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Herbert Wiser Band

Coffee. Beer? Coffee! Beer? Cof-FAY!...Bay-EAR?

About Me

With the advent of so many great jam bands, one may think that composition is less important than virtuosic musicianship. Enter Chicago’s Herbert Wiser Band. While they are stellar musicians (as anyone who’s seen them live can attest) the main focus has always been to showcase their greatest asset: songwriting. Take their album Unusable Signal. Combining traditional rock rhythms with a myriad of musical influences ranging from country to hip-hop and everything in between, it's sure to have something for everyone and is the thing for people who crave musical diversity. Although they are a relatively young band, they pride themselves on the ability to put on an exciting live show any time and anywhere. This commitment to excellence has garnered them stage time with a diverse group of excellent musicians, sharing the stage with Umprhey's McGee, The Station, Tea Leaf Green, Backyard Tire Fire, Bumpus, Bottle of Justus, U-Melt, Phix, and many more.

As a Green Bay resident wrote on a cocktail napkin after first seeing them:
"Think Talking Heads meets Frank Zappa meets Rage Against the Machine meets Devo meets Hall and Oates...ON STEROIDS!”
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Member Since: 7/9/2005
Band Website: herbertwiser.com
Band Members: Matt Bradford--Bass, Vocals
Josh Crowley--Guitar, Vocals
Kyle Davis--Drums
Jason Hughes--Vocals, Guitar

Special Guest Saxophone on "Unusable Signal"--Tim Sandusky

View Herbert Wiser Band's EPK
Influences: Talking Heads, The Ramones, Early Metallica, G3, Megadeth, Various 80's sitcom theme songs, Funkadelic, Return to Forever, Sonic Youth, Radiohead, Phish, Allman Brothers, contentment, Umphrey's McGee, Grateful Dead, Deep Purple, The Who, Ray Charles, Nirvana, hunger, Cornmeal, Steve Morse, The Monkees, Ween, Drunken sailors chanting off key, The Slip, Backyard Tire Fire, Allen Ginsberg, Built to Spill, Bound Stems, Black Sabbath, Johnny Cash, Weather Report, Von Frickle, Lynard Skynard, Pearl Jam, Tool, Jimmie Rodgers, The Beatles, Dinosaur Jr, Hank Williams Sr, heartache, Jaik Willis, Pedro the Lion, Stevie Wonder, Louden Wainright III, Brother Jed, John Prine, The Flaming Lips, Frank Zappa, Yes, Miles Davis, Cafe Ballistico, Black Sabbath, Primus, hope, Booker T and the MG's, alcohol, The Toadies, Dr. Dre, James Brown, our roommates, Medeski, Martin, and Wood, Sam & Dave, Walt Whitman, Brian Setzer, Ray Charles, the lake effect breeze, Government Mule, Andreas Kapsalis, Van Halen, Elvis Costello, Hezbollah, Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, Beck, Jimi Hendrix, The Velvet Underground, Jaco Pastorius, day to day living, Bad Company, Ernie Hendrickson, Video Games, Amadeus Mozart, Rupert Murdoch and FOX, Violent Femmes, Cody Diekhoff, Ben Harper, Frank Sinatra, Creedence Clearwater Revival, David Bowie, NWA, Led Zeppelin, Bill Withers, Thelonious Monk, Pink Floyd, Sublime, Tenacious D, ZZ Top, Willie Nelson, John Holmes, The Roots, Queen, Ben Folds, Dire Straits, Oucho Sparks, Al Green, Rush, Tom Waits, Captain Beefheart, the smell of freshly cut grass on a crisp summer's day, early Fleetwood Mac, Wesley Willis, sleep, Ravi Shankar, psychotropic substances, The Pixies, Blind Melon, everyone we know, Super Furry Animals, Fugazi, each other, AC/DC, the war in Iraq, Ludwig Van Beethoven, and many more!

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Sounds Like: "An offbeat mashup of jamband lines and metal riffs...different, but in a good way" -- Chris O'donnell ADD Reviews www.addreviews.com

ONE MORE CUP OF COFFEE (VALLEY BELOW) performed by HERBERT WISER BAND at SUMMERCAMP 2007 with CHICAGO FARMER on BOB DYLAN'S BIRTHDAY
Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Dec 7th show in Peoria, IL rescheduled at Red Barn!

Herbert Wiser will now be playing with Chicago Farmer at the Red Barn in Peoria, IL on Friday December 7th, instead of Crusen's as originally scheduled. We apologize about any inconvience and we look ...
Posted by Herbert Wiser Band on Sat, 01 Dec 2007 10:27:00 PST

Crusen’s show in Peoria CANCELLED

We're sorry to report that due to problems with the ownership, our gig with the Chicago Farmer at Crusen's in Peoria, IL is CANCELLED. We are attempting to reschedule in Peoria and will keep you updat...
Posted by Herbert Wiser Band on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 02:54:00 PST

New Album "Unusable Signal" Available!

Hey gang, the new album "Unusable Signal" is here!  For only $12.97 you can have your own little slice of Wiser.  If you're interested in just some songs, you can check us out at cdbaby...
Posted by Herbert Wiser Band on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 02:06:00 PST

Check out this event: Herbert Wiser CD Release Party

Hey everyone,   The Herbert Wiser Band will be coming to your Illinois town with their new CD "Unusable Signal".  We're playing this week at the following locales:   Thurs 9/14 Wise Fo...
Posted by Herbert Wiser Band on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 12:07:00 PST

New Album in the Works

Hey everybody, the HWB is taking a short hiatus to work on our new album, tentatively titled, "The Best We Can Do".  It should be available in September 2006.  Although we may have a lo...
Posted by Herbert Wiser Band on Fri, 09 Jun 2006 09:02:00 PST

Herbie Jay "The Cynical Guru" says...

With apologies to anyone who may be these people... You know what I think?...I think that if you wear a chain on your wallet, you are just as big of douchebag as a guy who has gel in his hair and his ...
Posted by Herbert Wiser Band on Sat, 22 Apr 2006 10:09:00 PST