chris gardn3r - guitar, vocals, yelling ..-..8765985987659855463427654959870-98-098
8714286583265876532986532..-.. paul nich0ls - bass, yelling
987698598645375428549760970-98098...-.. zack h3ath - drums, yelling
Influences
Tom Waits, Keizers Orchestra, The Cows, Man Man, Shelac, Slint, Pavement, Gang of four, Captain Beefheart, DEVO, Deerhoof, little wings, Talking Heads, Pixies, Mr. Bungle, Nick Cave, the Unicorns, Les Savy Fav, The Detachment kit, Need New Body, LIARS
The 3 began in 2005 under the name Pennies and Swingsets, playing around Dallas predominately the Exposition Park area. After some deliberation they decided to change the name to Formicah until they were asked to, once again, change the name by the good people at DuPont for fear of giving the company that brought you cancer causing spray on adhesive a bad name. Deciding on Tober Omi (Latin for Circus owner) for it's connotations in relation to the up and down, side to side motions, and unexpected turns of a carnival ride that are prevalent in most of the songs. Paul Nichols (bassist/producer) and Zack Heath (drummer) met at Austin College in Sherman, Texas and began drinking together finding common ground in their musical interests (Jazz, Classical, and many rhythm and bass oriented bands). Chris Gardner, (vocals, lyrics, guitar) met Paul through a mutual friend and the two decided to try working on some projects together. When it was decided that the sound desired could not be achieved without an actual drummer, Paul enlisted the help of long time friend and out-side of the box talent Zack. Chris coming from a very different school of music, (i.e. no discernable school as he has had no technical training) goes about adding texture to the driving rhythms Paul and Zack create by adding the ugliest and most unusual noises he can muster with his instrument and layering that with cryptic and at times unnerving lyrical content. Live they are a true spectacle. They jump, they scream incoherently; they beat their chests and stomp their feet while creating a sound that can only be described as a circus funeral procession gone horribly wrong. A sight to behold.
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Double Wide: The Clutters / Tah-Dahs / Tober Omi / The States
A pair of reasonably catchy Memphis pop-rock acts book-end the opening and headline slots at this one; check their MySpace pages and you may very well be convinced to attend this, at least for what The Clutters deliver. Meaty! But the real star of this show is Dallas' Tober Omi--you know how so many bands like to copy Gang of Four these days? Tober Omi's the first I've heard to really capture that band's fuck-all spirit without sounding a thing like them, choosing instead a post-punk attack that has the carnie mentality of outfits like Man Man. Be part of something big by attending this fucking show.
I can't wait to see you guys play on 4/7/07 at the Cavern at 10pm for only $6!!! I heard there's going to be confetti throwing and light-saber dancing and magic candy tossing and ping-pong tricks!
the new songs (and cd- dirigables!) are awesome, really. i am a music asshole (not as much as you chris) but am mesmerized by the cd... especially meridian's bride. you guys need to come to fort worth. you know we are too lazy to drive to dallas. how about the wreck room or aardvark? i'm already there.
When are you guys coming out with an album? By the way, I am the guy that introduced Beth to Flotation Toy Warning. We were name dropping bands on deviant art and I dropped Toy Warning and she hadn't heard of them but once she did, she said that you guys would like them and that I would like you guys... I do like your songs and would love to buy your album when it comes out!
Dan
It's amazingly weird; When I listen to the songs "Miridian's Bride" "Keokuk" and "The house that we Built" it seems like I've been hearing them for years, but I know I haven't. It's like I'm caught in some deja vu, temporal warp or something and it's just RAD!
Man, it's too bad you guys were planning on opening with Kashmere. That really cut your set short. Oh well. You were pretty fucking awesome anyway. I guess.
Don't you wish you knew someone who played accordion and piano? Oh, wait...
I JUST WANT TO JOIN YOUR SECRET CLUB SO I CAN BE COOL, TOO. God, I hate you guys. Not you Paul. Or you, Zack. Just that other asshole. What's his name? Lance or Stuart or something? I hate that guy.
