Member Since: 1/23/2007
Band Website: dalek.ca/CoelacanthDance.html
Band Members: Started out as one carbon-based lifeform's studio project, with occasional collaborations with guest musicians, & is now in the process of evolving into a full band: Steve'The Fish' McDonnell: guitars, bass, Trent Mailander: drums/percussion, Brent Pylot: bass, guitars, Don Modderman: keyboards/flutes/wind instruments, bass, Steve'The Hat"Jeske: guitar, bass, keyboards, various percussion, cool hats.Musicians who played on/contributed to studio material:Todd Bryanton: Multi-layered vocals on 'KarmaZone'
Todd has his own music site @: SutureselfDon Modderman: Various wind instruments on Saskavanserai
Don also plays in Crofters Revenge
Influences: Before I got serious about creating & playing music, I was, and still am, an intense and passionate music fan, dating back to when I lived in England & 1st heard The Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Kinks, Them etc on radio, 45's (I'm dating myself here!) and TV shows like 'Top Of The Pops' back around '64: - Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Carlos Santana, John McLaughlin, Brian Eno, Roy Harper, Dr. Who, Robert Fripp, Ozric Tentacles, Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Marvin Gaye, HAWKWIND: All Hail to the Mighty Hawklords!, Strawbs, The Kinks, WITHNAIL & I, Little Miss Higgins, CALEXICO, Brand X, Tabla Beat Science, KING CRIMSON, John Scofield, Captain Beefheart, Weather Report, Ry Cooder, The Meters, Van Morrison, Kate Bush, Iggy Pop, Jeff Beck, Caravan, THE BAND, Townes Van Zandt, Tony Joe White (the original swamp rocker!), Amon Duul II, Van Der Graaf Generator, FUNKADELIC - MAGGOT BRAIN!!, Soft Machine, RUSH, The Goon Show, Wishbone Ash, Emerson, Lake & Pamer, Atomic Rooster, Savoy Brown, T.Rex AND Tyrannosaurus Rex, CURRY!, Gary Numan, Yes, Nick Drake, Amazing Blondel, The Flock, Tool, James Gang, Fairport Convention, Lindisfarne, Joni Mitchell, Pat Metheny, Beck, Steeleye Span, Grateful Dead, Herbie Hancock, Jaco Pastorius, Cream, Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull, Ultravox, XTC, Tangerine Dream, Gentle Giant, Enya, Oregon, Mile Davis, Beatles, Ralph Towner, Greenslade, Lucinda Williams, DALEKS, Neil Young, John Coltrane, Johnny Cash, The Clash, Mahavishnu Orchestra, CAN, The Wind In The Willows, Billy Cobham, Frank Zappa, Little Feat, The Stooges, SANDY DENNY, David Bowie, Genesis, Led Zeppelin (of course!), Neu!, Pentangle, Phish,The Sadies, Bjork, Flying Burrito Brothers, Pink Floyd, Thievery Corporation, Joe Walsh, Porcupine Tree, Spike Milligan, Laura Nyro, Chemical Brothers, SutureSelf, nancy ray-guns, Tom Waits, Flaming Lips, RadioHead...list goes on...and on...
Sounds Like: That other band I used ta play in: zOmAa - Who can best be described by this inimitable quote courtesy of Steve'The Hat' Jeske: "hashish hashish is how i remember it....oh, it was a lurvly nite, William Burroughs stoned, Kerouac serving me bebop, and Ginsberg and I comparing styling products for our hair....and the sounds of a hawk, on some wind, making all well and good in the universe... if you ever put out a zomaa disc with a cover and band info and such, i'll let you use the above words as liner notes!.....space is the place
steeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeevo" zOmAa is on indefinite hiatus, but you can check out some of our tunes: I'm playing bass on 'Roma Raga (Live)' - recorded @ FLATLANDS MUSIC FESTIVAL 2003, and 'The Hidden Path', and guitar- rhythm & lead on 'Katepwe Saaidi'. AND! Back by popular demand, the video for: click to play Holy Groove
"...Ravi Shankar meets the Allman Brothers (in a dark alley on a moonless night...sort of)"
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