SETH GORDON--vocals, guitars, keyboards/
TONY LEVENTHAL--vocals, bass/
ROBBIE RIST--vocals, lead guitars, keyboards, anything and everything/
NELSON BRAGG--vocals, drums
Influences
Kinks, Clash, Zombies, Beatles, Who, Elvis Costello, Squeeze, Teenage Fanclub, Beach Boys, XTC, Bob Dylan, Link Wray, surf, Cheap Trick, Buddy Holly, 60's garage, MC5, Mad Magazine
Sounds Like
Beatles, Fountains of Wayne, Cheap Trick, Elvis Costello, Kinks, New Pornographers, Matthew Sweet, The Who, Teenage Fanclub
JUST RELEASED! The Japanese only 2 CD EDITION which includes a bonus cd of demos, live tracks, alternate mixes, videos and our newest recording--The Mockers' version of The Beach Boys' GOD ONLY KNOWS--lead vocals by Nelson! For more details and track listings check out our blog.
Smartass powerpopsters, basically, that's who we are. We've been together longer than we want to admit, but for the last few years or so, the band is made up of SETH GORDON on guitar and vocals, TONY LEVENTHAL on bass and vocals, ROBBIE RIST (who you may remember because he played COUSIN OLIVER on THE BRADY BUNCH) on lead guitar and vocals and NELSON BRAGG (who is also the newest member of BEACH BOY BRIAN WILSON'S band) on drums and vocals. Our last album was produced by MITCH EASTER, who has produced REM, PAVEMENT, MARSHALL CRENSHAW and a ton of others.
There are rumors we have a room reserved in Guantanamo after Bush and his cronies at the NSA saw the video for our last single THE EMPEROR STRIKES OUT. One reviewer described it as THE RAMONES directing FAHRENHEIT 9/11!
See it here before we're declared "enemy combatants!
Check out the video for our new single in Spain, MOLA, GUAY, OK (for you non-Spanish speakers, mola and guay basically mean "cool").
Oh, and we're "big" in Spain, hehehe...and speaking of Spain, here's the video we did for our cover of the Spanish classic, DEJAME, originally recorded by LOS SECRETOS. The song was the theme song in the Spanish hit film, LA FIESTA and some scenes from the movie are featured in the video.
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Our favorite review is from the Phoenix New Times: "As thrilling as seeing Keith Moon kick over his kit or Ray Davies punch his brother Dave in the mouth. Yeah, it's that good."
You can see more Mockers photos here:
THE MOCKERS' FOTOLOG! www.themockers.net
Some friends and I put together a video to get the word out about my book and CD. We had a lot of fun with it and I hope you dig it. I've been told it's funny. Feel free to let me know what you think.
Thank you for adding my new author page. I will have a few songs from the soundtrack on the player soon, but will link my music page for more songs. My fiction novel with a CD soundtrack is due out in a few weeks. It will be at CD Baby, Amazon, Barnes & Noble etc. Keep in touch.
Wishing you a great musical week, a happy holiday season, and a prosperous new year. Hope all your projects are on track.
Hey The Mockers - are you ready for the invasion of Hillgrass Bluebilly in Austin for 2010? Support your local "dirtyfoots" & support Hillgrass Bluebilly LIVE events.
We have some January events for you to attend:
Jake LaBotz & Ramsay Midwood team up as Hillgrass Bluebilly Presents: Earthy, Rugged, Gritty & Soulful on Saturday January 23rd @ Jovita's
and
Friday January 29th @ BEERLAND - Hillgrass Bluebilly Presents: Wille Heath Neal w/ the Boomswagglers
Also, our debut album on Hillgrass Bluebilly Records - HIRAM & HUDDIE, has been nominated for "BEST CONCEPT ALBUM" for the 2009 Independant Music Awards featuring Scott H. Biram, Possessed by Paul James, Wayne Hancock & other well-known artists we all love & enjoy.....
