Artist description Dophesus is the delicious result of a collaboration between 3 creative individuals with the common drive to produce innovative, original music with integrity and heart. The sound of the band has been described as a tasty stew of post-punk/progressive disciplines, psychedelic jam-provisations and buttery mind-funk.

Music Style Post-punk/progressive

Musical Influences Zappa, The Who, The Minutemen, David Lynch, fugazi, Syd Barett, Miles Davis, Mr. Bungle, John Zorn, John Coltrane.

Similar Artists Why would we want to sound like anyone else?

Artist History Dophesus has been together in various forms for about 5 years.They have based themselves in Cincinnati for the time being, playing mostly in original-music friendly venues such as The Mad Frog, The Southgate House, Topcats, The Buzz Coffeeshop and Sudsy Malone's. Some of the band's most memorable live performances could have been witnessed at The Who tribute back in spring of 1999 at Topcat's and Noisefest 2000 this past April, fighting for the cause of independant and experimental music.

Group Members David Cupp - guitars, voice Ezra Waller - drums, voice Tom Smith - bass

Instruments Guitar, bass, drums, voice, sound effects, occasional sax.

Albums Little Magic Snowman

Press Reviews Dophesus' Magic by: Mike Breen One of the more interesting bands to emerge on the local music scene is the up-and-coming trio Dophesus. The band -Dave Cupp (guitar/vocals), Ezra Waller (drums/vocals) and Tom Smith (bass) - recently released a new CD titled Little Magic Snowman. The trio's sound is an eclectic and inventive one, meshing influences from Pink Floyd to Miles Davis to The Minutemen for a truly unique sound. Imagine if Frank Zappa or Charles Mingus was born in the '70s and brought up with a desire to play Post-Punk. The group also displays an almost Free Jazz-like approach to composition, allowing the songs to develop in an almost improvlike manner. At the same time, the arrangements are often very intricate, more befitting a Prog Rock band. Dophesus play some of the most unique music around right now.

Location Cincinnati, Ohio - USA

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