Which band did I just find out features, as one of its primary songwriters, the son of two of the best friends of my long-deceased parents?

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They are mildly but not hugely famous, apparently with a decent-sized cult. The guy is apparently not in the band per se', but collaborates with them fairly often and plays synth sometimes. His parents apparently featured prominently in my parents' wedding, which happened before I was born. I bought a used CD by them once out of curiosity (long before knowing I was in any way connected with them), but I didn't keep it. I have never written about them and don't have much of an opinion about them one way or the other. They may well have interesting stuff in their catalouge, but possibly not as well.

I will answer any yes and no questions if people want to try to figure out who the band is.

― xhuxk, Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:06 (twenty years ago)

Kix?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:07 (twenty years ago)

Oh wait, there were no synths in Kix. My bad.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:07 (twenty years ago)

Er, no... I definitely have an opinion about Kix, Alex, come on!

Again, it is a band that I have never written about. Ever. Til now.

― xhuxk, Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:08 (twenty years ago)

Are you talking about Robert Hunter and the Grateful Dead?

― Eleventy-Twelve (Eleventy-Twelve), Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:08 (twenty years ago)

The Killers?

― Aerodynamic (Aerodynamic), Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:09 (twenty years ago)

(Though actually, Kix do have synth parts in several songs -- or guitar parts that sure sound an awful lot like synth parts, at least.)

― xhuxk, Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:09 (twenty years ago)

No, no - maybe it would be better if you'd ask questions *about* the band, though, instead of just wildly taking random shots in the dark.

― xhuxk, Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:10 (twenty years ago)

Did the band release any records before 1990?

― Keith C (kcraw916), Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:12 (twenty years ago)

Is there a female in the band?

― W i l l (common_person), Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:12 (twenty years ago)

Is the band from the East Coast or elsewhere?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:13 (twenty years ago)

I am not going to do research about questions I don't know the answers to, though I'll tell you when I am not sure. I don't *think* they put out records before 1990, and I don't think they feature any girls. I have no idea what part of the country they are from.

― xhuxk, Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:14 (twenty years ago)

OK, maybe I will research just a little. AMG says they started post-'90. The bio there does not seem to locate them geographically. I don't think I see any female faces or female names, though it's kinda hard to tell.

― xhuxk, Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:18 (twenty years ago)

Does Pitchfork like them?

― Mike O. (Mike Ouderkirk), Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:18 (twenty years ago)

Will pretending to like this band get me laid?

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:19 (twenty years ago)

is this an indie-type band?? or a band that's going for the glory?

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:19 (twenty years ago)

pitchfork: probably not
get you laid: no fucking way (though may depend on your gender)
indie-type: er, sort of? in a way?
going for the glory: hell yes

― xhuxk, Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:21 (twenty years ago)

are they a jam band?

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:22 (twenty years ago)

not per se'. though they may well be liked by part of that audience.

― xhuxk, Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:23 (twenty years ago)

Dangerous Toyz.

― cdwill, Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:25 (twenty years ago)

Has the band ever been featured on a volume of "NOW"?

― John Fredland (jfredland), Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:25 (twenty years ago)

no, not dangerous toys - and from now on, for expediency's sake, i will ignore all guesses of specific bands unless the guess is correct.

the band has never been on any volume of NOW, as far I know.

― xhuxkk, Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:27 (twenty years ago)

Pavement/Bob Nastanovich

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:27 (twenty years ago)

Ween!

― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:27 (twenty years ago)

the bluegrass cardinals?

http://www.sugarhillrecords.com/catalog/3751.jpg

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:27 (twenty years ago)

I've been meaning to mention to Alex in NYC that my best friend tutored the nephew of the lead singer of Killing Joke, in Highland Park, NJ.

― Hurting (Hurting), Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:27 (twenty years ago)

Do they get radio play? (or did they ever)?

― kickitcricket (kickitcricket), Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:29 (twenty years ago)

Have they made a video?

― W i l l (common_person), Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:31 (twenty years ago)

Are they prog?

― The Obligatory Sourpuss (Begs2Differ), Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:31 (twenty years ago)

do they get discussed on ILM with any kind of regularity?

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:32 (twenty years ago)

Radio? Probably on specialty shows. They may well have been in the regular rotation on some rock stations at times, but I can not say for sure. I would expect they've made videos, but I have never seen any, so I can't say for sure about that one way or the other either.

Their name has come up on ILM, but I am not sure in what context.

They are prog as fuck.

― xhuxk, Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:37 (twenty years ago)

can i buy a vowel?

Prog as fuck? it's Radiohead!

― Lee F# (fsharp), Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:40 (twenty years ago)

Mars Volta?

― his face was burned off in a flaming crossbow accident (King Kobra), Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:42 (twenty years ago)

Did Dream Theater have anything out before 1990?

― Andy Jay, Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:42 (twenty years ago)

Are they an American band?

― kickitcricket (kickitcricket), Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:42 (twenty years ago)

"I have no idea what part of the country they are from."

Never mind. I'm assuming that's a yes.

― kickitcricket (kickitcricket), Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:44 (twenty years ago)

Are they Spock's Beard?

― adam (adam), Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:45 (twenty years ago)

I thought Dream Theater too, but they have a regular synth player and have been around since the late-'80s.

― michaeln (kid loki), Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:45 (twenty years ago)

Are they on Magna Carta?

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:46 (twenty years ago)

>Are they Spock's Beard? <

bingo!

― xhuxk, Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:51 (twenty years ago)

I RULE

― adam (adam), Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:52 (twenty years ago)

except for the knowing about spock's beard part

― mark s (mark s), Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:56 (twenty years ago)

hahaha

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Thursday, 17 March 2005 22:57 (twenty years ago)

(Anyway, I am kind of sad that they are not Porcupine Tree. That would have been cool! But I can live with Spock's Beard, I suppose.)

― xhuxk, Thursday, 17 March 2005 23:06 (twenty years ago)

is it Thee Shatners?

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 17 March 2005 23:07 (twenty years ago)

Spock's Beard? But Spock didn't have a beard! Oh wait, the evil Spock in the parallel universe in the "Mirror Mirror" episode had one. Clever name. Perhaps too clever.

― Ken L (Ken L), Thursday, 17 March 2005 23:10 (twenty years ago)

I am kind of sad that they are not Porcupine Tree. That would have been cool!

Damn straight! Wonderful band.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 17 March 2005 23:18 (twenty years ago)

except for the knowing about spock's beard part

argh zinged by mark s

― adam (adam), Thursday, 17 March 2005 23:20 (twenty years ago)

were any of the band's discs almost purchased during the great Amazon.com/ILM heist/scandal of '05?

― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Thursday, 17 March 2005 23:25 (twenty years ago)

you remember? this one... Absolutely Fucking Amazing Amazon Sale (US Posters Only)

― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Thursday, 17 March 2005 23:27 (twenty years ago)

chuck, are you from the detroit area?

― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Thursday, 17 March 2005 23:28 (twenty years ago)

Is Chuck from Detroit?

― Ken L (Ken L), Thursday, 17 March 2005 23:35 (twenty years ago)

The Sinkerzinger was really good by the way.

Now I can't quite get this juxtaposition out of my head: Nude Spock's Beard.

― Ken L (Ken L), Thursday, 17 March 2005 23:39 (twenty years ago)

argh ilx wayback machine

― adam (adam), Thursday, 17 March 2005 23:49 (twenty years ago)

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Nimoy shocked Jewish groups with the publication of his 2002 photographic collection "Shekina" with its juxtaposition of nude photographs with religious imagery.

The 73-year-old recruited the performance troupe the Fat Bottom Revue to model for him, and he used nude works by Helmut Newton and Herb Ritts as his inspiration.

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― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 18 March 2005 01:19 (twenty years ago)

god DAMN it, when I asked "are they prog" I KNEW it was Spock's Beard!

― The Obligatory Sourpuss (Begs2Differ), Friday, 18 March 2005 01:21 (twenty years ago)

xhuxk is 'my so called life' still your fav show of all time?

― charleston charge (chaki), Friday, 18 March 2005 01:26 (twenty years ago)

did i say that before? well, it's still way up there. i think freaks & geeks may have passed it, though.

― xhuxk, Friday, 18 March 2005 01:27 (twenty years ago)

& i still have never seen a single episode of square pegs!

― xhuxk, Friday, 18 March 2005 01:34 (twenty years ago)

square pegs is the best and most realistic actually devo was on an episode. jamie gertz is genius. you said that was your fav show in accidental evolution/

― charleston charge (chaki), Friday, 18 March 2005 01:44 (twenty years ago)

square pegs is not realistic at all chaki

NB: I grew up in oregon, not california, so maybe that's the difference

― The Obligatory Sourpuss (Begs2Differ), Friday, 18 March 2005 01:49 (twenty years ago)

devo didnt come to your school?

― charleston charge (chaki), Friday, 18 March 2005 01:51 (twenty years ago)

no but I took my hot girlfriend, gr4ce dul4n3y, to see devo at the opera house in portland in 1983! and they were boring! but she liked them a lot! we doubledated with my brother and her sister, which was KIND of like an episode of square pegs!

― The Obligatory Sourpuss (Begs2Differ), Friday, 18 March 2005 01:59 (twenty years ago)

I was already thinking about a Spock's Beard vs. Tonto's Expanding Headband thread, but lack motivation (when you're slacking off from slacking off, it's really something or other. or maybe not). The girl (smart daughter straying from geekdom to freekdom is on ER now, Chuck. She doesn't look much older, but she's got this ten-year-old son who lurks around all the gore. They've also got the soccer-gifted daughter from Bend It Like Beckham, and Melissa Gilbert, Roseanne's smart daughter, and and Maura Tierny who was Dave Foley's smart girlfriend and sometime-boss on Talk Radio (still got sme older people too, like the guy who tried to help Eminem in 8 Mile).

― don, Friday, 18 March 2005 05:59 (twenty years ago)

'Ang on a minute, before the thread dies again...what I should have asked: how did you discover that this guy was the son of your parents' friends? (Kinda nosey, but since you mentioned it-)

― don, Saturday, 19 March 2005 02:28 (twenty years ago)

his mom (who i met at my sister's wedding in michigan last august, not knowing who her son was) left a message on my voicemail last week!

― xhuxk, Sunday, 20 March 2005 22:02 (twenty years ago)

You're a magnet for coincidence! Like RJ Smith was yr. childhood friend, and then I guess you moved away? And decades later, you and he were two of the most prolific Voiceans of that era.

― don, Monday, 21 March 2005 02:16 (twenty years ago)

Chuck OTM on "Freaks & Geeks."

― John Fredland (jfredland), Monday, 21 March 2005 09:21 (twenty years ago)

>You're a magnet for coincidence! <

Also, one time a few years ago, I had a weird dream that Eddie Murphy wanted me to help him with his taxes, and then I woke up and went to the airport and flew to LA to interview Rancid for *Spin*, and when I got there and called the label office they said Rancid couldn't do the interview til the next day, so I called around to other people I knew and wound up driving my rentacar to Santa Monica and eating dinner in honor of Bic Runga (who I sat next to) along with whatever her record label was at the time, and only a minute after sitting down at the table I noticed that two tables away in the restaurant was none other than....Eddie Murphy! I am not making this up!

― xhuxk, Monday, 21 March 2005 16:04 (twenty years ago)

Did you offer to help him with his taxes?

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Monday, 21 March 2005 16:33 (twenty years ago)

I considered it, but I hadn't brought any Schedule C's with me!

― xhuxk, Monday, 21 March 2005 16:36 (twenty years ago)

Chuck, do you realize the power you have in your hands? Maybe you will dream the winner of next year's Pazz & Jop!

― Ken L (Ken L), Monday, 21 March 2005 16:39 (twenty years ago)

Who's Bic Runga? Any good?

― don, Tuesday, 22 March 2005 02:42 (twenty years ago)

Nowhere near as good as OMC, as Maori rock goes. (Actually, I forget if she was Maori, though i'm pretty sure she came from New Zealand. She sounded, er, vaguely Bjorkish. To be nice, let's just say I got the idea that I was not in the targeted demographic for her music.)

― xhuxk, Tuesday, 22 March 2005 17:33 (twenty years ago)

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