Joe(y) 'G' Guinta: drums, Pete voice impressario/Scot 'Show-Stopper' Gropper: organ, guitar, vocals, Pete voice, Donkey-Botjier voice, Joe voice, "That's what she said" specialist /Ryan (aka F.C.B.) Santa Maria de Piedra duro Nuestra DellaMonacco-Pifko: bass, vocals, off-color humor, Botjier voice/ Theresa 'The Harmonista' Cornholio- acoustic guitar, vocals, organ, tambourine, bad dancing, Botjier voice/'Take It Away!'Bud(dy) Spadola: guitar, vocals, Botjier voice specialist/Peter DelBianco: mascot, Gropper foil/ Mike Botjier: co- mascot, Gropper ball-buster/ee.
Influences
'Harpo'-wigged, clown-shoed surrealist/slapstick ballet, The Kinks, The Band, The Beatles, The Velvet Underground, Ween, Elvis Costello, The Beach Boys, The Pixies, Luna, Ed Hall, Pink Floyd, Zappa, White Stripes, Flaming Lips, Hank Williams, Lucinda Williams, Queens of the Stone Age, Bob Marley, Ladybeard, the minutemen, The Shins, Radiohead, Nirvana, Bob Dylan, Meat Puppets, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Beck, Dinosaur Jr., Television, Ray Charles, The Raconteurs, Creedence, David Bowie, The Who, The Stooges, Violent Femmes, They Might Be Giants, Black Sabbath, Traffic, Black Flag, Big Black, Black Francis, Johnny Cash Nick Drake, Led Zeppelin, Talking Heads, Mudhoney, firehose, Louis Armstrong, Carl Perkins, Muddy Waters, Elliott Smith, Big Bill Broonzy, Pachinko, Travis, Jimmy Reed, Van Morrison, Doc Watson, , Black Uhuru, Chuck Berry, The Rolling Stones etc.
Sounds Like
A rock kaleidoscope. A vocally/instrumentally rich, amalga-melange of rock (hard, pop, blues, indie, folk) styles to tantalize and soothe all palates. Heavy-duty to easy-smoothie and lots in between-We play both kinds,...rock AND roll!!
Created on a warm summer's eve in a moon-dappled meadow by a river running from an ocean bay, where the gumdropheart-pooping unicorns danced happily to the sounds of the night.
Original songs by Bud Spadola, Scot Gropper, and Ryan Pifko with a smattering of covers. Jebus is comprised of former members of: Delicious Trees, Broome Street and Karma Sutra.
It was great seeing you guys tonight at WUSB! Nice job!! Don't forget to catch Jebus' "Beating A Dead Horse Tour" all this month at The Velvet Lounge in East Setauket!
Press Release: Be-In Festival Productions, Inc. and The Solar Café present THE BE-IN / SOLARFEST!!: 2 great festivals combined for the 1st time with an expanded 2-day line-up! The Be-In / Solarfest will be held Saturday, August 22nd - Sunday, August 23rd on the grounds of the Solar Café. The Solar Café is located at 1 First Ave., Brentwood, NY 11717-4601 across from The Brentwood Train Station on the west side of Brentwood Road. This very special event stars THE ELECTRIX, RECKONING, MOVEMENT (LAST SHOW!), JACK'S WATERFALL, SWEET SUZI, STEVE LIEBERMAN THE GANGSTA RABBI, BLIND ROBBERY, KATIE PEARLMAN and many more! Emcees will include WUSB Stony Brook's (90.1 FM's) Bill McNulty, Sweet Suzi and Bobanero. Guest Speakers include WUSB's Coop Sky Blue, WBAI's Mitchel Cohen and Code Pink L.I. There will also be an acoustic After-Party (Sat., August 22nd night) featuring the music of Jay Scott, Jesse Pagano, Korb & Kendall and others as well as poetry TBA. All this plus Solar and other alternative energy exhibits, non-profit and vendor tables, a band merch tent, arts & crafts giveaways courtesy of Be-In Festival Productions, Inc., and a lot more! There will also be a gently used clothing and non-perishable food drive for a local food pantry to be named later. And this is all for the low, low ticket price of $10 per day or $15 for the entire weekend! Also, for the 1st time ever, V.I.P. tickets will be available. Come chill with some of the hottest bands on Long Island! Plus, more than ½ of the money collected between pre-sales and the gate will go towards saving The Solar Café - the nation's 1st fully solar-powered café! Call for other details (631-796-0234), and don’t forget to get your advance tickets via credit card at our 3 main Web Sites: http://www.beinfestival.org/ , http://be-in.tripod.com/ or www.myspace.com/beinfestival
Saturday, August 22nd-Sunday, August 23rd on the grounds of the Solar Cafe!
1 First Ave., Brentwood, NY 11717-4601
2 Great Festivals Combined for the 1st Time! Expanded 2-day line-up!
Low Daily & Weekend Ticket Prices! Solar & other Alternative Energy Exhibits!
Plus Non-Profit & Vendor Tables, a Band Merch Tent & a Sat. only After-Party!
And Now, Presenting the Best Musical Line-up either Festival has ever seen! -
THE ELECTRIX! RECKONING! MOVEMENT! (LAST SHOW!) JACK'S WATERFALL! SWEET SUZI! STEVE LIEBERMAN THE GANGSTA RABBI! BLIND ROBBERY!
KATIE PEARLMAN!
FREE GRASS UNION! RORIE KELLY! BIG DADDY AND THE BULLDOGS!
GEORGE MANN!
THE HUDSON DUSTERS!
THE REINHARTS! RAICES! LPF (LOVE PEACE AND FREEDOM)!
Your Emcees: WUSB Stony Brook's (90.1 FM's) Bill McNulty! Sweet Suzi! Bobanero! DJ Ev!
Your After-Party Emcee: Hank Frank!
Guest Speakers: WUSB's Coop Sky Blue! WBAI's Mitchel Cohen! Code Pink L.I.! Long Island Food Not Bombs! Vets for Peace!
Special Guest: Billionaire Brian a.k.a. Brian O'Haire!
And an Acoustic After-Party (Sat., August 22nd Night) Featuring the Music of: Jay Scott!
Gary Sellers!
Jesse Pagano! (Ken "The Rocket") Korb and (Lora) Kendall!
Plus Poetry: WUSB's Mrs. Chester!
Billy Capozzi!
Testika Filch Milquetoast!
TBA?
All for the Low, Low Ticket Price of $10 per day or $15 for the Entire Weekend! And, More than 1/2 of the Money Collected between Pre-Sales & the Gate will go towards saving The Solar Cafe-The Nation's 1st Fully Solar-Powered Cafe! The Gate opens at 11 AM; your emcees and music begin at 11:30, so come early and make a weekend of it!
"I'm not tired and as I lie awake I watch the shadows sprawl the ceiling and then fade. August is worn against her face, her embrace is hopeless. In a moment, I'd come running there. Won't you surrender me a care?"
Puh-lease play 'till the top o' the morn Saturday. I want to be there - late night Sat. at work. In addition to a long drive when I am free. How late will you be performing?
