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Istvan & His Imaginary Band

About Me

Have you ever had a revelation? I did. Right on stage with my last band. Yeah while playing a show I became totally disinterested in the performance and began a coversation with myself. I thought: "God this place is really cool, but we are playing way too loud for a room this size... You know what would work well in here? An acoustic performer." Not surprisingly that became our final show.
After a brief musical moratorium I hesitantly picked up an acoustic guitar and with the fear of becoming the archetypal singer-songwriter I sought out and found what became my partner. Kendall the Korg Univox drum machine. Together we wrote all kinds of songs and found our style. We began playing without boundries and making all kinds of new friends. We were very happy.
But without warning I found myself in the company of humans again, in the form of Diane Lena and Ryan Patrick Murphy. Now I have the freedom to play in either equally awesome context.
My songs can be very sweet and serious or downright infantile. Sometimes they meet somewhere in the middle. We just finished a debut record. You can get right now. Please do.
Loving you Sunday Morning.
Istvan

My Interests

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Member Since: 11/4/2005
Band Website: web.mac.com/i.am.istvan/iweb
Band Members: Sometimes Istvan plays acoustic guitar and sings while Kendall, the Korg Univox drum machine, provides percussion.
And other times Istvan plays acoustic guitar and sings while Ryan plays drums and Diane plays keyboard and sings.

Influences: Magnetic Fields, Jeff Buckley, Frank Zappa/The Mothers of Invention, Can, Tiny Tim, T. Rex, Iggy Pop, The Monkees, Sparks, Donovan, C.J. Kringle, Devo, Stevie Wonder, Kraftwerk, The Shins, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Cheap Trick, Ramones, Fishbone, The Doors, Eugene Chadbourne, Suicide, Bongwater, The Dickies, Duke Ellington, X, Skull Kontrol, Saul Williams, Paul Williams, Meat Puppets, The Meatmen, Neu, Ween, Pere Ubu, XTC, Rufus Wainwright, Miles Davis, Louis Prima, The sWord, Black Sabbath, Brian Eno, The Flaming Lips, Television, Fugazi, Air, Alice Cooper, Animal Collective, The New York Dolls, Harry Nilsson, Interpol, Dead Kennedys, Fear, The Beach Boys, Tom Waits...
Sounds Like: Victory.
ISTVAN & HIS IMAGINARY BAND: Between Stations

Istvan plays rock songs that can be sweet and serious or downright infantile, occasionally they meet somewhere in between.

Or you can download the CD or any song on
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The Honeycombs

I heard the greatest song. Once last week and again today. When asking people for the group or singer responsible no one could give me an answer but everyone was quick to say "You've never heard this ...
Posted by Istvan & His Imaginary Band on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:32:00 PST

NYC

I just returned from, believe it or not, my first trip to New York. Needless to say the city is amazing. I loved it. I got to see some friends and I also learned first hand what a Nor'easter is. It's ...
Posted by Istvan & His Imaginary Band on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 08:13:00 PST

Strange and Sad

Yesterday my father died. He had been sick for a long time and hadn't responded to any of his treatments, so ultimatly it was for the better. The truely surreal thing is that Diane's father passed awa...
Posted by Istvan & His Imaginary Band on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 10:05:00 PST

Earth As Mars

I am working with friend and film maker Therese Salone on a video for my song Earth as Mars. It is in essence a solo performance. We have been discussing the idea and over all look and things seem to ...
Posted by Istvan & His Imaginary Band on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 03:52:00 PST

The Kids Are Alright

I received a tremendous compliment the other day. A friends very bright eight year old daughter had to make a list of favorite things for school and she listed Your Eyes They Say it All as her favorit...
Posted by Istvan & His Imaginary Band on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 08:45:00 PST

New Addition

Diane has proudly added a new instrument to the Imaginary Band. It's the Moog Little Phatty. Unlike the lovable but ubiquitous micro Korg the L.P. is, from what I've been told, one of only one thousa...
Posted by Istvan & His Imaginary Band on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:58:00 PST

Freebird

Over the weekend my girlfriend Michelle discovered our cat, that's right John Brown, down in the basement intently starring at the furnace. She soon discovered why. There was scratching coming from in...
Posted by Istvan & His Imaginary Band on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 07:47:00 PST

Arthur

I watched a documentary about New York Dolls bassist Arthur "Killer" Kane last night. He was a genuine and special person. He is what I repeatedly write about in my songs. When you are like that the w...
Posted by Istvan & His Imaginary Band on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 06:53:00 PST

Little Christmas miracles

I have found it increasingly difficult to get into any kind of Christmas/Holiday spirit in my adult life. There are a scant few things that can trigger my lost childlike zeal. But there are a few. And...
Posted by Istvan & His Imaginary Band on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 08:55:00 PST

Signed, Sealed, Delivered

The CD's were completed today. I think it just might be the cutest record ever made. The byzantine process of modern day distribution is currently taking place. It is available only through me at the ...
Posted by Istvan & His Imaginary Band on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 09:43:00 PST