Gary Piazza's Sheep Shrinking Invention

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Member Since: 6/22/2008
Band Website: myspace.com/theincrediblesheepshrinkinginvention
Band Members: 2008 08 08 at the Rock It Room in San Francisco, CA:................ ........ Gary Piazza - guitar, narration and boy falsetto ........ ............... Eric "Carl" Klein - the german of the group on bass and chicken............ .......... Jake Soares - on a black drum set........... ........... Eric Pace - Barnaby Stalingrad Lewis........... ........... Davindar Singh - playing the flute and clarinet in the bathroom of the venue........... Listen: http://www.myspace.com/sheepshrinking20080808 ............................................ ........... ............................................................ ................................. ................................... ................................... ........ ........ 2008 08 23 at Bubba Thrasher's Landlocked Tavern in Redding, CA:................................ ........ Gary Piazza - guitar and narration ........... ........... Eric "Carl" Klein - the german of the group on bass, narration and chicken................... ........... Desmond Sandy - round objects........... ................................... ................................... ................................... ..... ........ ............................................................ ............... ............................................. .............................. ........ 2008 09 11 at Bubba Thrasher's Landlocked Tavern in Redding, CA:................................ ........ Gary Piazza - guitar and narration ........... ........... Eric "Carl" Klein - the german of the group on bass, narration and chicken.................. ........... Desmond Sandy - round objects........... ............................................ ........... ........... ................................... ................................... ................................... ........ ........ ........2008 10 29 at The Downtown Eatery & Libations in Redding, CA:....... ........ Gary Piazza - guitar and narration ........... ........ ............... Eric "Carl" Klein - the german of the group on bass, narration and chicken............ .......... Jake Soares - on a black drum set........... ............................................ ........... ............................................................ ................................. ................................... ................................... ........ 2008 11 28 at Bombay's in Redding, CA:................ ........ Gary Piazza - guitar, narration and boy falsetto ........ ............... Eric "Carl" Klein - the german of the group on bass............ .......... Jake Soares - on a black drum set........... ........... Eric Pace - Barnaby Stalingrad Lewis........... ........... Ben Ercolano - God Gle'son on vocals........ ... ... .. ........ .... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ... ...... ........ 2008 12 11 & 18 at Bombay's in Redding, CA:........ ..Gary Piazza - guitar, narration and boy falsetto ........ ............... Eric "Carl" Klein - the german of the group on bass and chicken............ .......... Jake Soares - on a black drum set........... ........... Eric Pace - Barnaby Stalingrad Lewis.......................... .......... .... ....... ..... ... ................................... ................................... ................................... ........ ........ ........2008 06 06 the Dixon Chicks at Breaking New Grounds in Redding, CA:................................ ........... Gary Piazza - guitar and narration........ ............... Eric "Carl" Klein - the german of the group on bass............ .......... Jake Soares - on a black drum set........... .......... Eric Pace - Barnaby Stalingrad Lewis on vocals............ ........... Ben Ercolano - God Gle'son on vocals........ ........... ................................... ................................... ................................... ........ ........ ........ ................................... ................................... ................................... ........ ........ ........ 2008 03 28,29 Dixon Chicks in Anderson, CA:............. ........ Gary Piazza - guitar, low grade vocals and boy falsetto ........ ............... Eric "Carl" Klein - the german of the group on bass............ .......... Jake Soares - on a black drum set........... ........... Eric Pace - Barnaby Stalingrad Lewis on vocals............ ........... Ben Ercolano - God Gle'son on vocals........ ................................... ................................... ................................... ........ ........ ........
Influences: "If a Man steals Philosophy from many Great Thinkers and combines them into a new Philosophy, is he not yet another Great Thinker?" ? And The Mysterians, The 13th Floor Elevators, Abstract Sound, Alexander "Skip" Spence, The Amboy Dukes, The Animals, Ant Trip Ceremony, Andromeda, Arzachel, Ash Ra Tempel, The Astronauts, The Balloon Farm, The Barbarians, Batman 1966 TV by Neal Hefti, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Beau Brummels, Beacon Street Union, Sidney Bechet, The Bees, Belairs, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Big Mama Thornton, Bill Haley and the Comets, Blind Faith, Blue Cheer, The Blues Magoos, The Blues Project, Bob Dylan, Bo Diddley, Bobby Boris Pickett, Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Booker T & The MG's, Boston Tea Party, The Brogues, Bubble Puppy, Buddy Guy, Buddy Holly and the Crickets, Buddy Rich, Buffalo Springfield, The Birds, The Byrds, C.A. Quintet, Can, 1967 Canned Heat, Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, Carl Perkins,The Castaways, 1968 CCR, The Chambers Brothers, The Charlatans, Charles Mingus, The Chocolate Watchband, Chuck Berry, Coachmen, 1969 Alice Cooper, The Count Five, Country Joe and the Fish, The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, Cream, The Creation, The Daily Flash, Davie Allan & The Arrows, The Del-Vetts, The Deep with Rusty Evans-Psychedelic Moods LP, 1968 Deep Purple, The Deviants, Django Reinhardt, Donovan, The Don Ellis Orchestra, The Doors, The Downliners Sect, Duane Eddy, Earl Bostic, Eddie Cochran, The Elastik Band, The Electric Prunes, The Elois, Elmore James, Elvis Presley, Eric Dolphy, The E-Types, The Eire Apparent, The Eyes, The Factory, The Fairies, Fats Domino, Fenwyck, The Five Americans, Flamin' Groovies, Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention, The Fugs, Frumious Bandersnatch, Gabor Szabo, Gandalf, Gene Krupa, Gene Vincent, The German Bonds, Allen Ginsberg, The Godz esp, Gonn, The Grateful Dead, The Great Society, The Groupies, GTO's, H.P. Lovecraft, Harbinger Complex, The Haunted, 1969 Hawkwind, The Head Shop, Heard, High Spirits, The Hollies, The Hombres, Howlin' Wolf, The Human Beinz, The Human Expression, Human Situation, The Humane Society, 1969 Humble Pie, The Idle Race, Iguanas (from Texas), Iron Butterfly, Jake Holmes, James Taylor Move - "And I Hear the Fire Sing", Jeff Beck, Jefferson Airplane, Jerry Garcia, Jerry Lee Lewis, 1968 Jethro Tull, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Jimmy Reed, John Coltrane, John Fahey, John Lee Hooker, John Mayall and the Blues Breakers, John's Children, Johnny Neal And The Starliners, Kak, The Kaleidoscope, Kenny & The Kasuals, Kim Fowley, Albert King, B.B. King, King Crimson, The Kingsmen, The Kinks, Leadbelly, Led Zeppelin, The Lemon Drops, Lightin' Hopkins, The Litter, Little Richard, Little Walter, The Lively Ones, The Lollipop Shoppe, Lord Sutch, Lothar and the Hand People, Love, The Lyrics, Mad River, The Magic Mushrooms, Max Frost & The Troopers, MC5, Met en Zonder, Mickey Finn, Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper, Miles Davis, The Misunderstood, Moby Grape, The Mojo Men, The Monks, Moondogs, The Mops, Morgen, Mose Allison, Mouse & The Traps, The Move, The Moving Sidewalks, Muddy Waters, Music Emporium, The Music Explosion, The Music Machine, The Mussies, Napoleon XIV, Nazz, New Colony Six, early New York Dolls, The Nice, The Nightcrawlers, Nobody's Children, The Open Mind, Ornette Coleman, The Other Half, Otis Redding, Otis Rush, The Outsiders, The Oxford Circle, Patrick Williams & The Inner Prism, Paul Bearer & The Hearsmen, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Paul Revere & The Raiders, The Paupers, Peter Wheat and The Breadmen, Pharoah Sanders, The Pink Fairies, Pink Floyd syd barrett, Pleasure Seekers with Suzy Quatro, The Premiers, The Pretty Things, The Primitives, Procol Harum, The Purple Fox, Q'65, Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Rationals, Ravi Shankar, The Red Krayola, Rejects, The Remains, Remo Four, The Residents, Ricky Nelson, Robert Johnson, Roland Kirk, The Rolling Stones, The Rumors, Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs, 1968 Santana, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Silver Apples, Sky Saxon and The Seeds, Shades-"Ginger Bread Man", The Shadows of Knight, The Sir Douglas Quintet, Sires, The Small Faces, The Smoke, The Soft Machine, The Sonics, Southern Sound, The Sparkles, Spirit, The Squires, SRC, Stained Glass, The Standells, The Status Quo, 1967-69 Steve Miller Band, The Stooges, The Strangeloves, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Sunday Funnies, The Surfaris, Swingin' Medallions, Syndicate Of Sound, Thackeray Rocke, T-Bone Walker, Teddy and his Patches, Them with and without Van Morrison, Things To Come, The Third Bardo, Tintern Abbey, Tornados with Joe Meek, Traffic, The Troggs, Trolls, The Turtles, The Ugly Ducklings, Undecided, The Underdogs, The Unfolding-how to blow your mind and have a freak-out party!, The Uniques, The United States of America, Unrelated Segments, Vanilla Fudge, The Vejtables, The Velvet Underground, The Wailers, We The People, The Wheels, The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, The Who, Willie Dixon, The Woolies, The Yardbirds, Neil Young, The Youngbloods, Yuya Uchida and the Flowers, Zakary Thaks, Zephyr, Zipps-"Marie-Juana", The Zombies. ............................... ............................... .........................................................The Remains on Ed Sullivan 1965-12-26.................................................. ..................................... ...............................
Sounds Like: Vintage Musical Instruments: Tube Amps: Vox, Fender, Orange, Selmer, Gregory, Marshall. Guitars: Fender, Gibson, Vox, Mosrite, Guild Hollowbody, Drums: Ludwig, Slingerland, Rogers, Premier. Effects: Binson Echorec, Echoplex, Vox Wah, Fuzz: Roger Mayer's pedal manipulations, Univibe, Leslie Speaker. Organs: Hammond, Farfisa, Vox, Fender Rhodes, and a Vibraphone. Recording Equipment: 2" or 1" Analog Recorders ranging from two-track to 8 track, Tube Mics, Preamps and EQ's, Reverb(either spring or plated kind), Tube Tape Echo...blah...blah...blah...
Record Label: Unsigned