Member Since: 08/09/2005
Band Website: hossrecords.com
Band Members:
All music written, arranged, performed, and recorded by Ben Lawless. While this is primarily a solo project, sometimes the special, often unique talents of other willing individual and/or group participants come into play (in the studio, on the road, on stage, backstage and elsewhere) and even help to create the ever-expanding audio/visual language and musical spectrum of THE KING CONGREGATION & CYCLONE BRIGADE (whether they like it or not): LETICIA ARIOLI , JOHN ARMSTRONG, BEN ARNOLD , UNISA ASOKAN , KINAH BOTO, JOHN BOWMAN , CHRIS BROOKS , CHRIS CASE , AMY CHILDS, BEN DAVIS , JORGE ESTRADA, JEFF HAMM, SCOTT HERREN , FLETCHER HOLMES, FLOURNOY HOLMES, JUSTIN DAVIS HUGHES III , BRAD HURST , NAOFUMI ISHIMARU , TAKEHIKO KATO , AARON KING , LITTLE DAVEY KNOXVILLE, MIKE KOENIG, ANNA KRAMER , ALEX LAMBERT , MICHELLE LINDSAY, MAJOULLA ??? (sp?), MATT MCCALVIN , LINSEY MEEKS , MATT MILLER, BRIAN MONTERO, CHRISTY MONTERO, JOSH OVBEY , RUSSELL OWENS JR. HIGH , JAMES PARKER , WAYLON POUNCY , ANDREW QUINN , RICHARD ???, SEAN YENT SCHUSTER-CRAIG , ANTHONY STAFFIERO , ARIANNA SYKES , HAROLD TORRES , CAROL TULLOSS, ANDREW WIGGINS, KEBBIE WILLIAMS, BRANDON WOOD, MIKE WRIGHT , JIMMY YOUNG et al... Tutti?
*Current line-up: TBA
Influences:
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Sounds Like: Decorations in time...
Record Label: HOSS Records
Type of Label: Major