Member Since: 8/31/2005
Band Website: www.manganista.com
Band Members: Matt - Vocals, Percussion & Farfisa baby!
Travis - Keyboards and Vocals
Ryan - Guitars and Vocals
Drew - Bass and Percussion
Dusty - Drums and Percussion
Kyle - Marimba And Percussion
Influences:
Oingo Boingo , Talking Heads , Joe Jackson , The Police , Radiohead , Yo La Tengo , Calexico , Giant Sand, Thomas Mapfumo, The Bhundu Boys, Orchestra Baobaab, Bob Marley, Television, Toots & The Maytals, Steel Pulse, Desmond Decker, English Beat, The Specials, XTC, Elvis Costello, Fugazi, Steely Dan, The Beatles, John Zorn & Masada, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, New Order, Joy Division, Magazine, Paul Simon, The Ramones, Ultravox, Kraftwerk, Music with accordions in it, Cambodia, Fela Kuti, Ibrahim Ferrer, Alison Krauss, David Bowie, Frank Zappa, Missing Persons, Blondie, Berlin, Low, The Clash, La Mesa, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Mr. Bungle, Lee "Scratch" Perry, My dad's whistling, Kate Bush, The radio, various jobs, Spencer, IVF, Motown, Funkadelic, Parliament, Sly & The Family Stone, The Fixx, OMD, Junior Murvin, Tlahoun Gessesse, Tori Amos, Bjork, Devo, U2, Brian Eno, Haircut 100, Jimmy Cliff, Bad Brains, Japan, Visage, Black Heart Procession, Creedle, Refugee All Stars of Sierra Leone, the twins, Gillian Welch, Mule Skinner Blues, Goran Bregovic, Bollywood, Peter Gabriel, Beach Boys
Sounds Like: A PERCUSSIVE MONSTER!!!!Take It Inside
Careful What You Wish For
Walking Papers
Record Label: INDEPENDENT