Member Since: 05/03/2006
Band Website: dancingdoom.com
Band Members: STEVE! ROBINSON After years of musical confusion, Steve! finally decided he was never meant to be a rock guitarist . . . or a rocket scientist. After this realization, Mr. Paradox became the primary focus of most of Steve!'s Awesome, although some Awesome is diverted into his other activites, such as school band, jazz band, jazz combo, guitaring, playing music, recording music, and not-musical things, like filmmaking, being loud, and maintaining his supply of Awesome.
P.S. Steve!'s name is always spelled with the "!" at the end. Anyone who can find a misspelling of Steve!'s name on the website can email him and you will win a prize.ANDY ISRAELSEN - The magical bassist of mR. PaRAdOx, he was born in the mystical land of Cali-Fornia. Thats what makes him magical. Within a few years and a few moves he became a resident of the upper right shoulder of Illinois. Not being one to be controlled by mediocracy, he became a member of the world of Bass. Left behind by the logic of life, he eventually met Steve! through the Granger M.S. Jazz doo-hickey. This made them realize they were both musicians.EMRE CIHANGIR - Not quite as awesome as Steve! or as magical as Andy, Emre has been trying his best to blend in as the drummer of Mr. Paradox. He seems to be doing fairly well, as far as he can tell. He dresses oddly when forced to, owns multiple pairs of shoes, can hold his lunch at the sight of his fellows in tight leather pants, and occasionally comes to rehearsals on time. Right now, Emre is pretending study film directing at Columbia College, Chicago so that he can get away from the endless drama-fest that is suburban life. I mean, its like a soap opera EVERY DAY in Aurora. But after he gets his wish upon a star and becomes a real boy, Emre plans to eventually conquer the world. But honestly, he would settle for Texas, his birthplace.
Influences: Influences include but are not limited to: Herbie Hancock, Medeski Martin and Wood, Ozric Tentecles, Red Hot Chili Peppers, John Coltrane, Primus, Dave Brubeck and Jaco Pastorius.
Sounds Like: Call it what you will. They all do.
Type of Label: Major