Member Since: 09/01/2008
Band Website: myspace.com/boxcarchimpanzee
Band Members: J. Haller plays: bass, guitar, drums, cello, mandolin, saw, conche, kazoo, party whistles, keyboards, vocals, trumpet, pots and pans, washtub bass, anything else for the most part that I happen to be lucky enough to get me grubby little fingers on, I'll try and play that too. I play everything you are hearing, write it, record it, and hope that you find yourself at least mildly entertained by the lot of it.
Influences: I am influenced by everything I see, hear, like, don't like, everything, if I like it or not, it's still gonna influence me somehow. Anyone could do this! Maybe a favorites column? Here's a few, leaving many others just as deserving out I am sure:Primus
Crass
Charles Mingus
Dead Kennedys
Parliament/Funkadelic
Fugazi
Shellac
Fear
Akimbo
A. Badelamenti
Sly & the Family Stone
Devo
Tom Waits
Ray Charles
Roger Miller
Mirah
Circle Jerks
E. Marricone
John Zorn
Degenerate Art Ensemble
Rudimentary Peni
Stevie Wonder
the Minutemen
Melvins
Louis Armstrong
Stravinsky
F. Zappa/ the Mothers
Daughters
Public Enemy
Beethoven
Action Patrol
Operation Ivy
Gwar
Gorilla Biscuts
Einsturzende Neubauten
the Beatles
Big Black
Nomeansno
Paul Revere & the Raiders
the Jesus Lizard
J. Coltrane
the Rascals
Esquivel
Charles Bronson
I.N.B.
Skinny Puppy
Art Tatum
King Missle
J.S. Bach
Sonhouse
the Clash
the Mummies
Robert Johnson
Melt Banana
A Tribe Called Quest
Foetus
Toots & the Maytals
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Oingo Boingo
the Locust
Octopus Project
Mr. Bungle
Converge
Television
the Cramps
Man Man
Propagandhi
F. Apple
O. Redding
Ween
NOFX
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Skankin' Pickle
R. Spektor
the Vandals
John Lee Hooker
Blue Meanies
Thelonious Monk
Green Jell(o)y
Talking Heads
Louis Prima
Capitalist Casualties
Bad Brains
Hella
Fantomas
Capt. Beefheart
Sonic Youth
....and of course all the bands I have already played in have influenced me greatly as well...
Sounds Like: A guy in his room with one or two four tracks sitting around trying to play as much music as he can, perhaps trying to cover every genre he can. Actually that is precisely what is going on here, whether it sounds like that or not I don't know... I am in fact trying to do that anyways... I am a style-hopping son of a bitch... actually that's not true either, my mom is a really nice lady. Shouldn't I just let my music speak for itself?!?!??!!
Record Label: Visitor 11 Productions (I do what I can!)