Artist description Three gals and a guy from another galaxy bringing their brand of techno-dance-workout music to this planet. Techno music that's out of this world.

Music Style Melodic-Techno-dance-work out-euro-house-electric music

Musical Influences Not of this planet

Similar Artists Moev, but we're not sure

Artist History Susie, Sally, and Maggie grew up together and formed their own garage band on the planet Frobix in the Wasabe Nebula. Giggy saw three hot chicks without a drummer and knew he was on to something. Not being able to make it on their own planet, they traveled to Earth where anybody with a hot body and a few musical riffs could make a hit album. (Unfortunately, Giggy is the only one with the hot body). Dance on.

Group Members Susie-Keyboards. 25 years old. Likes to swim, dance, and look at hot guys. Sally-Keyboards. 28 Years old. the chameleon token of the group. She changes into the nationality or race that are represented by the fewest members in the audience. Maggie Keyboards--19years old. Likes wine spritzers, pina coladas, old movies and guys with crew cuts. Giggy-percussion. 27 years old. Likes anything that will get him close to some female action.

Instruments Mostly keyboard, but who knows.

Albums The Multifunctionals Blast OFF

Press Reviews Welcome to the newly remodeled TrippoCity! Each month mp3.com artist Trippo Marx will be featuring songs by a different favorite mp3.com artist, as well as the monthly Free Trippo Marx mp3. The featured artist for October 2000 is the Multifunctionals, a four piece from outer space by way of Yonkers, NY. I have my suspicions about their extraterrestrial origins, but judging from their music they are not quite like anything else on this planet anyway. You could mix the Residents, the B-52's, Gary Numan, the GTO's, Frank Zappa, Abba, Brian Eno, Angelo Badalamenti, any number of disco artists past or present, twelve large barrels of liquid prozac, ecstasy and LSD, flowers and sunny days, cold moonless starlit nights, the vistas of worlds seen and unseen, real or imagined, shoot the whole works into deep space and you might get something approximating the Multifunctionals. They are three keyboard playing space-ladies and one beat-generating spaceman plumbing the depths of the cosmos for the most engaging space disco this side of Frobulix. I was curious about the so-called space people who wrote all this spacey dance music, so I interviewed these plucky young musical spacefarers for TrippoCity. How and when did the band first get together? Sally: We all met on the planet Frobulix during the third annual inter-galactic dance contest. That was about, in your Earth time, around 1994. Susie: We were hanging around during a break and just started talking with each other and found out we had a lot in common. Giggy: And they were all pretty cute, too. Maggie: Don't get him worked up. Describe briefly what the songwriting/recording process is for the band. Susie: We do it lots of ways. Sometimes we hum a tune. Sometimes we just start jamming until something clicks. Maggie will even actually write stuff down on paper! Once in a while Robert Daria will come up with a tune...but we all have to like it before we decide to record it. Maggie: When we came to Earth we met up with Robert Daria, who took us "under his wing" so to speak. Sally: He's kind of weird. Sometimes he'll have us play live. Sometimes he'll record us separately, on different days on individual tracks then mix them all together. How much of the material is improvised and how much is "composed"? Giggy: We get the basic theme down, then it's a free for all. It's like jazz. Get a theme, then do what you want, then go back to the main theme. There is always an improvised solo on every song. Sally: When we play live, a song can last anywhere from 3 to 20 to 30 minutes. But, we keep an eye on the audience to make sure they're not getting bored. Name a few of the major influences (musical or otherwise) on the band. Maggie: Well, you haven't heard of most of them. Jangles Freep and the Freepettes are one of my favorites. If you're ever on the planet Symbox you can look them up. Sally: I like the B-52's from your planet. The early stuff. And the Van Halen with David Lee Roth. Giggy: Yeah, it's gotta be with David Lee Roth. Susie: Don't forget the GTO's. That's an Earth group from around 1969-1970. What is the impetus behind the band's affinity for space-related themes? Susie: On Earth, you have a saying, "write what you know about". Well, we're from outer space. So, that's what we know about. Things out there are pretty much the same out there as they are here. Humanoids are pretty much the same all over the galaxy. Maggie: Yeah. Favorite Beatles? (if applicable) Giggy: A lady bug is a Beatle, right? Maggie: No, he's asking about those British guys who wrote lots of songs, and had funny haircuts, and changed the face of Western popular music as Earthlings know it today. Susie: Oh, you mean Monty Python? Any upcoming new releases or live performances? When/where? Sally: We're scheduled to play at Somnambula's Ghetto on the planet Gleek a year from now. Susie: I think he's asking about ON EARTH. Sally: Oh, we have nothing scheduled...on Earth. Giggy: I think that's because of our name. Maggie: Don't talk about that. Susie: They're referring to our name, The Multifunctionals. It refers to a part of the male Earthlings' anatomy, well...that is used for, um, elimination AND reproduction. Sally: We found that quite humorous... Susie: ...and gross. Maggie: I don't think I could EVER mate with a male Earthling knowing that. Giggy: Lucky me!

Location Yonkers, NY - USA

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