Anthony Salerno--guitar,vocals;
Mel Ziolkowski--Drums;
Nic Myers--Bass
Influences
Dylan, The Beatles, Leonard Cohen, Wilco, Jayhawks, Jeff Buckley, Counting Crows, Slaid Cleaves, Ray LaMontaigne, The Clash, Elliott Smith, The Weakerthans, Johnny Cash, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Pearl Jam, Louie Prima, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Carol King, The Lemonheads, The Eels, Neil Young, The Old 97's, John Lennon, Van Morrison, The Band, Iron and Wine, The Pogues, Dan Zanes, Freakwater, Robert Creeley, Alan Ginsburg, Kenneth Patchen, Ted Berrigan, Grant Lee Buffalo...so many more, so little time.
Here are some things you should know about Raised by Pandas. It might not help you sleep better at night, but it will, hopefully, encourage you to take this ride with us.
I started Raised by Pandas in 2007 after having quit music for a few years. I was born and raised in Brooklyn and played in a coverband there for 10 years, all the while writing songs that weren't getting heard. I broke out on my own and found myself on Ave. A at the Sidewalk Cafe. For the next three years I emersed myself in the Anti-Folk scene playing around Brooklyn and Manhattan and working the soundboard at the Sidewalk Cafe. I recorded on a TASCAM 4-track in the extra bedroom of our apartment in Bay Ridge until we needed to turn it into a nursery. After the birth of my daughter in 2003 I put my guitar in its case, closed up the four-track and concentrated on my family. In 2005 we left the claustrophobic streets and crowded subways for Austin. It doesn't take much to imagine what happens next: in the live music capital of the world all the old songs and some new ones begin haunting me in bookstores and bars, in restaurants and airports, coffee shops and parks. And so in 2007, with my daughter's and wife's blessings, I began gigging again under the name Raised by Pandas. Mel joined me a few months later on drums and we've been recording on a small digital portastudio in the cafeteria of the school where we work--we're pretty low-fi and having fun. We've finally found a studio that we feel comfortable with (translation--fits our budget) and are planning to start recording our first EP in the new year. So here are our songs--our imperfect offerings--for you and your friends. We hope you like them enough to spread the word about the Pandas and to take this ride with us through the coffee shops and bars of Austin to who know where. Afterall, who wouldn't want to travel around with a panda?
Hey! Stoppin in to send luv your way and I mean lovin' the tunes! You guys have grown in the past year....Wow! Ya got me feelin' it. Nice afternoon in this moment, like it's all about feelin' it and not bleeding from it really! Growin' from it, huh? Yeah, it's what makes it all good. I like being raised up by the pandas in this moment!
Thank you for the support! Check out my new album All Becomes One and tell your friends about it. Look for some of my songs to be featured in the promos for Australia's hit TV show called Packed To The Rafters. Follow me on Twitter too!
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