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Good For Cows

General Info

  • Genre: Experimental / Jazz / Metal

    Location Brooklyn, Chicago, Prague, Valhalla, US

    Profile Views: 84536

    Last Login: 8/3/2011

    Member Since 2/4/2005

    Website www.goodforcows.com or www.chessmith.com

    Record Label Web of Mimicry

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    Devin Hoff (Nels Cline Singers, Mike Watt, Xiu Xiu) and Ches Smith (Trevor Dunn's Trio-Convulsant, Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog, Secret Chiefs 3, Xiu Xiu) formed the duo Good for Cows in Oakland, CA in 1999 when no one else would show up for band practice. They have since released 5 full-length CDs with an emphasis on original tunes and improvisation: Good for Cows (2001, Evander Music), Less Than or Equal to (2003, Free Porcupine Society), Bebop Fantasy (2004, Asian Man Records) and 10th Anniversary Concert (2008, Bleeding Ear/DIY), Audumla (2010, Web of Mimicry).. .. Booking EU/UK: jakub.fluffwheels@gmail.com.. Booking US/Can: chessmith1@gmail.com
  • Members

    Ches Smith - Drums, Devin Hoff - Bass
  • Influences

    Minutemen, Slayer, Kool Keith, Ornette Coleman, Bikini Kill, Black Flag, Bathory, Darkthrone, Fugazi, Abruptum, Striborg, Mayhem, Sunn O)), Anthony Braxton, Steve Reich, Bela Bartok, Winnebago Man, Odin, Haitian drumming, John Coltrane, Sacramento, Fort Collins...
  • Sounds Like

    Quorthon and Tony Williams playing an after-the-Rapture party

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