Member Since: 8/14/2005
Band Website: thesophisticats.com
Band Members: Dez Presley, bass; Miss Meow, electric organ & congas; Pharoah, guitar; TomCat, guitar stunt double; Bugsy del Mar, tenor sax; Johnny 9 Lives, drums...and the SophistiKittens: Midnight, Annette, Trixie Treat, Chastity, Satin Doll, Dandylion, Sugar Puss, Frisky Fatale. Meow, baby!
Influences: Plas Johnson, Link Wray, The Cramps, The B-52's, early New Orleans & Memphis R & B, Sam Butera & Louie Prima, Dave Bartholomew, Ernie & Antoinette K-Doe, N'awlins, dawlin', 50's/60's instros, twangy guitars from Dick Dale to Duane Eddy, Leo Fender, Bukowski, Celine, Monk, Mingus, Ornette Coleman, Coltrane, Bartok, Stravinsky, Robert Fripp, Zappa, Captain Beefheart, Raymond Scott, Gram Parsons, Phil Spector before he went completely bonkers, The Beatles, The Beatles, The Beatles, The Beatles (all four of them), Wanda Jackson, Manuel, Brian Wilson, that guy down the street who always waves to me when I drive by, The Marx Brothers, The Three Stooges, the other Stooges, the Ramones, beer. Oh yeah, and that other Presley guy...thank yeh, thank yeh vereh much. Did I forget to mention beer? Also, Katrina..and beer.
Sounds Like: Nothin' your ears have ever heard before!
Record Label: Furry Records
Type of Label: None