Tom (Electric Thom) Karpf: Singer, Guitarslinger, poet laureate.
Scotty (Musky Vanilla) O'Toole: Guitar ultra-slinger backing vocals.
Barry (Dr. Corncobulous Ph.D) Blankenship: Drums and breaking things.
Isaac (iZAC) Weiser: Bass Guitar, and stressing out
Influences
(Working List) The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Sex Pistols, The Clash rocks, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Big Star, R.E.M.(especially earlier stuff), The Replacements, Motorhead (even without the little dots), The Dead Milkmen, Metallica(123 ok), Luna, X, How could I forget Weezer... I'll get back to you on these... oh oh VU and and David Bowie (I'll continue on by myself).
Sounds Like
The Replacements meet Tom Petty, Fountains of Wayne meet Crazy Horse, Belle and Sebastian meet Pavement, Faces meet Butthole Surfers, east meets west, The Flintstones meet the Jetsons, Laura Bush meets Laura Kitelinger, and all roads in between. What!?! Exactly...
A Little Something About the Dutch Cousins.
As stories go this is not a bad one. But most of the details have been removed to protect the band in question. Just ask a member at a show about the whole deal. Ply him with alcohol and you may get what your looking for... but probably not.
This here band started back in the dreary summer of 2003, a combination of classified ads and the odd, ODD party acquaintances. They practiced at Barry's place for about six months before a debut at Staccato in Adams Morgan in January 2004. The show was well received and the band immediately went into hiding.
After some intense group therapy they re-emerged on the DC scene only to find themselves naked, shaking and demo-less. Scotty (at the time the band's resident Svengali/guru/technical adviser) suggested a few things in the way of A: recording and B: clothing. Unfortunately, Dan the Cousins' OG... original guitarist was forced to flee to a nudist commune in Utah due to prior agreements.
Walaah! Along comes Scotty to save the day!!! He is now the band's second guitarist/back-up vocalist (as well as an influential adviser on dress,hair, and make-up)
He's here along with Tom on guitar and singing. Isaac is the Volatile bassist.
Barry of course is the more volatile drummer. The album is just here. The website is up and running, and no one is going to jail in the foreseeable future.
DUTCH COUSINS assemble.
(Kudos boys. Kudos indeed.)
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Hey gents, thanks again for spinning your magick at the Damascus Relay for Live AND beating out Zach & Co. and those moosy guys in the "Battle of the Bands." And Izzy, please tell Barry that we found the other boom...
I just wanted to drop you a line real fast to see if you had any last miunte questions about Sunday night @ DC9 and if everything is cool and ready to go on your end! Have you guys talked to the Cadence about sharing a backline? If you have anyother questions like that, lemme know! I'll see you there dude!
IFI Music wants to stop and take a moment in the midst of all that is happening to thank all of you for the music you are making! This is a very exciting time!!
Take care,
From the Board of Directors of IFI Music
Tom (Electric Thom) Karpf: Singer, Guitarslinger, poet laureate.
Scotty (Musky Vanilla) O'Toole: Guitar ultra-slinger backing vocals.
Barry (Dr. Corncobulous Ph.D) Blankenship: Drums and breaking things.
Isaac (iZAC) Weiser: Bass Guitar, and stressing out 
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