Member Since: 23/01/2006
Band Website: staxxbrothers.com; unclepooch.com
Band Members: THE STAXX BROTHERS - MC Decurrian - vocals
Chris O'Connor - guitar
Michelle O'Connor - vocals
Angela Rickard - vocals
Shane Smith - bass
Davin Stedman - vocals
Tony Stevens - guitar
Denali Williams - drumsUNCLE POOCH - Greg Sinibaldi - electronic wind instrument
Shane Smith - bass
Tony Stevens - guitar
Denali Williams - drumsSEATTLE PERCUSSION COLLECTIVE - Greg Campbell, Dale Speicher, Bonnie Whiting-Smith, Becca Baggenstoss, Denali Williams, Memmi Ochi, Dean Moore - percussion
Influences: In no particular (but leaning toward alphabetical) order:
John Adams, various tribal musics of Ghana & Senegal, Art Ensemble of Chicago, J.S. Bach, Levon Helm & The Band, Battles, Ringo & the Beatles, Beethoven, various musics of India, Joe Morello and the Dave Brubeck Quartet, Roy Haynes, John Cage, Carlos Chavez, Jim Keltner, Elvin Jones, John Coltrane, Cream, Miles Davis, Jimmy Cobb, Tony Williams, Lenny White, Jack DeJohnette, John McLaughlin, Billy Cobham, Don Alias, Claude Debussy, Don Henley & the Eagles, Peter Erskine, Funkadelic, Pharoah Sanders, Phillip Glass, Jimi Hendrix,Paul Hindemith, Gustav Holst, Ralph Irizarry, Charles Ives, J.R. Robinson, Arto Tuncboyacian, Pat Metheny, Paul Wertico, Michael Giles, Bill Bruford & King Crimson, Fela Kuti & band, John Bonham & Led Zeppelin, Bob Marley & band, Carter Beauford, Medeski, Martin, & Wood, Messiaen, Lyle Mays, Nana Vasconcelos, Bill Stewart, Charles Mingus, Dannie Richmond, Mr. Bungle, Moussorgsky, Idris Muhammad, John Zorn, Eric Dolphy, NEXUS, Orff, Gunther Schuller, Pink Floyd, Stewart Copeland & the Police, Radiohead, Prokoviev, Hossam Ramzy, Maurice Ravel, Steve Reich, Silvestre Revueltas, carnival rhythms of Brazil, New Orleans & Argentina, Neil Peart, Erik Satie, John Scofield, Ravi Shankar, Wayne Shorter, Dmitri Shostakovich, Jeff Porcaro, Jim Hodder, Jim Gordon, Hal Blaine, John Guerin, Steely Dan, Bernard Purdie, Dennis Chambers, Igor Stravinsky, the Tannahill Weavers, Tortoise, Scott Amendola, Edgard Varese, Alex Van Halen, Bela Bartok, Billy Higgins, Ted Poor & the Cuong Vu Trio, Claude Coleman & Ween, Matt Wilson, Glenn Kotche & Wilco, Stevie Wonder, Frank Zappa, Chester Thompson, Terry Bozzio, Ralph Humphrey, Vinnie Colaiuta, Chad Wackerman, Keith Carlock, Gregory Hutchinson, and on and on and on and on..........................................................
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Sounds Like: seattlepercussioncollective.com
Record Label: theibct.com; magnatune.com
Type of Label: Indie