Mother Natures Army

Bio:

new CD - VOICE OF AMERICA now in mastering phase & will soon be available at MOTHERNATURESARMY.COM******new record is MNA's first non-bootleg release since 1992 & may include BUCKET OF CHICKEN & A HEART ATTACK, DISTANT CANDLE, BUY MORE STUFF, I SAW JESUS ON THE 405, WACO, SHANNON DELANEY, LOVE QUAKE, JONESTOWN, RUBY RIDGE, HANG 'EM AT THE HAGUE, WESTERN STATE, COMING TO GET YOU, MEDICINE MAN, 666******VINTAGE MNA recordings will also be available at mothernaturesarmy.com for cheap download including LIVE AT MAMA'S, BEST OF MALIBU FOLK, LIVE AT THE BLUEBIRD, LIVE IGUANA & FRIENDS******Train wrecks have been around almost as long as trains--here's your chance to see one live, on stage!!!! Mother Nature's Army is your soundtrack to the eco-indigenous revolution since 1989******Featured songs will change soon. Stay posted for latest recordings: YOU'RE GONNA NEED THAT HYDROGEN BOMB, FORESKIN BLUES, CONSPIRANOIA, KILL THAT COW, WISH I HAD AN AK-47, MY GURU'S BETTER THAN YOUR GURU, I SAW JESUS ON THE 405, WACO THE WHITE MAN'S WOUNDED KNEE, MAN IN BLACK (BURN THIS PRISON DOWN), THIS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE, SHINTAKO POPWANDO******MNA CDs will be released on the Psychorelic Records label, which also released Bayard Johnson's album with Dr. Timothy Leary titled "LSD" (Leary/Stokes Duets, with rockamaniac Simon Stokes), recorded in 1996 as Leary grokked cancer and contemplated blasting into space in company with Gene Roddenberry...you can hear some of this subversive album for free at CD Baby--but BEWARE OF and DO NOT BUY the rip-off bogus bootleg version of this album titled "Right To Fly"!!!!

Member Since:

January 04, 2008

Members:

CURRENT LINEUP: Bayard Johnson, guitar & vocals; Beeker, Drums; Brian Da Hamma, Bass; Dylan Johnson, keyboard; Eric Bivoino, guitar & vocals; Jack Ripper, strat; John Crowther, crwth; Manton Ivory, keyboard******VINTAGE RECORDINGS******RAT HOUSE SESSION (5 song demo, 1990) features Bayard Johnson, guitar & vocals; Gayle Martin, mountain dulcimer & vocals; Jef Davis, bowed psaltery, octave mandolin, percussion; John Crowther, guitar; Katie Stewart, bass; Thom McLaughlin, mandolin******LIVE AT MAMA'S (1992) features Andy Manoff, bass & slide guitar; Bayard Johnson, guitar & vocals; Gayle Martin, mountain dulcimer & vocals; John Crowther, fiddle; Mr. X, mandolin******LIVE AT THE BLUEBIRD (1993) features Bayard Johnson, guitar & vocals; Doug Maas, percussion; Gayle Martin, mountain dulcimer & vocals; Mr. X, mandolin & electric guitar; Trish Martin, bass; Buddy Helm, drums******MALIBU FOLK RECORDINGS(1993, 1994) feature Bayard Johnson, guitar & vocals; Dannette Christine, upright bass; Gayle Martin, mountain dulcimer & vocals; Randy Chance, electric guitar; Buddy Helm, drums******ADDITIONAL TRUTHS: BAYARD JOHNSON produced CDs with Dr. Timothy Leary ("LSD") and Russell Means ("THE RADICAL") of the American Indian Movement; he's also written, directed &/or produced many movies and the novel DAMNED RIGHT (Fiction Collective 2), which has been translated into German with the title SPEED TAXI (FABER & FABER); ERIC BIVOINO is a supermodel with black fingernails; DYLAN JOHNSON is a world-renowned mountain climber; JOHN CROWTHER wrote Charles Bronson (THE EVIL THAT MEN DO) & Chuck Norris (MISSING IN ACTION) movies and is now a cartoonist & one of the world's pre-eminent crwth players; ANDY MANOFF won the special instruments category at the Topanga Bango & Fiddle Contest and his song "MARIE" is included in the FASTFOLK recording in the Smithsonian Institute's musical archives; Mr. X won mandolin competitions before becoming a recluse; RANDY CHANCE toured Europe with the Lovin' Spoonful; BUDDY HELM drummed for Tim Buckley and Frank Zappa

Influences:

cro-magnon chants

Sounds Like:

Mother Nature's Army

Record Label:

Psychorelic Records