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Jollyship the Whiz-Bang

The Lynrd Skynrd of Coney Island

About Me



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Member Since: 8/28/2005
Band Website: thewhizbang.org
Band Members: THE LATEST CREW MUSTER:
Nick Jones
AKA "the Captain"
: Lead vocals, rhythm guitar, writing and puppet design
Raja Azar
AKA "Mr Skeevy"
: Keyboards, Accordion, Sampling, Puppets
Keith Fredrickson Von Heiselstein: lead guitar
Dan Kutcher: bass
Julie Lake and Steve Boyer: Puppets and Backing Vocals
Jesse Wallace: drums
Kris Anton: video and sound design





Influences: The Top Sea Shanties of 1712. The Kinks. Dead Kennedys. Ween. Stevie Wonder. New Order. Devo. Coney Island.
Sounds Like: Electro-punk with nautical influences, "whimsical" themes, combined live and sequenced drums, and unconvincing "period" dialogue from the mouths of often sinister puppets.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

CRITICS GO INSANE!! JOLLYSHIP SHOWERED WITH PRAISE, PANTIES!!

We are overwhelmed by the positive response to our new theater show at Ars Nova. Some press has been posted on the myspace page. The entire run is almost completely sold out!
Posted by Jollyship the Whiz-Bang on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:34:00 PST

JOLLYSHIP OFF-BROADWAY!! - This Spring!

We are currently working with Ars Nova and director Sam Gold to create a bigger and more rehearsed and well funded than usual stage show. The goal is create a DEFINITIVE Jollyship puppet rock epic, ...
Posted by Jollyship the Whiz-Bang on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 10:26:00 PST

Jollyship awarded Jim Henson Grant

Huzzah!Awarded some $$$ to develop our puppet show "The Colonists" which we began working on in Thailand. Sometime in 2007, details TBA.pictures:http://flickr.com/photos/20262983@N00/sets/7205 7594100...
Posted by Jollyship the Whiz-Bang on Sun, 31 Dec 2006 06:34:00 PST

The Pearl of Bangkok

We weren't planning to do sea-themed puppet shows in Bangkok. Raj and I were attending the 1st annual Hoontown Puppet Festival and hoped to take it as an opportunity to "branch out." But once we got...
Posted by Jollyship the Whiz-Bang on Fri, 27 Jan 2006 05:38:00 PST

Stab City Zombies

Dubliners spoke disparagingly of Limerick. They called it Stab City. They told us it's where people went when they wanted to get stabbed, which didn't bode well with us on our way to do a show there...
Posted by Jollyship the Whiz-Bang on Thu, 26 Jan 2006 03:23:00 PST