KEVIN MONKO (Candy Volcano, Charming Snakes, The Fondas)) writes the songs and offers vocal stylings and ham-handed guitar. BILL FERGUSSON (John Train, Burn Witch Burn, The Fondas) plays mandolin and bassouki (only spelled right). He'll also provide an occasional pony ride for a lucky fan. NED SONSTEIN smacks the drums when he isn't busy with Martha Graham Cracker or The Roddenberries or Candy Volcano. JOHN CUNNINGHAM (Needlefish, Candy Volcano, Hackbeats) is now throttling the bass for us, with which we are thrilled beyond description.
Influences:
The British Invasion, the Japanese Invasion, Edgar Allan Poe, David Bowie, Robyn Hitchcock, Alfred Hitchcock, Captain Beefheart, Donovan, James Brown, The Stooges (Three and Iggy and), Syd Barret, Sun Ra, Elvis Costello, Patti Smith, John Coltrane, Marc Bolan, Television (Verlaine and Lloyd's as well as the glowing box), King Crimson, Love (Arthur Lee's and the phenomenon), Honey West, Stanley Kubrick, Brian Eno, Houdini, Fellini, Linguine, Bukowski, Shakespeare, Absinthe, Twin Peaks, the Smothers Brothers, Baudelaire, Stanley Kubrick, Cassius Clay, Bob Pollard, Sly Stone, Big Daddy Roth, The Philadelphia Warriors featuring Buddy Atkinson and Pretty Judy Arnold, Peter Sellers, Apollo 11, Steve Allen, Antonin Artaud, Devo, J.D. Salinger, Alejandro Jodorovsky, Aretha Franklin, Hunter Thompson, Professor Irwin Corey, The Unity Trio, Woody Allen, Rimbaud, Sally Starr, and The Twilight Zone.

MONKO will play some quirky lyrical guitar driven originals and a bunch of deep-cut covers to satisfy even the most discerning music enthusiast.