Mr. Lewis-Guitar, Vocals
James Sheeran-Drums
Danny Dervish-Bass
Rob Metcalfe-Guitar, Percussion
Philthy Bagadonuts-Keyboard, Accordion, Percussion
Jimmy Bonura-Saxophone, Percussion
Influences
Tom Waits, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Alice Cooper, Ennio Morricone, Juan Garcia Esquivel, Cop Shoot Cop, The Ventures, Firewater, The Turtles, The Zombies, The Doors, The Kinks, John Barry, Wyckyd Sceptre, Rod Torfelson's Armada featuring Herman Menderchuck, Dethklok
Sounds Like
An ostrich cutting a fart? Hell, I don't know. It's playing right now, so you tell me. You're good at that kind of thing, right?
"(Mr.) Lewis composes with cinematic sweep, taking a confident, playful, mix-and-match approach to genre. Just try to resist a devil that plays punk rock with a dash of tango."---- Austin Music Magazine----
"If it's closing time, and a circus barker trapped you in the circus freak-show tent, fear not. Let Mr. Lewis & the Funeral 5 be your soundtrack to escape." ----Margaret Moser, Austin Chronicle----
"Mr. Lewis & the Funeral Five's polka/lounge/murder ballads stung like Molotov cocktails thrown through the window of a church." ----Audra Schroeder, Austin Chronicle----
"When fedora-wearing, experimentation-loving punk rockers get fed up with the status quo, anything can happen, and it does on the Austin sixpiece's upcoming debut, Murder and the Art of the Dance" ----Darcie Stevens, Austin Chronicle SXSW Wed. pick---
"Mr. Lewis & the Funeral 5 bring the curtain down with the sweeping theatricality of Kurt Weill by way of Nick Cave on latest Murder and the Art of the Dance." ----Greg Beets, Austin Chronicle SXSW show guide ---- .
"Mr. Lewis & the Funeral 5 teach Murder and the Art of the Dance, like binding Tom Waits in the shackles of Tav Falco and demanding a tango."
----Austin Chronicle ----
"Murder and the Art of Dance swaggers up and delivers an emotional striptease that you simply can’t avert your eyes from."
----Austinsound.net----
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Beerland Jan. 3rd 2009
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