KMRIA
Indie / Folk Rock / Punk
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Seattle March 13th, PDX March 14th 09
PORTLAND, Oregon
United States
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| Member Since | 10/13/2006 | | Band Members | JENNY CONLEE (accordion, keyboards, vocals), HANZ ARAKI (flutes, whistles, vocals), CHRIS FUNK (banjo, mandolin, octave mando, guitar, vocals), CASEY NEILL (guitar, vocals), SCOTT McCAUGHEY (guitar, vocals) EZRA HOLBROOK (guitar, vocals), JESSE EMERSON (bass, vocals), and DEREK BROWN (drums). | | Influences | The Pogues, Joe Strummer, Kristy MacColl, the Popes, The Nips, Sweet and Low Orchestra | | Record Label | Unsigned |
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We play POGUES music. Nothing but. We are a celebration of their virtuosity, songcraft, and spirit. The band features an all star cast of Pacific Northwest rock - Chris Funk and Jenny Conlee of the DECEMBERISTS, Ezra Holbrook of DR THEOPOLIS, Scott McCaughey of THE MINUS 5, YOUNG FRESH FELLOWS & REM sideman, Hanz Araki of THE WHYOS & PAPERBOYS, Jesse Emerson of AMELIA, singer CASEY NEILL, and DEREK BROWN of the EELS, and FERNANDO. The show features as much grit, bluster, and drunken glory as can be mustered without sacrificing the intricacies of the material. The name KMRIA is an acronym for "Kiss my Royal Irish Ass" excerpted from James Joyce's Ulysses and used in the Pogues song "Transmetropolitan". We only play shows around XMAS and ST PATS. Come see us. "I heartily subscribe to this effort. Why, I even gave Funk and Conlee directions how to play the impossibly arcane middle section of Bottle of Smoke, which neither Jem (who wrote the damn middle section) nor Terry Woods (who never plays the same thing twice) can actually get through without extemporizing. Neither can I, truth be told. But at least I know how it's supposed to go."
JAMES FEARNLEY of the POGUES
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