DAVE BERGEN - Drums
KYLE RIPP - Bass, Lead Vocals, Keyboards, Horns
RUSS "THE GOVERNOR" - Guitar
JOSH "MANCHILD" BERGEN - Guitar
Influences
Funkadelic, Led Zeppelin, Barry White, Rick James, The Beatles, The Police, Sting, Stuart Copeland, The Band, Cymande, The Meters, Sublime, Jimi Hendrix, Queen, Mahavishnu Orchestra, 311, Frank Zappa, Bob Marley, Os Mutantes,The Allman Brothers, MMW, Prince, Jane's Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Blind Melon, Sly & The Family Stone, Parliament-Funkadelic, Stevie Wonder, Krantz, Marley, Tosh, Steel Pulse, John Brown's Body, James Brown, Beatles, Floyd, Bowie, Lane, Helborg, Sipe, Stones, Yes, Victor Wooten, Mahavishnu, Shakti, Fela Kuti, 5ive Style, Earth, Wind &; Fire, Black Crowes, Rage Against the Machine, Radiohead, Beck, Eddie Hazel, David Bromberg, The Meters, The Mars Volta, Pat Metheny, Oz Noy, Pat Martino, Santana, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Squarepusher, Steve Coleman, Sublime, Talking Heads, Phish, Velvet Underground, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Paul Simon, Cream, Keith Carlock, David Byrne, Grateful Dead, Sunny Day Real Estate, John Scofield, The Slip, The Doors, Guns n' Roses, Porno for Pyros, Jimmy Cliff, Herbie Hancock, Return to Forever, Metallica, Ravi Shankar, John Lennon, Weezer, Johnny Guitar Watson, The Cure....
Sounds Like
Lovin in the oven. Like mom used to make. Delicious and slightly hazardous to your sanity.
Record Label
Buy our 1st CD @ http://cdbaby.com/cd/thesubstance
What do you get when you combine a peaceful guitar warrior with a
face-melting, raw funky-ass groove (Russell Bergen), a hard-hitting,
tactically precise drummer (Dave Bergen), a soulful guitar guru
with an elastic funky wrist (Josh Bergen), and a balls-out, gruff-voiced, testosterone-driven sexual powerhouse bassist/lead singer (Kyle Ripp)? The
answer THE SUBSTANCE.
Last night, I had the rare pleasure of witnessing a top-notch
performance by this crew of psychopaths. It started as a typical
Thursday night downtown at the world famous Pussycat Lounge. I
stopped in for a few beers and, I must admit, for a glimpse of the lovely
ladies of the lounge. Little did I know, upon making my way upstairs to
hear the music, I was about to metaphorically have my nuts stapled to
the wall.
The show began with the thick, bass-driven funk groove Come
Inside/Rump Clump. The audience was instantly mesmerized as Kyle
ripped into his infamous opening line I had a vision in the heat of
the night.Yes, this was to be a night of both vision and heat. The
musicianship displayed by this band is unsurpassed by most. As the
show progressed, the energy in that room was so intense, folks could
probably feel it uptown. Other highlights included the pipe-hitting funky
rock number, Soldier Song, the rockin, reggae-influenced After Life,
as well as the unveiling of their new rip-roaring slow blues number
Defiant. The experience was truly transcendent.
The combination of funk, blues, rock, and reggae that they gracefully
incorporate into their repitoire displays the ambitious musical nature as
well as their raw, from-the-heart sound. If Led Zeppelin, Funkadelic, and
Bob Marley all had sex and gave birth to a 4-headed baby, it would be
called The Substance. Keep an eye out for their upcoming
performances, you will not be disappointed. This reporter sure wasnt.
-a crazed fan
THE SUBSTANCE: The Substance
If Led Zeppelin, Funkadelic, and
Bob Marley all had sex and gave birth to a 4-headed baby, it would be
called The Substance.
Michael Brunnock, hot on the release of his NEW album "Live In New York", will be performing at New York's premier Irish festival Wee Craicfest. A one night festival of live music & the best of Irish short films. Also on the bill this evening will be the one and only Mundy. The 10th annual WEE CRAIC will take place at The Studio at Webster Hall 125 East 11th Street, New York, Thursday , September 17th. Free Bar between 7pm-8pm. Doors 7pm Tickets available on TICKET WEB.
Founding member and former front man of John Brown’s Body Kevin Kinsella returns to Southern Cali August 1 to perform with Elijah Emmanuel and the Revelations. Come out and show some love!
A typical Kevin Kinsella set includes his new original reggae, 10 Ft. Ganja Plant music and classic JBB songs.
The Craic Festival 2009 has invited FairplayCollective to play at this years Festival. All members will be playing in the round. The show is at The Mercury Lounge, March 14th at 8pm. This is the last night of the festival and Foy Vance is also on the bill.
What more can I say, a great night for music and film, with the odd star thrown in. Come show your support.
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Hey Friends, Mark Dignam will be playing
one of his rare New York shows at
The Scratcher (one of his favorite rooms).
We wish to see you there for songs and singing.
Sunday evening November 30th at 7.15pm
Please come and support LIVE music.
209 East 5th Street, Manhattan.
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