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, Barack Obama, 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, 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!
Sounds Like
"An offbeat mashup of jamband lines and metal riffs...different, but in a good way" -- Chris O'donnell ADD Reviews www.addreviews.com
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
FGC’s only Chicago appearance of the summer is coming up on Friday July 17th at the Abbey Pub. This will be an Ages 18+ show with special supporting acts: Lobster Newberg and The Rubblebucket Orchestra. This Hometown Throwdown is a show not to be missed…hope to see you there!!
In the meantime, check out all three of our Summer Camp Festival sets on the Live Music Archive for free stream/download! Visit our MySpace blog for the links.
We also want to invite our Myspace friends to connect with us on Facebook. Click the links for the FGC Group and FGC Page, both great ways to stay in touch with the band and link up with other fans.
Hope to see you kids again soon !!! Sorry about just takin off lastnight!! BUT THAT JUST ME SOME TIMES !!! JUST GOT LOT ON MY MIND IS ALL , ALWAYS GOOD SEE U KIDS , MUCH LOVE WHERE'S RONNY
