted by The Big Friendly Corporation on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 11:12:00 PST

CityLife interviews Ryan Marth

Experimental soundscaper records in his bathroom Las Vegas native Ryan Marth is no stranger to the world of music. His father is a guitarist who came to Vegas in the late '60s with the touring company...
Posted by The Big Friendly Corporation on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 11:03:00 PST