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Nocturnal Mucus Envelope

failure is funny

About Me

Nocturnal Mucus Envelope flies thru the rock-o-sphere on a big rock, er, rocketship. They have recorded 4 CDs since 2002 and are currently at work on the next two.
Thee Redd Discc (EP) - $3 US/$4 CAN
Lower Than Lo-Fi - $5 US/$7 CAN
One Foot in a Bucket of Poop - make us an offer
Duded - $5 US/$7 CAN

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/23/2006
Band Website: angelfire.com/celeb2/kevinmcdonald/nme.html
Band Members: Brendan Apy (vocals, inspirado)
Dan Piro (guitar, tuba, backing vocals)
Ben Reed (vocals, guitar, anything else available)
Daniel Soto (vocals, guitar, crude racist jabbering)

+ frequent guests:
Paul Rosa (sax, drums, keys sometimes)
Max Manuel (our long-lost bro)
Isaac Sharp (a man among plants)
Marty Busch (drumzzzz)
Rudy, the lovable young harlequin baby
Influences: Brendan Apy: Children of Bodom, Black Dahlia Murder, Cannibal Corpse, Pantera, The Misfits, Black Sabbath, Iggy Pop, Captain Beefheart
Dan Piro: Rancid, The Ramones, Minor Threat, Black Flag, Gorilla Biscuits, The Clash, The Unseen, U.S. Bombs, Aus Rotten, The Hives, Violent Femmes, Primus, Fall Out Boy
Ben Reed: The Beatles, They Might Be Giants, The Dead Milkmen, Ween, The Residents, Melvins, Frank Black, Rocket From the Crypt, Wax Mannequin, Unwound, Nick Drake, Sebadoh, Aphex Twin, Radiohead, The Kinks, Beck, Uncle Lou Reed, Gyorgy Ligeti, Andy Kaufman, The Shaggs, REM, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Dr. Demento, David Lynch, psychedelia, 80s hardcore/indie rock, stoner metal, shoegazer music, early prog rock, dada
Daniel Soto: Bob Dylan, Daniel Johnston, Ween, Butthole Surfers, The Residents, Pixies, Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Beatles, Syd Barrett, Tom Waits, David Bowie, Beck, Ken Kesey, PQ and the Babies, Flaming Lips, Meat Puppets, Scratch Acid, Candy Cane Vomit Train, Velvet Underground, Cream, The Books, ZZ Top, The Kinks, King Crimson, Pere Ubu, Talking Heads, Bob Apy, Hunter S. Thompson, John Malkovich, Jungle Rot, Hatebeak
collective inspirations: The Aquabats, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Second to One, Tenacious D, J.D. Hill, Wesley Willis (R.I.P.)
Sounds Like: hell colliding with the moon, head-hurt bliss, a painful death
Type of Label: None

My Blog

The Saga of the Nocturnal Mucus Envelope, Pt. I

The story of Nocturnal Mucus Envelope begins about five and a half years ago, in the quaint little villa of Norwalk, Connecticut. Three friends, Brendan Apy, Max Manuel, and Ben Reed, shared an enthu...
Posted by Nocturnal Mucus Envelope on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 09:35:00 PST

The Saga of the Nocturnal Mucus Envelope, Pt. II

Late 2002 became another peak for the band, as they recorded many of their late-night basement "happenings" in the home of new guitarist Dan Piro. The band was gaining a great deal of visibility, par...
Posted by Nocturnal Mucus Envelope on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 09:37:00 PST

The Saga of the Nocturnal Mucus Envelope, Pt. III

The year was 2003. Inspired by the likes of Sebadoh and Beat Happening, Ben Reed had been recording some more lo-fi stuff in his bathroom. However, he was running low on song ideas and had resorted ...
Posted by Nocturnal Mucus Envelope on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 09:40:00 PST

The Saga of the Nocturnal Mucus Envelope, Pt. IV

Haunted by an ill-fated long-distance relationship that was about to come to an end (for the first time), Ben Reed had found an outlet for his *emotional* side in his guitar, and spent the fall of 200...
Posted by Nocturnal Mucus Envelope on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 09:42:00 PST

The Saga of the Nocturnal Mucus Envelope, Pt. V

So sometime in December of '03, there was a day it snowed so much that Ben Reed decided it was a good idea to stay inside. THIS WAS THE DAY THE ETERNAL CLASSIC TRACK "LIVE BEES" GOT INVENTED. As Ree...
Posted by Nocturnal Mucus Envelope on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 09:43:00 PST

The Saga of the Nocturnal Mucus Envelope, Pt. VI

Actually come to think of it, the Mark Thorn hookup wasn't really too significant. Though it did lead to three N.M.E. open-mic performances at Danbury's Best Hits Cafe, where the band lent an AC adap...
Posted by Nocturnal Mucus Envelope on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 09:45:00 PST

The Saga of the Nocturnal Mucus Envelope, Pt. VII

In August of 2004, it was clear that things had reached their end (at least for the moment). However, instead of going out with a whispmer, the members of N.M.E. decided to go out with a KABLAMMO!!!!...
Posted by Nocturnal Mucus Envelope on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 09:48:00 PST

The Saga of the Nocturnal Mucus Envelope, Pt. VIII

Jeepers, I tell you, there was some serious boner tension between these young boys the next day. They had arranged a last-minute mini-gig at an open mic night at Bridgeport's Green Room. A good choi...
Posted by Nocturnal Mucus Envelope on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 09:49:00 PST