Ralph Darden - guitar & vocals
Dan Nash Snyder - bass
Michael Bravine - drums
Major Taylor - beats, backing vocals, dubs & treatments
additional players:
Mike Ali
Ikey Owens (The Mars Volta )
Damien Thompson (The Watchers)
Fred Erkstien (Just a Fire / June of 44 / Hoover)
Damon Locks (The Eternals / Trenchmouth)
Ted Leo (Ted Leo and the Pharmacists)
Chris Wilson (Ted Leo and the Pharmacists)
former members:
Brian Sokel - guitar (2004-2005)
Brian Lynch - guitar (2002-2004)
Jeremy Gewertz - drums (2003-2006)
Ryan McLaughlin - drums (2002-2003)
Chris Wilson - drums (2002)
Influences
The Philadelphia Mastodons Professional Jai Alai Team The Eternals,Watchers ,Trenchmouth ,Fugazi,The Police,King Tubby Augustus Pablo,The Mars Volta,Studio 1, Cosmo Baker ,The Clash ,Flostradamus, Lee Perry,Dj Low Budget ,Spankrock,Batman, Miles Davis ,Frank Miller ,Kil Bill , The Dark Knight Returns series ,DC Comics , The Year Future ,Rahim ,War of The Worlds,The City of Chicago Marvel comics,Cowboy Bee Bop,Shogun Assasin ,Rockers ,Soul On Ice ,Charles Bukowski ,Joe Rstrummer ,The Gracie Familiy,Mazinger Z ,Voltron ,Diplo ,hereditary insanity,Giant Robots ,Sex,The Flesh, Bladerunner,Philadelphia,Lungfish,The Hells ,Gregory Issacs ,The Mighy Orbots,The Art of Gettng Over, The Gladiators ,The Congos ,Dr Who, Max Roach, The Who
THE R KELLY TRAPPEED IN THE CLOSET SERIES !!!!!!
About THE JAI-ALAI SAVANT (pronounced hi-a-lie- sa-vant)
photo by Martin Horsche Chicago-by-way-of-Philly trio THE JAI-ALAI SAVANT (pronounced hi-a-lie- sa-vant) have been active since 2002. Their list of influences are vast and their sound eclectic, but it's their reggae-slanted post-punk roots that take the foreground in the most recent music of the band. Their genre-bending
pop compositions coupled with an obvious love of bass culture have drawn comparisons to everyone from The Clash to The Police, Trenchmouth and Fugazi. Groove-oriented and accessible yet still engaging and challenging to the idea of what
punk-derivative music should sound like is what makes THE JAI-ALAI SAVANT a breath of fresh air in an otherwise stale and hype-driven world of independent rock music.
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Hello thanks for the add. His music is great, I would like to know when coming to the city from Mexico mne encantaria see them play, I hope it will be soon. bye
Peace & Blessings Thanks for your friendship Chicago...a great city I lived there for a year...73rd & Euclid I froze my ass off in the winter Lost 10 pounds from sweating during the summer I miss it...I'm back in Texas where the mosquitos are the size of ufos So come see us soon...be blessed
