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!)