Member Since: 27/01/2005
Band Website: http://matthewmars.com
Band Members: Matthew Mars plays Q-chord, melodica, strumstick, guitar, laptop and various and sundry things that are hit with a stick (with varying degrees of proficiency). And he can sing a little bit too. It has been his great privilege over the years to collaborate with some truly remarkable musicians, the short list of which includes guitarists Mark Smith, Gary Lucas, Steve Wynn, Tracy Thielen, Tom Ianniello, Andrew Lorand, Probyn Gregory, Matt Colleran, Peter Ford, Gary North White and Steve Hunter, bassists Todd Sickafooose, John Carfi, Miiko Watanabe, Fernando Saunders, Jeffrey Roden, Ruben Ramos and Brian Mastalski, drummers Gary Gershunoff, Ralf Balzer, Danny Gayol, Scott Crago, Abe Laboriel, Jr., Michael Tempo, Jeff Stern, Michael Barsimanto, Anthony Zimmitti, Rich Mangicaro and Pete Moloney, cellist Martin Tillmann, stickist Casey Arrillaga, accordionist Dutch Klees, pianists Bob Remstein, Brandon Meyer, Anna Ferraro, Naomi Beard and Annie Herring, vocal coach and surrogate mother Lis Lewis, singers Steve Kruse, Wendie Colter, Emily Richards, Carole Hampton, Aaron Knapp, Anna Montgomery, Kira Arrillaga, Leslie Brenner, Sally Zito, Lisa Turner, Kerri Anderson, Kathrin Shorr, Tanya Winch, Molly Bryant, Jack Black, Maureen Davis and Cliff Ulrich, multi-instrumentalist/producer Andrew Bush, producers Joe Vanelli, Joe Chiccarelli, Rob Laufer, Michael Blum, Kevin Moloney, Bobby Colomby, Billy Ray Hearn and Hans Kline and the three best harmony singers in the land, Sue Niblock, Tamara Niblock Severenuk and the baddest motherfucker of them all, my muse, the great Jennifer Hardaway.
Influences: joan armatrading, massive attack, ellyn maybe, SA griffin, karl wallinger's world party, warren zevon, randy newman, jane siberry, moris tepper, sparklehorse, stephen stills, dan bern, jeffrey roden, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol and my mom.
Sounds Like: we don't need no stinkin' sounds-likes here....
Record Label: none
Type of Label: Indie