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The Cheebacabra

Exile In The Woods

About Me

"New school funk for old school heads!"
-DustyGroove.com

"their mythic notoriety will soon become ubiquitous"
-Wax Poetics

"Solid. With a name like Cheebacabra, how can you go wrong?"
-Urb Magazine

Music video for "Metamorphosis" by The Cheebacabra

Music video for "Zagreb" by The Cheebacabra

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/25/2005
Band Website: cheebacabra.com
Band Members: Cheeba
Aja West
Steve Moore
Dave Carter
Money Mark
Alex Veley
Jason Vontver
Steve Black
Daniel Gould
Joe Doria
Fred Roth
Cedric Ross
Snakerhythms
Peter Scherr
Victor Tapia
David Mullenova
Jay Jaskot
Alex Westcoat
Zanchie Whitehead
Farko Dosumov
Antoine da Funkscribe
Kenny Mandell
Ryan Braun
Johnny Conga
Bob Lovelace
Heather Porcaro
Mike Porcaro
Influences: Weather Report
Herbie Hancock
Steely Dan
Donald Fagen
George Duke
Manzel
Poor Righteous Teachers
Michael Franks
Mort Garson
Azymuth
Rick Wakeman
DJ Premier
Milli Vanilli
Sun
The Dust Brothers
Philip S. Mayben
Keith Emerson
The Mackrosoft
Bob James
Gino Vannelli
Rodney O & Joe Cooley
Billy Ocean
Sade
Too $hort
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Record Label: Mackrosoft
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Aja West & Cheeba in Wax Poetics

Click here to check out an interview with Aja West & Cheeba in Wax Poetics magazine. Aja and I also break down our all-time favorite analog synth-heavy albums.      ...
Posted by The Cheebacabra on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 01:27:00 PST

Cheeba interviews the original Charlie Bucket

This is a phone interview I did with Peter Ostrum in September of 2000. Peter played Charlie in Willy Wonka & the Chocalate Factory. First of all, I grew up with WWCF being one of my favorite films, ...
Posted by The Cheebacabra on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 01:25:00 PST

Cheeba interviews the original Mike Teevee

Paris Themmen played the obnoxious, TV-crazed, trigger happy, lucky ticket winner number four in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. I interviewed him in September of 2000 at San Diego's Comic-Con Co...
Posted by The Cheebacabra on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 01:23:00 PST

Cheeba mediates a conversation between Beck and Outkast

This conversation took place in November of 2000, a few weeks after the release of Stankonia. It was the first ever conversation between Beck and Outkast. It was a four-way phone call, with Beck at ho...
Posted by The Cheebacabra on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 01:20:00 PST

Cheeba interviews Xzibit

This interview is from September of 2000 (pre-"Pimp My Ride" days). We met in a conference room at Loud Records in Hollywood. After the interview, Xzibit and I smoked a blunt in his ride and listened ...
Posted by The Cheebacabra on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 01:12:00 PST

Cheeba interviews the Neptunes

In May of 2001, I met with Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams in the lobby of a hotel in Beverly Hills. They were promoting the upcoming release of In Search Of&, the debut album by their pseudonym, N.E....
Posted by The Cheebacabra on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 02:05:00 PST

Aja West & Cheeba in Seattle Sound

The Brothers Gonna Work It OutBy Tyson LynnDeep in the heart of Georgetown, two brothers - Aja West and Cheeba - are working out the world's funkiest riff. They've got hours of samples to edit down in...
Posted by The Cheebacabra on Sat, 27 May 2006 12:28:00 PST