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Mommy and Daddy

The plot against the beasts will take time

About Me

Mommy and Daddy are currently writing songs for their next release.

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Watch the video for FRANCONIA ROAD!

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Music:

Member Since: 9/14/2004
Band Website: mommyanddaddy.com
Band Members: Vivian Sarratt plays bass when Ed sings

Edmond Hallas plays bass when Viv sings

Influences: Some people say: Le Tigre, PiL, The Misfits, a dirtier Devo with the beats of Big Black.

We say: Gary Glitter, The Gossip, Wire, Ken Boothe, Liliput, Neneh Cherry, Black Sabbath, Ray Cappo, Dolly Parton, PJ Harvey, Supersuckers, Minor Threat, Jesus and Mary Chain, Einsturzende Neubauten, Everly Brothers, Spiritualized, Queen Latifah, Supersuckers, Melt Banana, The B-52s, Prince, DAF, Bad Brains, Coil, Tegan and Sara, Add N to (X), Yoko Ono, Adam Ant, Can, Sham 69, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, Nick Cave, Death From Above 1979, X-Ray Spex, Nell Carter (r.i.p., biddy), ESG, Henry Rollins in heels, Bea Arthur, Sharon Jones and the Dap Band Soul Revue, cultural revolutions, bad kids.

We see: Chantal Akerman, Robert Bresson, Tsai Ming-liang, Milos Forman, Hiroshi Teshigahara, Jan Svankmajer, Bruno Dumont, Yasujiro Ozu, Claire Denis, Jia Zhang Ke, Tran Anh Hung, Cassavetes, Georges Franju, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Werner Herzog, Bela Tarr, David Slade, Jodorowsky, Wong Kar Wai, Michael Haneke, Fassbinder, more more more

We read: Judith Butler, Noam Chomsky, Guy Debord, Spivak, Angela Davis, Kobo Abe, Keiji Nishitani, Kitaro Nishida, Robert Lifton, Heidegger, Hegel, Soren Kierkegaard
Record Label: buy DUEL AT DAWN from www.kaninerecords.com
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Hi friends! Remember us? Your favorite Mommy + Daddy

It's been a while. A long, long while. Much has happened. Edmond's gotten into hats.  (as in, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Hats.) Vivian has gotten (back) into the genius show from the late '9...
Posted by Mommy and Daddy on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 07:11:00 PST

Want to add the FRANCONIA ROAD video to your myspace?

Copy the code here if you'd like to add our video for FRANCONIA ROAD:http://www.allmusicvideocodes.com/m/Mommy&Daddy/Fra nconia.htmlMusic Video CodesAlso, here is something awesomehttp://video.goog...
Posted by Mommy and Daddy on Sun, 01 Jan 2006 04:05:00 PST

Tour is OVER! Thanks to everyone

I can't believe we survived 7 months of touring this year without killing each other. I could probably dust arsenic Edmond's donuts and he wouldn't notice, or he could drive me off a cliff. SEVEN MO...
Posted by Mommy and Daddy on Fri, 23 Dec 2005 07:12:00 PST

Personalized Portland Pastries from Voodoo Donuts

We're in Redding, CA, and we couldn't find a mall or a Barnes and Noble to kill time. Edmond and I faced new levels of boredom in the car, in a parking lot, staring at a Carl's Jr, while being accoste...
Posted by Mommy and Daddy on Thu, 08 Dec 2005 11:39:00 PST

Blizzardy in Nebraska!

We pulled off the super slippery road and checked into a hotel at just the right time.  I went out to buy laundry detergent and the line to check in is five people deep and out the door and ...
Posted by Mommy and Daddy on Sun, 27 Nov 2005 03:54:00 PST

Snow and Chinese takeout in Toledo

Hi guys.  It's snowing in Toledo, OH!  Roads are slippery.  People have been telling us, "Have a great holiday" and it's weird because we haven't really been aware of days/dates/ti...
Posted by Mommy and Daddy on Thu, 24 Nov 2005 04:32:00 PST

Be Afraid: Everybody Make Some Noise

Be afraid of Kottonmouth Kings, who are playing below us at the Trocadero in Philly. I've never seen anything like this. It's like if Vanilla Ice was cloned, and Gatorade ran through each clone's ve...
Posted by Mommy and Daddy on Sat, 19 Nov 2005 07:33:00 PST

Help us find a venue in SEATTLE!

we need HELP booking a show in seattle! does anyone have a house where shows are often held, or know of a house where we could play?  it's gotta be an all ages show.  bang bang are also on t...
Posted by Mommy and Daddy on Sun, 06 Nov 2005 08:37:00 PST

sa-weet feature article in Automatic mag!

ON MY FIRST ATTEMPT TO INTERVIEW MOMMY AND DADDY I LITERALLY ALMOST SHIT MY PANTS. SIXTY SECONDS INTO MY SUBWAY RIDE, AN IMPATIENT SENSATION BEGAN TO RISE AND NEARLY ERUPT WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THETR...
Posted by Mommy and Daddy on Sun, 06 Nov 2005 08:25:00 PST

We're doing a lounge session on internet radio station WOXY.com!

Listen to us on WOXY Live in the Lounge: www.woxy.com Tuesday Oct. 25th. We go live at 3pm. Yeahhhhhh. It's been so great seeing you guys out at our shows! The one with Youth Group and Frank Smit...
Posted by Mommy and Daddy on Wed, 19 Oct 2005 08:51:00 PST