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Candypants

7 or 8 quick ones and you're off with the boys...

About Me

Possessing a delightfully filthy mind, a voice often compared to Ronnie Spector and wordplay skills rivalling those of Ron Mael and Stephin Merritt, Candypants frontwoman Lisa Jenio is quite the package. On the band's debut album, Jenio — whose résumé includes playing flute for the Negro Problem as well as editing and writing for the skin mag Barely Legal — leads Candypants through 15 hook-laden songs recalling Plastic Letters-era Blondie, all featuring her cleverly skewed takes on such topics as clueless males (“Monkey Boy”), spoiled children (“I Want a Pony”), older men on the prowl for younger women (“Cherry Picker”), women on the prowl for any man (“Dishy”) and sex (just about every song). Candypants is a smart, energetic and hysterically funny album. Fans of Blondie, Sparks and Fountains of Wayne will find much to like here. -- Brad Reno, TROUSER PRESS

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/25/2004
Band Website: No
Band Members: CURRENT: Lisa Jenio, Todd Jaeger, Debbie Shair, Jerry Buszek, Todd HeinrichPAST: George Baby Woods, Yanni McGough, Mike Sessa, Billy Blaze, Sheldon Gomberg, David Nolte, Rob Tucker, Jim Laspesa
Influences: The Kinks, Phil Spector, Phil Spector imitators, Victoria Spivey, Cole Porter, Peanut, the Silver Platters, Anita O'Day, Dusty Springfield, TV theme songs
Sounds Like: The International Silver String Submarine Band
Record Label: Sympathy for the Record Industry
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Ann Magnuson's New Album!

Just a little non-Candypants plug: I was thrilled to sing backup and play flute on Ann Magnuson's amazing new album, "Pretty Songs and Ugly Stories," produced, arranged, and cowritten (with Ann) by th...
Posted by Candypants on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 04:24:00 PST

Candypants in Long Gone John Documentary

"The Treasures of Long Gone John," a feature-length documentary about the incorrigible head of Sympathy for the Record Industry, is having its L.A. premiere Saturday, July 1, 7 p.m., at the Don't Knoc...
Posted by Candypants on Sat, 01 Jul 2006 05:08:00 PST

Candypants in Andy Dick's Movie!

Andy Dick used our song "Monkey Boy" in a movie he wrote and directed! I saw it the other night, and it's really funny. Check out the trailer:http://andydick.com/danny_roane.html
Posted by Candypants on Fri, 28 Apr 2006 07:16:00 PST

Naked Pictures Unfortunately Not Allowed

I put some more photos up finally. Thats all.
Posted by Candypants on Fri, 09 Dec 2005 08:35:00 PST

Announcement

We are changing our band name to Candy. We don't want Pants to come between us and our fans.
Posted by Candypants on Fri, 26 Aug 2005 11:22:00 PST