Matteo-Vocals, Noise, Headbanging, Skin Flute, Pointless fits of Rage that enrage all around him.
Byronius-Trumpet, Control of Legions, Cheetos, Getting Whiskey Bent and Yelling about Politics Until Passing Out.
Baghead-Bass, Dancing, Bagheading, Falling Down.
Marisa Motherfucking Barnes-Violin, Faux Dreadlocks, Silly Hats, Hippie Dancing to Loud Metal Bands.
Beatrice-Violin, Vocals, Boobs, Keeping Walrus Babies at Bay.
Nikolai-Percussion, Sex, Keeper of the Sacred Moustache, Naked Wrestling In The Snow.
Autin-Keys, Birds, Squid-Wrangling, Looking So Much Like Zappa It Is Scary Sometimes-Especially When You Are Drunk.
Brockinator-Former Skinpounder Now Being Responsible. He Has Cthulhu's Blessing.
Influences
Mr. Bungle
The Smashing Pumpkins
Ozomatli
Cake
Faith No More
Tool
Sun Ra
Regina Spektor
Man or Astro-Man?
Mastadon
The Dillinger Escape Plan
John Zorn
Genesis
Led Zeppelin
Melt Banana
Zamla Mammas Manna
The Mars Volta
Tub Ring
Dog Fashion Disco
Outside of music, we like:
David Attenborough
Robert Anton Wilson
Phillip K. Dick
Richard Dawkins
Douglas Adams
Tom Robbins
Stephen Colbert
John Stewart
Adult Swim
H.P. Lovecraft
Richard Buckminster Fuller
James Joyce
Aleister Crowley
Terence McKenna
Sounds Like
Vampire Squid is probably the most amazing band you will ever hear. Fusing Dynamic Polyrythms that twirl and spin with Soaring Melodies only to become Drunken Circus strains that stumble across a swamp of Orchestral Events. Seven musicians that love music for music. A real bunch of drunkards. Toss that Mozart out the fucking window, if you want smart kids, play Vampire Squid for your babies.
"Where the wild Old Ones Are":
Details are scarce on this mysterious group, but legend has it that in ancient times, when The Vampire Squid ruled supreme over his cephalopod bretheren, there rose a brilliantly jeweled and many splendored palace in the center of the Tethys Sea. Descended from an ancient and powerful race of spacefaring entities, the cephalopods were the masters of a puny two-legged race:humans. After Eons of bloody war, the humans managed to pull The Vampire Squid from power, and banished them and their cohorts to the depths.
This band professes a desire to bring back the Cephalopods' ruling glory through otherworldy melodies, and mesmerizing rythms. Join them if you wish to be on the side of might.
i'm spamming your comment box to let you know . . .
we want to come to l'ville, but we're not sure when . . . it would probably be tacked on to the end of our tour in late september since our friend's band can't do it in august when we'll be in the area to play . . .
"Where the wild Old Ones Are":
Details are scarce on this mysterious group, but legend has it that in ancient times, when The Vampire Squid ruled supreme over his cephalopod bretheren, there rose a brilliantly jeweled and many splendored palace in the center of the Tethys Sea. Descended from an ancient and powerful race of spacefaring entities, the cephalopods were the masters of a puny two-legged race:humans. After Eons of bloody war, the humans managed to pull The Vampire Squid from power, and banished them and their cohorts to the depths. 
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