Rick McCollum - vocals & guitar, Erik Mathison - drums & percussion, Your Name Here - bass
Influences
Led Zeppelin, the Stones (circa '68-'73), the Beatles, the Who, early Jeff Beck Group, Terry Reid, Iggy & the Stooges, the MC5, Nugent, Elton John, Neil Young, early Ozzy, Sabbath, Roth-era Van Halen, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Lee Scratch Perry, PJ Harvey, the Fall, Frank Zappa & the Mothers, Terry Melcher, Beck, Ry Cooder, Brian Eno, Little Feat, the Golden Palominos, Cream, PiL, the Sex Psitols, the Clash, Sly & Robbie, Daniel Lanois, Bob Dylan, U2, Prince, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, the Meters, Dr. John, Joel Dorn, the Temptations, Stevie Wonder, Arthur Russell, John Cale, Funkadelic, Tackhead, early Aerosmith, Barry Adamson, Adrian Sherwood, Depeche Mode, the Smiths, The The, Island Records - the Blackwell era, the Beastie Boys, Muscle Shoals, Cheap Trick, Curtis Mayfield, King Tubby, Randy Newman, Jay-Z, Peter Greene era Fleetwood Mac, early Iron Maiden, UFO, Spinal Tap, early Metallica, AC/DC, Sir Coxsone Dodd & Studio One, early Allman Brothers, Gang of Four, the Incredible Bongo Band, Bert Jansch, Sandy Denny, Nick Drake, Joe Boyd, Roy Harper, Chris Whitley, Can, the Pixies, This Mortal Coil, Big Star, Husker Du, the Replacements, Jac Holzman & Elektra Records, the Minutemen, NWA, Public Enemy, Dr. Dre, Van Morrison, FAME, Bill Laswell & Material, Johnny Cash, 4AD, the Band, John Coltrane, Aretha Franklin, King Curtis, Lou Donaldson, Tamla - Motown (until they moved to LA), Bobby Gentry, Sire Records & Seymour Stein, Loretta Lynn, Sam & Dave, Isaac Hayes, Stax-Volt, Otis Redding, Son House, Al Green, Blue Note Records, Donny Hathaway, James Brown, the Flaming Lips, Tom Dowd, Radiohead, Sonic Youth, the Pretenders, Mercury Rev, Gram Parsons, the Flying Burrito Brothers, Devo, Television, Sun Ra, the Faces, Warner/Reprise: the Mo & Lenny era, Motorhead, Jerry Wexler, Bettye LaVette, Sinead O'Connor, Captain Beefheart, the Rutles.
Moon Maan is a Minneapolis-based rock band formed in early 2004.
They made their live debut at 2004's South By South West Festival (SXSW) in Austin, TX.
Moon Maan finally released their self-titled debut CD in the United States in June, 2007.
Members:
Rick McCollum .. Guitar, Vocals and Theremin
Rick was a founding member of the Afghan Whigs, who recorded five highly acclaimed albums for Sub Pop, Elektra, and Columbia Records before disbanding in 2000.
Erik Mathison .. Drums and Percussion
Erik has played with a variety of Minneapolis based independent and major label artists, including Balloon Guy, Polara, Jessy Greene, Mark Mallman, and Jon Rodine.
Your Name Here .. Bass
Your Name Here is Moon Maan's newest member, but he has been laying down the low end on the Minneapolis music scene for quite a while now. Some of his other projects include the Tim Pawlenty Blues Explosion, Butterfly featuring Robyn Robinson, and Tavaris Jackson & the Scene.
hey u! how ya been? hope things are going good. I havent been able to make it over to the hotel to stop in for a minute... clints been working in town again so im back on dinner duty. lol we are trying to get a mailing list made for my mom to send the invitations out so that's yay. its going to be june 6th at 11a we're going to have some food a bit before. kind of a celebration thang, ya know? quitting mah job with that lameass of a boss jaime. gah, i aint gonna miss her at all! i still cant believe that that survey thing that britt showed me is actually working - n dat we're gettin paid; im so luvin it too. givin mah opinion on stuff i do - pshhh ... so easy. i wonder if we'll ever hit da cash that that website said we would. i dunno, but with my last check being $126, i dont even care. i only pulled in like 200 a week and my crapass job anyway, so this is perfect. you should do it, i'm tellin yah. i guess you'll have to type the link into internet explorer or whatever, but here it is:
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Oppression
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Well hey there!! We just wanted to peek in & see what the happs are in Moon Maan's world!! Always a party goin' on over here! Check out our lastest concert pix from Indianapolis. This barrage of awesome images were captured by Scooter.
While you're in the neighborhood, let us know how you are!!
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Hey Rick! It was good to see you on Thanksgiving man. It's been a few years. Stay away from those on coming cars man! Are you going to be home for Christmas?