Pathetic Joe and Joscar Wilde

About Me

Brabant's Bad Boy PATHETIC JOE and Limburg's Lonesome Cowboy JOSCAR WILDE met in 1997 at Leuven's university restaurant Alma (where the Sex Pistols performed in 1976 before they were famous). One year and many literary and musical parties later, they decided to play and record a 90-minute Maxell cassette, only using their voices, a piano, a broken toilet and an empty wine bottle (for percussion). The result was their first experimental underground bluesalbum, conveniently titled 'Pulling Myself Through The Toilet' (1998). They continued with the playful and energetic 'Rest In Greenpeace' (1999) and their megalomaniac magnum opus 'The White Albinum' (started in 1999, still unfinished). In between PJ and JW performed live in different cities and villages such as Leuven, Roeselare and Paris. Mostly playing their own compositions, they also performed highly idiosyncratic versions of songs by a whole range of different creatures like Jacques Brel, Kylie Minogue, Tom Waits, Neil Young, Sylver, Eddy Wally, Gigi D'Agostino, John Frusciante, Nirvana, The Beatles, The Stones, FranÃ§ois van Campenhout, etc. They shared the stage with embryonic line-ups of Lenny en de Wespen and Buurman. They played their most memorable groundbreaking concerts in CafÃ© Charlatan at the Oude Markt in Leuven.Except for musicians both men are also excellent poets, enthusiastic cycling fans and crazy princes of fuckin' darkness. If you think most of today's music is either too commercial or too underground, maybe you can hire them. Look for them in Leuven's nightlife...

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Member Since: 12/9/2006
Band Website: who the fuck needs one?
Band Members: PERMANENT MEMBERS: Pathetic Joe (lead vocals, spoken word, harmonica, percussion), Joscar Wilde (piano, keyboards, programming, backing vocals)OCCASIONAL MEMBERS: Bart V (bass), Vincent VDB (guitar), Erwin VR (vocals), Wouter W (keyboard), Bart T (opera vocals), Liesbet M (oboe), Tineke T (dancing), Nele B (dancing), Liesje VH (dancing), ...SOUND ENGINEERS: Jeroen M, Tom K, Vincent VDB, Stijn V
Influences: The Pixies, Arno, The Smiths, Fryderyk Chopin, Gerard Reve, Public Image Ltd., John Frusciante, Elvis, Rudy Trouve and friends, Jacques Brel, Arbeid Adelt, Rolling Stones, Paul Van Ostaijen, Tom Waits, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Charles Bukowski, Paul De Leeuw, Jerry Lee Lewis, Eddy Wally, PJ Harvey, Lee Scratch Perry, Arnold SchÃ¶nberg, Lou & The Hollywood Bananas, CafÃ© Oase, Fakbar Letteren, CafÃ© Lapaz, CafÃ© Libertad, CafÃ© Charlatan, ...
Sounds Like: Elvis on the electric chair
Record Label: Walzheimer Records
Type of Label: None

My Blog

PJ & JW Supersized gig on Nov. 10 in Leuven

Pathetic Joe and Joscar Wilde 11-10-2008 20:00 at Fakbar LetterenBondgenotenlaan 11, Leuven, Flemish Brabant Cost: freePJ & JW Supersized with guest artists at the 40th anniversary of the venue. B...
Posted by Pathetic Joe and Joscar Wilde on Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:32:00 PST

private Joscar Wilde jazz gig on Augustu 30

Dear friends, As some of you know, Joscar Wilde also plays the piano in another (still nameless) group. They play jazz, soul, funk, blues, rock and everything in between. They will play thei...
Posted by Pathetic Joe and Joscar Wilde on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:56:00 PST

gig on Sat March 29, 2008

PJ & JW playes a short gig in the night of Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th March for a private party of about 25 friends of whom about 20 had never seen us live. Big success; the new generation seem...
Posted by Pathetic Joe and Joscar Wilde on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:04:00 PST

Denderende Dodenwake Jan 12 2008

Dear friends, As some of you know Pathetic Joe held his annual party in honour of the famous dead people of the past year on January 12 2008 in Café Het Vliegend Varken. Unfortunately most of you were...
Posted by Pathetic Joe and Joscar Wilde on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:07:00 PST

Which Rolling Stone are we?

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Posted by Pathetic Joe and Joscar Wilde on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:36:00 PST

private gig at Fak Letteren

Last night, PJ and JW performed live for the first time in one and a half year. The occasion was the bachelor party for Wouter W. at Leuven's Fakbar Letteren, where we played a short set for invitees....
Posted by Pathetic Joe and Joscar Wilde on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 09:12:00 PST

Lasagna In Berlin

Dear blogreaders, we've posted a new song called Lasagna In Berlin about what happens if you order the wrong food in the wrong country and eat it in the wrong company... Tell us what you think about i...
Posted by Pathetic Joe and Joscar Wilde on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:26:00 PST

Happiness Is A Cold Refrigerator

Dear weirdo's, We managed to post a new song for the summer called 'Happiness Is A Cold Refrigerator'. It's our take on a happy down or a melancholy party, a feeling well-communicated by dEUS's 'Disap...
Posted by Pathetic Joe and Joscar Wilde on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 12:28:00 PST

New song!!!

Dear friends, We finally managed to post a new song. It's Jamaican-inspired comedy anthem called Freedom 'n' Peace. Tell us what you think of it.PJ and JW...
Posted by Pathetic Joe and Joscar Wilde on Sat, 19 May 2007 03:26:00 PST

PJ and JW go reggae

We're thinking of posting our reggae classic "Freedom 'n' Peace" on our myspace, but we're not sure you ladies and gents want to hear us rape reggae music. We'll think about it a few days. Feel f...
Posted by Pathetic Joe and Joscar Wilde on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:35:00 PST