Flabby Hoffman - Guitar, Vocals;
Pierre Le Deluge - Bass Guitar;
Eddie The Chest - Bass Guitar;
Quarter Paisan - Bass Guitar;
Baron Rugmunchausen - Drums;
Dr. Werner Von Groovulus - Drums;
Orange Julius - Drums;
Joe Glachenmachen - Drums;
Jerry Rubinesque - Drums;
Harpo Marxist - Electronica;
Lizard Kucera - Lead Guitar;
Pat Black - Blues Harp;
Terry Lilac - Saxophone;
Seagrams 7 - Vibrophone
Influences
Neil Sedaka, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Queens of the Stone Age, Sandy Duncan's Eye, The Soundtrack from the original version of Willie Wonka and The Chocolate Factory, Fugazi, old Traffic, dog whistles, the sound of one hand clapping, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Captain Beefheart, the solo organ music of Lurch from The Addams Family, Stravinsky, the jaunty sea chanties from the early Popeye cartoons, Iggy and the Stooges, anything with Adrian Belew on it in the 1980's, the song "Witchita Lineman" by Glen Campbell, Tommy Bolin, Mars Volta, the theme song to the TV series "Love American Style," Schoolhouse Rock, the song stylings of Leonard Nimoy, early Chicago, Live at Leeds, The Fifth Dimnsion, Michael Bolton (only during time when he had his super mullet), Hydrock Cocoa and Joe, Hendricks Lambert and Ross, The Shaggs, The Gurus, Joni Mitchell, the theme song from the TV series "The Love Boat," Alan Sherman, Cursive, Q And Not U, Melt Banana, Don Caballero, Sonny And Cher, The Flaming Lips, Probot, Muse, The Bonzo Dog Band, Kate Bush, The Bloody Stools, Flatts and Scruggs, Zoobombs, the sound of a tree falling in the forest when there's no one around, Slavic Soul Party, Strawberry Alarm Clock, the 70's novelty montage song "Mr. Jaws," Either Orchestra, Herb Alpert, Blood Brothers, The Lettermen, Bongwater (actually the sound of bongwater swishing around and bubbling in the pipe...not the band "Bongwater"), Naked City, pre-disco Bee-Gees, Big Tiny Little, Raymond Scott, Howlin' frickin Wolf baby, Nancy Sinatra, Drive Like Jehu, Dillenger Escape Plan, Zappa, Rick Astley (not), Al Caiola, the theme song to the cartoon Super Chicken, Cher, John Coltrane, that one band that does that song (what the heck was it), the sound of a bear taking a dump in the Pope's pointy hat, The Delta 72, Brainiac, Lonnie Mack, Brak, Jack Mack and the Heart Attack, Jack Black, Black Francis/Pixies, Nell Carter singing the theme song from her TV series "Gimmie A Break," Bang Tango, Wango Tango by The "Nuge," Menudo, Wayne Newton (when he was a little kid doing "Shangri-la" not the old Leatherface lookin creep), the soundtrack to the movie Escape From Planet of the Apes, The Minutemen, Jesus Lizard, classical music played on toy pianos, The Ventures, Enland Dan and John Ford Coley, Rage Against The Machine, Faraquet, gregorian chant, Liberace, Thinking Fellers Union, old Roxy Music (Eno/Jobson years), The Polysics, Minnie Pearl
In the great tradition of The Monkees, The Partridge Family and Josie and the Pussycats comes a band actually built around a TV series. Not only does Flabby Hoffman star in their own weekly television series in Chicago (Thursday nights from 11:30pm to 12:30am on CAN-TV Cable Channel 19), but the titular figurehead of the band, Flabby H. himself, is a true activist who believes in and is attempting to instigate a modern day revolution driven by the empowerment of the righteous as a methodology for change in a world gone horribly wrong due primarily to the co-opting of media by elements of the pathological aristocracy.
One can of course find the Flabby Hoffman Trio (which depending on the evening is anywhere from a four piece to eight piece band) performing and/or tooling around at nearly every decent club in town once in a while, where the Flabby Hoffman team of volunteers and cross-dressing harlequins are responsible for booking each of the bands that perform at the club for the evening in what is called The Flabby Hoffman Caravan. The Flabby Caravan is a series of shows throughout the Chicago rock circuit with about 300 gigs under its belt which features tons of great organically driven music (usually a four band line up) as well as prize giveaways, occasional comedic and acoustic tweener acts, a freaky host, customized event programs and more all of which is videotaped to gather footage for the Flabby TV series.
The Flabby Hoffman Trio itself, unlike the TV bands mentioned at the top of this description who were primarily designed for teeny boppers and lumberjacks, looks to appeal to all of the disenfranchised of the world. Those pushed to the side by a mainstream media which seems like an electronic Spanish Inquisition forcing us to conform or be tortured. A mainstream cultural indoctrination device that seems more concerned with turning everyone into a mindless robot than encouraging truly creative people to create. With their hard rock, riff oriented, axe blistering antics and soul stirring lyrics, there is no doubt that this band is not in the mood to compromise. Will this trio get crushed by the weight of the imposing forces in control of our culture, or will they learn how to thrive in a world run by sociopaths that seek to crush every last vestige of individuality...
If you would like to be part of this effort, join us on the TV series, join us on our efforts at movies productions and webisodes, fool around at a Flabby live show, do some original productions and help make this thing resonate...be my guest.
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