Black Sabbath, Sun Ra, The Melvins, Jimi Hendrix, Dinosaur Jr., Pink Floyd, Slayer, Captain Beefheart, Anton Webern, Down, Derik Bailey, Helmet, Peter Broztmann, Han Bennink, Mastodon, John Coltrane, Fantomas, Sunny Murray, Rashied Ali, Led Zeppelin, Pantera, Peter Kowald, Crowbar, Suplecs, Albert Ayler, Eyehategod, Sleep Terror, Mr. Bungle, Henry Cowell, Early Metallica, Acid Bath, Orange Goblin, Alabama Thunderpussy, Ornette Coleman, Frank Zappa, Sabir Mateen, Don Cherry, Soilent Green, Soundgarden, Cecil Taylor, Misfits, Alice in Chains, Cream, Arnold Schoenberg, Lightning Bolt, Anthony Braxton, Alban Berg, Kidd Jordan, Alan Silva, The Minutemen, Hamid Drake, William Parker, Mats Gustaffson, Ken Vandermark, Henry Grimes, Joseph Holbrooke, Fishbone, Tony Oxley, Elvin Jones, Tatsuya Nakatani, Nirvana, Trevor Dunn Trio, Napalm Death, Jameel Moondock, High on Fire, Evan Parker, Schlippenbach Trio, Pharoah Sanders, Tomahawk, Mono, Pelican, Husker Du, Fugazi, George Crumb, Mission of Burma
Sounds Like
Hiroshima afterblast experienced while tripping on acid.
Guitar sorcerer Jimbo Walsh (The Naked Orchestra, The Other Planets, Improvisational Arts Council, Michael Ray and the Cosmic Krewe, Diesel Combustion Orchestra, Sexahol, Rambis, Klezmer All- Stars, list goes on forever and ever...) and volcano drummer J. Steigner (I, Octopus, Rambis, Diesel Combustion Orchestra, Improvisational Arts Council, Sexahol) have been jamming with each other in different bands since 2004. The Brown Stripes formed while Jay was taking private composition lessons from Jimbo at Loyola University during Spring of 2005. After the lesson Jimbo and Jay would hang out and have some improvised jams. One day they decided that since their jams were usually swampy and ass slammingly loud, and since they were a guitar and drum duo that it would be funny to name the band The Brown Stripes. Since that day the Brown Stripes have been relentlessly thrashing with no remorse. All of their songs are completely improvised but always contain one ingredient: balls to the wall, slamming force of sonic energy that will make your head explode into a million pieces.
MP3'S COMING SOON! all our previous recordings were way to long to fit on the site
The New Orleans Brown Stripes's Friend Space (Top 23)
Thanks for entertaining the idea of and then going ahead and befriending us. We are very happily made by this development, which surely shall cause the possible, although unlikely, implosion of the world as of 3 years ago. We have our latest release "Chiasmata Read Story" available for purchase in MP3 form on our MySpace page, so please do check it out!
