Talking Heads, The Ramones, Early Metallica, G3, Megadeth, Various 80's sitcom theme songs, Funkadelic, Return to Forever, Sonic Youth, Radiohead, Phish, Allman Brothers, contentment, Umphrey's McGee, Grateful Dead, Deep Purple, The Who, LCD Soundsystem, Nirvana, hunger, Cornmeal, Steve Morse, The Monkees, Ween, Drunken sailors chanting off key, The Slip, Backyard Tire Fire, Allen Ginsberg, Built to Spill, Bound Stems, Black Sabbath, Johnny Cash, Weather Report, Von Frickle, Lynard Skynard, Pearl Jam, Tool, Jimmie Rodgers, The Beatles, Dinosaur Jr, Hank Williams Sr., heartache, Jaik Willis, Pedro the Lion, Stevie Wonder, Louden Wainright III, Brother Jed, John Prine, The Flaming Lips, Frank Zappa, Yes, Miles Davis, Cafe Ballistico, Black Sabbath, Primus, hope, Booker T and the MG's, alcohol, The Toadies, Dr. Dre, James Brown, our roommates, Medeski, Martin, and Wood, Sam & Dave, Walt Whitman, Brian Setzer, Ray Charles, the lake effect breeze, Government Mule, Andreas Kapsalis, Van Halen, Elvis Costello, Hezbollah, Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, Beck, Jimi Hendrix, The Velvet Underground, Jaco Pastorius, day to day living, Bad Company, Ernie Hendrickson, Video Games, Amadeus Mozart, Rupert Murdoch and FOX, Justice (the band and the idea), Violent Femmes, Cody Diekhoff, Chicago Farmer, Ben Harper, Frank Sinatra, Creedence Clearwater Revival, David Bowie, NWA, Led Zeppelin, Bill Withers, Thelonious Monk, Pink Floyd, Sublime, Tenacious D, ZZ Top, Willie Nelson, John Holmes, The Roots, Queen, Ben Folds, Dire Straits, Oucho Sparks, Al Green, Rush, Tom Waits, Captain Beefheart, the smell of freshly cut grass on a crisp summer's day, early Fleetwood Mac, Wesley Willis, Sammy Davis Jr, sleep, Ravi Shankar, psychotropic substances, The Pixies, Blind Melon, everyone we know, Super Furry Animals, Fugazi, each other, AC/DC, the war in Iraq, Ludwig Van Beethoven, and many more!
As a Green Bay resident wrote on a cocktail napkin after first seeing them: "Think Talking Heads meets Frank Zappa meets Rage Against the Machine meets Devo meets Hall and Oates...ON STEROIDS!”
With the advent of so many great jam bands, one may think that composition is less important than virtuosic musicianship. Enter Chicago’s Herbert Wiser Band. While they are stellar musicians (as anyone who’s seen them live can attest) the main focus has always been to showcase their greatest asset: songwriting. Take their album Unusable Signal. Combining traditional rock rhythms with a myriad of musical influences ranging from country to hip-hop and everything in between, it's sure to have something for everyone and is the thing for people who crave musical diversity. Although they are a relatively young band, they pride themselves on the ability to put on an exciting live show any time and anywhere. This commitment to excellence has garnered them stage time with a diverse group of excellent musicians, sharing the stage with Umprhey's McGee, The Station, Tea Leaf Green, Backyard Tire Fire, Bumpus, Bottle of Justus, U-Melt, Phix, and many more.
ONE MORE CUP OF COFFEE (VALLEY BELOW) performed by HERBERT WISER BAND at SUMMERCAMP 2007 with CHICAGO FARMER on BOB DYLAN'S BIRTHDAY
I had a good time at the show friday night, you guys should try to make it back here more often. I'm sure your mom says that all the time though, Jason....
Check out the new BOTTOM LOUNGE re-vamped sound and stage new venue GRAND OPENING!! still the home of the $3 PBR tall boys. right off the Ashland green line stop.
Thanks so much for continuing to put on an amazing show at IQ’s! Everyone has such a great time and we sincerely appreciate that you travel so far to entertain us! We look forward to your return!
Hey guys – Just stopping by to invite you to our Martyrs’ show this Friday June 13th. We’ll be joined by hometown friends, 56 Hope Road and Eli Jones, and we’ll also be giving away tickets to The Lazy River Music and Arts Festival! It’s our only hometown appearance on the books for the summer, so we hope you can join us for this great night of Chicago music!
You can also catch us at a number of Midwest festivals this summer, from Minnesota to Iowa to Ohio and points in between. Visit our myspace page or website for all the details!
HEY THERE HERBERT WISER , JUST WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO STRIP MINE MUSIC FESTIVAL 2008 . AND TO WELCOME YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO JOIN YOU @ STRIP MINE MUSIC FESTIVAL 2008 . SO ATTENTION HERBERT WISER FRIENDS AND FAMILY COME CHECK OUT STRIP MINE MUSIC FESTIVAL 2008 .. AND ADD US TO YOUR FRIENDS LIST . THANKS HERBERT WISER . AND THANKS HERBERT WISER FRIENDS AND FAMILY ... PEACE RONNY....
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