Psychedelic Space Rock from Scranton, PA.
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Member Since: 05/08/2006
Band Website: www.myspace.com/themarshmallowstaircase
Band Members: All instruments by Jeff Gilotti. Drums on "Street Patrol" by Rob Lepkoski. Live band on "Fleshy Girl" included: Eric Beers (guitar), Jon Zacker (organ), Tim Rodney (drums), Rich Bennett (bass), and Jeff Gilotti (vocals, noises, tamborine). Psychatrone Rhonedakk played synth on "The Pod Plants". Current live band includes: Brian Emmert (bass), Rob Lepkoski (drums), Chuck Keller (organ), Nathaniel Kane (guitar), Ray Kline (auxillary percussion). and Jeff Gilotti (vocals/noises)
Influences: Iron Butterfly, The Velvet Underground, early Pink Floyd/Syd Barrett, Throbbing Gristle, Jandek, Bordoms, Charles Manson, Hawkwind, My Bloody Valentine, Folk Implosion, MC5, Suicide, John Cage, Merzbow, Silver Apples, Electric Prunes, old Nirvana demos, Spacemen 3, Joy Division, Godz, The Music Machine, The Beach Boys, Melt Banana, The Seeds, Can, Fifty Foot Hose, Captain Geech & The Shrimp Shack Shooters, United States of America, King Crimson, various vintage delta blues, Hum, Blue Cheer, Acid Mothers Temple, Beck (the 4-track years), The Modern Lovers, Black Sabbath, Vanilla Fudge, Mothers of Invention, Amon Duul, Captain Beefheart, The Damnation of Adam Blessing, Goblin, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Blues Magoos, Alexander "Skip" Spence, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Hovercraft, Gong
Sounds Like: A mixture of 60's psych with some post punk and a little shoegaze.
Record Label: Summersteps Records - Leopard Libido
Type of Label: Indie