Music:
Member Since: 15/12/2007
Band Website: www.avantgardenias.com
Band Members:
Flip Cassidy
vocals, songwriting, guitar, accordion, keys, mandolin, Minister and Ambassador of Weasel
The following are the brilliant and beautiful weasels who I've been privileged to work with:
Richard Sanchez
upright bass, upright citizen
Dennis Nielsen
trombone, imminent captain
Teresa Sohrabi
vivacious vixen of violin
Jesse "Junkyard" Austin
drumdrum!
Chris Benton ( The Pirates Charles )
lead guitar, piano, lost son of David Gilmour
Dylan Cronin ( The Pirates Charles , King Washington )
bass, vocals, one hell of a mandolin player
Spencer Smilanick ( The Pirates Charles )
captain f'ing diggity on the drums.
David Gale ( The Pirates Charles )
bass, keys, guitar, walking poetry
Atticus McKittrick
saxophone, clarinet, trumpet, euphonium, horny bastard
Cecilia Della Peruti ( Spring Queen )
background vocals, cosmic maiden
Charles DeQuepin ( King Washington , The Coughs )
guitar, keys, vocals, piano, deformity
Nick Montemarano ( Mursic , The Dread Crew of Oddwood )
accordion, mandolin, any other instrument that finds its way into his hands
BAY AREA CHAPTER:Phil Stein-Webber
drums, rhythm sponge
Star St. Germain
cello, vocals
Kristen Adam
viola, tambourine girl
Sean Chapman
electric upright bass
Jeremy Goddard ( Understudies Crew )
production, engineering, Self Advocate
Influences:
Musical:
Tom Waits, Syd Barrett, Bob Dylan, The Doors, Jon Brion, Stew / The Negro Problem, Matthew Good, The Decemberists, Rhett Miller, Jason Falkner, Elliott Smith, Neil Young, Tom Petty, Momus, Elvis Costello, The Rolling Stones. Also, Irish folk and drinking songs, Gregorian chants, the concept and entity that is the Blues, Celtic turnarounds, old world ballads / sea shanties and Civil War marches.
Otherwise:
Howling winds, desert skies, rusty things, decay, beauty, ugliness, beautiful ugliness, pain, anxiety, joy, madness, my attorney, rantings from the bums of Venice, speed metal rain against the windshield of a parked car, impossible things, finding and conquering the bonus levels of existence, antique stores and their unique ambiances, Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, Hunter S. Thompson, Allen Ginsberg, Charles Bukowski, David Gale, Lawrence Ferlenghetti, Lewis, rainbows at night, San Francisco, weasels, finding bones whilst adventuring, the combination of firearms, old TVs and total desert isolation, the life of inanimate objects, the long drive back from anywhere that necessitates a long drive back, serial killers, the art and music of the psychedelic era, abandoned buildings and the treasure therein, The Evidence, microcosms, junkyards, aimless driving, the old black California license plates (remember those?), the infinite possibilities of the English language, old typewriters
Sounds Like: a noise complaint in the middle of nowhere.
Record Label: Avant Gardenias
Type of Label: Indie
