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The two schmucks who founded The Kabalas decided to put together the lounge band from hell. Having the crucial rock instruments of sax and xylophone covered, they added a violently talented Gene-Krupa-esqe drummer and an extremely hard rocking bassist. With one element still missing, they finally found a left-handed female college co-ed guitarist who wears an authentic Catholic schoolgirl outfit on stage. With all the needed elements in place, they are now free to add to the already-established underground-lounge-core movement that is sweeping the nation.

Photos by Andrew Edmark

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/15/2005
Band Website: metrolites.com
Band Members: Photos by Andrew Edmark

Kathleen
Lead Guitar, Electric Ukulele,
Plectrum Banjo

Scott
MalletKat, TrapKat, Theremin, Guitar,
Lead Vocals

"Nervous" Neal
Tenor and Alto Sax

Devin
Bass

Josh
Drums
Influences: Ennio Morricone, Henry Mancini, Tom Waits, The Kabalas, The Scary Tweezers, Les Baxter, Martin Denny, Esquivel, Raymond Scott, Dick Dale, The Ramones, Baja Marimba Band, Devo, Leonard Cohen, Lou Reed, Velvet Underground, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Jerry Goldsmith, Los Straitjackets, Man Or Astro-man?, Reverend Horton Heat, They Might Be Giants, Talking Heads, Billy Lee Riley, Angelo Badalamenti, John Barry, The Blue Hawaiians, Combustible Edison, The Moon-Rays, Mr. Bungle, Raveonettes, Dead Kennedys, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Big Jay McNeely, Parliament/Funkadelic, Louie Prima and Keely Smith, The Coctails, Frenchy, Four Piece Suit, Clouseaux, The Tiki Tones, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Messer Chups, Raymond Scott, Spike Jones, Duane Eddy, Pete Thomas, the B-52's, Frank Zappa, Oingo Boingo, Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited
Sounds Like: Surf, spy, lounge, crime jazz, spaghetti western, exotica, retro, cocktail, space pop, rockabilly, lounge, Las Vegas grind, sci-fi, horror, movie soundtrack music.

RIYL: The Moon-Rays, Clouseaux, Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited, Messer Chups, The Coctails.
Record Label: Go-Go Golem
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The Metrolites' New CD Available Now!

It's Here!The Metrolites' New CDFOR THE PEOPLEIt's available now at CDBaby.com and Amazon.com.If you're in the Quad Cities, come to the CD Release Party this Friday at the Redstone Room!Friday, S...
Posted by The Metrolites on Tue, 29 Aug 2006 09:44:00 PST

Atomic Frolic Photos!

We had a blast in Champaign at Java & Jet's Atomic Frolic! Photo by Andrew Edmark Visit our pal Andrew Edmark's Flickr page for his Atomic Frolic photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lilgryphma...
Posted by The Metrolites on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 04:06:00 PST