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Anthony Cuccia

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Member Since: 10/31/2005
Band Website: theotherplanets.com
Band Members: Music on this site: "I Have Oranges and Bananas" Anthony Cuccia: Organ, synthesizer, tambourine, glockenspeil, congas, sleigh bells, bicycle horns, samples, composition. Dr. Jimbo Walsh: Electric Bass, acoustic guitar, electric slide guitar Dan Oestreicher: Baritone and Bass Saxophones Tim McFatter: Tenor Saxophone solo Chris French: Tuba Dave Capello: Drums"Walking Porno Zombie Part Two" Anthony Cuccia: Congas, Bongos, Shakers, Tambourines, Cowbells, Guitar, Organ, Rhodes, Sequencing, Vocals, Cymbals Dr. Jimbo Walsh: Bass Quin Kirchner: Bass Drum, Snare Drum"Who's at the Dragon's Den?" Anthony Cuccia: Keyboards, Drum Loops, Sequencing, Samples, Drum Machine Quin Kirchner: Drums, Keyboards"Linoleum Nights" Anthony Cuccia: Sampler, Drum Machine, Sequencer, Laptop, Keyboards
Influences: Frank Zappa and the Mothers, Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, Lenny Bruce, Eugene Chadbourne, Bill Hicks, A Tribe Called Quest, The Persuasions, KRS-One, Boogie Down Productions, Beck, Ween, John Coltrane, The Butthole Surfers, The Residents, Pere Ubu, Mr. Bungle, Snakefinger, The Kinks, Charles Mingus, Cachao, Tata Guines, Need New Body, Lightning Bolt, Camper Van Beethoven, Gang Starr, The Reverend Ivan Stang, John French, The Beatles, John Lennon, Square Pusher, Aphex Twin, The Allegre All-Stars, The Talking Heads, Sun Ra, Peter Tosh, Jacob Miller, Bob Marley, "Mississippi" Fred McDowell, Howlin' Wolf, Roy Haynes, Han Bennink, Elvin Jones, "llejo", John Lee Hooker, "Mississippi" John Hurt, Willie Bobo, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Donny Hathaway, Curtis Mayfield, Funkadelic, Graham Central Station, Sly and the Family Stone, James Brown, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Hector Gallardo, The Chicago Underground Trio, The Flaming Lips, Cracker, Mongo Santamaria, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, The Band, Bela' Bartok, Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Grant Green, Richard Pryor, Eric Drew Feldman, George Porter, a bunch of other stuff.
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My Blog

I guess my ankle is better now

I'm off the cast now. I'm just wearing this "boot" thing that laces up and velcroes a bunch of different ways for six weeks. Heading back to New Orleans from Lafayette right now to play a Other Plane...
Posted by Anthony Cuccia on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 09:49:00 PST

Man, I fucked up my ankle really bad.

I twisted my ankle loading in for a Fens gig at Mimi's in the Marigny. Tore up the ligaments in my left ankle and waiting to see if I need surgery. In a cast and on crutches. Fuck. Cancelled all ...
Posted by Anthony Cuccia on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 09:09:00 PST

Walking Porno Zombie days and Linoleum Nights

I put up two new songs. Check em out. "Walking Porno Zombies Part 2" is from the upcoming Other Planets release, "Eightballs in Anglola." "Linoleum nights" is an electronic composition of mine that...
Posted by Anthony Cuccia on Wed, 07 Jun 2006 12:49:00 PST

Aashish Khan gigs... a reflection of some kind

I just a week in a half ago got finished doing three gigs with Aashish Khan on Siroud, Tim Green on Saxophone, Dave Easley on Pedal Steel Guitar, and Andrew McClaine on Tablas. Wild Lotus Yoga Center...
Posted by Anthony Cuccia on Tue, 14 Mar 2006 10:00:00 PST

The Other Planets at Big Brown

Just finished recording a "live in the studio record" with The Other Planets. It is called "Music From Big Brown" because we recorded it at Dr. Jimbo Walsh's house in Henderson, La. Just bouncing th...
Posted by Anthony Cuccia on Tue, 14 Mar 2006 08:45:00 PST