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Avant Garage

Sometimes You just Gotta do What Ya Gabba Goo

About Me

Avant Garage is a new band based out of Ventura, California that brings a good mix of blues, rock, jazz, & folk to the music they play. Avant Garage writes and composes all of the music themselves.


The idea of forming a band began when Eric Donahue (Vocals, Harmonica, Rythm Guitar), Ryan Ermisch(Lead Guitar) & Ryan DeCrescent (Drums) purchased a drum set. After jamming for a couple months, and after writing a few songs Alex Uvari (Manager) decided to invite Nick Alvear(Keyboards) & Kirby Ditto to join the band and begin writing and performing songs.


After a few months of practicing & a television appearance on the local television show 'Jammin with Strat; Avant Garage is still playing shows & currently placed 3rd out of 10 bands at a battle of the bands contest (without their bassist) & will soon perform at Ventura Artwalk on August 18, 2007 @ 6 PM, Located at Poli & Chestnut, where their first EP titled "Dusty California" will be on sale. They will also be peforming with Brett Dennen & other local winners of the Battle of the Bands at the Localy Grown 2 Concert in Ojai at the Libby Bowl on August 25, 2007.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/26/2006
Band Website: Not done yet
Band Members:

Influences: *Current Influences
Kirby "Pink" Ditto - Bass & Guitars
Flea
John Paul Jones & Jimmy Page
Geddy Lee
Cliff Burton
Roger Waters
Charles Mingus
...and the Leprechaun (or possibly a crackhead) that resides in a tree in Mobile, Alabama.

Ryan DANKrescent - The Skins (Drums, bongos), percussion
1. Ginger Baker (Cream)- If you only knew...
2. The Doors (John Densmore)- Musical geniuses. Simple but elegant. Amazing.
3. Brutus - Not Cassius' brother. She's a boxer.
4. John Bonham - It's very evident. Listen to the 19 minute Moby Dick.
5 - 39. AriZona, Amp, Puma, skateboarding, art, drums, snowboarding, friends, females of the human species, Anchorman, Ricky Bobby, dreams, the cosmos, science, energy, gravity, knowledge, chemistry, Ray Ban jealousy, PB and J, language, The Dank, Slick Nick Stiff Dick, fighting Fascizm with RyeIn Squirmish, E-Rock DonaWHO?, Alex "Fucking" "Sorry" Uvari, Big 8, Pink cartoon characters, chimpanzees, GiveSin, Ramble Tamble, gnarly 2-stairs, all that jazz, V8 Splash, the three dots at the end of sentences...
Ryan Ermisch - Lead GWEtar
1. NY Dolls (one of first influences; johnny t.)
2. The Doors (Robbie Krieger)
3. Velvet Underground (Sterling Morrison)
4. the Warlocks (the acidic sounds, the noise and all... i'm not too sure whose actually in the band though)
5. CCR, Canned Heat, Cream, Yardbirds (great 60s tunes not too loud, real southern sounding, all great songwriters)
6. This is the long one: wall plaster, polka, arnold palmer, ceiling fans, carson & brutus as well, napoleon; janis, jimi, & jim..the acidrock of the airplane, buster poindexter, slick-stick, Dank DANKcrescent, pink ditto, e-rock donawho?, the gerge, advant calender, SORRY UVARI (please dont delete this) SYD BARRET-early pink floyd, bread from albertsons, GASP (i have to enjoy some trancey crustcore or whatever the fuck it is). insert here please, lose wieght now, ask me how buttons, villa, fighting fascism, simon & garfunkel, the stones...it will be continued another day...the imaginary bands HOTWAX, Squid Barrett, and i dont remmeber the other ones...blank cds that burn, globe trotters, Bunknasty, FUCK B.A.B.S. she's a dumb bee...MILES & Coltrane...fuckin' BIG RIG!, liquid fluid, arizonas, avant Gar(b)age...
"Slick" Nick Alvear - The black and white keys
1. John Lennon : He created with the feel of the moment and he spoke for peace. "talking about it is like a commercial, it will sell itself"
2. Ray Manzarek: Phenominal at playing his mind, great connection between his mind and his fingers.
3. Velvet Underground, The Doors, The Beatles, Pink Floyd for sure.
4. Gosh, Alex UVARI for everything he has done for this band. Ryan Ermisch for being Gaymisch aka the funniest (look above). Dank C Soul Drum for having a the God given talent to pick up the sticks and perform like Ringo Starr and for being the chillest of the chill. Eric and his amazing soul and creative mind, his addiction to cigarettes and coffee aswell, have you listened to his lyrics? Sometimes not understanding lets you realize the beautiful mind somebody has and the way they see the world. Pink Ditto for really having the skill and ambition to pursue music, hard work really pays off and kirby shows exactly that. I also thank his mother and father because of them we are going to have millions of playboy models at our hotel each night on tour.
5.The Avant Garage, that includes Roland and Wendy. oh, and the Tea Pot and Kitchen.
6.Donnie Danko and the Transfers also Mary and the Psychos
eric donahue (ram baaaaaaa)
1. Leonard Cohen
2. John Coltrane
3. Fyodor Dostoevsky
4. Barrett Culmback

Sounds Like: Hot Water.
Record Label: Dymond Records w/ Alex Uvari, our producer.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Starting Out

The first gathering of any of these bandmates to do anything creative must have been when Eric & Ryan E. began jamming their favorite New York Dolls songs in their early highschool years. Most of ...
Posted by Avant Garage on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 06:23:00 PST