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Fist of Kong

somethin about a infatuation with a flying skillet

About Me

In 2003, saxophonist Charlie Naked, bassist Danny McMahon, and drummer Vaughan Boone joined forces to become Fist of Kong, a free jazz trio playing spontaneously improvised music: free of preconceptions, premeditation, and overall any thought given to creating what would become very "heavy stuff" Though, (unfortunately) Boone left after about a year & a 1/2 with the group, Naked and McMahon continued to "Fist" alternately as a duo as often as possible, while at the same time playing with other members of Houston's "vibrant" free improv scene, including trombonist Mike Switzer, guitarist Jim Otterson, keyboardist Robert Pearson, saxophonist John Atlas, violist Rose Lange, percussionist Tom Zermeno, cellist Melisa Rose, and many others. The group has self-released millions of albums of their own music...which are all available through www.cafepress.com/charlienaked/..also some other misc. recordings i.e. compilations, lo-fi, limited-run tapes/cd-r's are available through [email protected]

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Music:

Member Since: 3/21/2006
Band Website: cafepress.com/charlienaked/
Band Members: Charlie Naked: tenor and alto saxophones, wooden flute, percussion, etc... Danny McMahon: acoustic and electric basses, percussion, etc...and stuff. WITH, at times, Vaughan Boone: drums... Mike Switzer: trombone... Jim Otterson: guitar... Rose Lange: viola, violin... Robert Pearson: keyboards... Tom Zermeno: percussion... John Atlas: tenor saxophone... David Maddox: tenor and soprano saxophones...
Influences: Albert Ayler, Sun Ra & His (many) Arkestra's, the Art Ensemble of Chicago! Eddy Detroit, Alvarius B, Sun City Girls, Uncle Jim, Charles Gocher/New Session People, Zip Code Rapists, the Easy Goings, Gregg Turkington, Neil Hamburger, Faxed Head, Monopause/Neung Phak, Porest/Mark Gergis, Secret Chiefs 3, etc. etc. and Eyvind Kang! EVERYTHING on Sublime Frequencies! Climax Golden Twins, Victrola Favorites, Ennio Morricone, Caroliner, Capt. Beefheart, Mothers of Invention, John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy, Ornette Coleman, Charles Mingus, Alan Silva, William Parker, Peter Kowald, Henry Grimes, Charlie Haden, Air/Henry Threadgill, Fred Frith, Sonny Sharrock, Cecil Taylor, Mark Ribot, Christian Marclay, ESP/BYG recordings, AMM, Spontaneous Music Ensemble, Pharaoh Sanders, Sunny Murray, Milford Graves, Hamid Drake, Ed Blackwell, Don Cherry, Archie Shepp, Peter Brotzmann, Peter. Thomas. Sound. Orchester, Harry Partch, the Residents, Karlheinz Stockhausen, R.D. Burman, Helen, BOREDOMS, Otomo Yoshihide, bUTTHOLE sURFERS (their earlier stuff!) also, any "Folk/Traditional/classical" music from just about every region right of the North Atlantic Ocean and just left of the North Pacific Ocean!
Sounds Like: sounds nothing like, Albert Ayler, Sun Ra & His (many) Arkestra's, the Art Ensemble of Chicago! Eddy Detroit, Alvarius B, Sun City Girls, Uncle Jim, Charles Gocher/New Session People, Zip Code Rapists, the Easy Goings, Gregg Turkington, Neil Hamburger, Faxed Head, Monopause/Neung Phak, Porest/Mark Gergis, Secret Chiefs 3, etc. etc. and Eyvind Kang! EVERYTHING on Sublime Frequencies! Climax Golden Twins, Victrola Favorites, Ennio Morricone, Caroliner, Capt. Beefheart, Mothers of Invention, John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy, Ornette Coleman, Charles Mingus, Alan Silva, William Parker, Peter Kowald, Henry Grimes, Charlie Haden, Air/Henry Threadgill, Fred Frith, Sonny Sharrock, Cecil Taylor, Mark Ribot, Christian Marclay, ESP/BYG recordings, AMM, Spontaneous Music Ensemble, Pharaoh Sanders, Sunny Murray, Milford Graves, Hamid Drake, Ed Blackwell, Don Cherry, Archie Shepp, Peter Brotzmann, Peter. Thomas. Sound. Orchester, Harry Partch, the Residents, Karlheinz Stockhausen, R.D. Burman, Helen, BOREDOMS, Otomo Yoshihide, bUTTHOLE sURFERS (their earlier stuff!) also, any "Folk/Traditional/classical" music from just about every region right of the North Atlantic Ocean and just left of the North Pacific Ocean!
Record Label: Hawthorne Improvisation Collective & Burnt Records
Type of Label: None