Member Since: 6/11/2004
Band Website: inspectorowl.com
Band Members: The Shaver AKA Allegory Corey "make an inventory" "pay the bills" Wills (earl of owl) - programming, guitar, vocals, nonsensical mumbling inbetweeen songs
The Cream AKA Messy Jesse "pas le messie" James "shoots a swisher" Fisher (knight) - drums, vocals, Head of the Department of Gentleman
The Giggles AKA Ben Ten "play it again" Grigg (sheriff/supervisor) - synth, trumpet, auxillary percussion, Muppet Dance
The Balls AKA Bobby Lobby "get a jobby" "went to Abu dhabi in a Ford" Lord (mayor, MD/DDS) - bass, falsetto, killer moves
Unpaid Interns
Lenny
Matt Darnall
Influences: fireworks, waffles, fake plastic animals, soft n' good bread, jurassic park, Jaimie, raptors, pete and pete, no big diggie, woodland animals, dino DNA, cheech...
Sounds Like: Inspector Towel.
Or just check out what other folks have to say.
"A masterful disc that pads the boundaries between kitsch and absolute lyrical brilliance" -Chicago Daily Herald
"Bursting with dancey rhythms, hooky keyboards and epic, soaring choruses...Inspector Owl seem poised on the brink of something huge" -Northern Star
"There are no aloof stabs at cool here, it's infused with straight up uninhibited 'Dance MotherF***er!' power. 4/5" -JunkMedia
"there’s no denying the infectiousness they exude" -Illinois Entertainer
"Keeping the theatrically long reach of those space-rock anthems while embracing the lush, more human element of the current cast allows Wills’ guitar rock stories to fall somewhere between the soil of Earth’s lithosphere and the stars of its mesosphere — which is right where they belong."- Derek Wright, Chicago Innerview Magazine"
"It’s difficult to pin down the magic of an Inspector Owl show, but it’s even more difficult to deny it." -Evan Thorne, Chicago Daily Herald
Inspector Owl combines catchy pop songs with contagious dance grooves and lush instrumentation- programmed electronic elements that interweave nicely with the violin and even the occasional trumpet - for a huge Spector-esque wall of sound. To get the full feel for Inspector Owl, it's imperative to see them live. -Jim Ryan, Wassup Local Chicago
Record Label: Third World Industries
Type of Label: Indie