Artist description The band plays the original songs of Art Rosch, who singsand plays keyboards.Guitarist Tom Finch brings together an incrediblearray of rock and jazz influences from Hendrix toJerry Garcia, and tours with Big Brother and the Holding Company,the Jazz Iguanas and Eyes Open. Bassist Rob Fordyce was the virtuoso performer withthe great techo-fusion band The Ring. Drummer Pete Lindgigs with Van Morrison and accompanies Bay Area keyboard legend John Allair.Playing together, the four musicians create a funkytexture with great dance rhythms and Art Rosch's distinctivesongwriting style.

Music Style Pop-Rock

Musical Influences Hendrix, Coltrane, Miles, Monk

Similar Artists Randy Newman, Mose Allison, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison

Artist History Art Rosch began his musical career as a drummer with the great jazz saxophonist, Zoot Prestige. When Zoot died in 1989, Art formed the group 'Mobsters on Acid'. His song 'Everything You'd Know If Freud Wore a Speedo'became a best seller in Australia, New Zealand and the Fiji Islands. In the nineties Art switched to piano and began developing his original style of singing and songwriting. In 1999 his album, "Sex and the Big Bang" was a Bay Area cult favorite. In the mid-nineties Art formed his present band and developed the funky, jazz-like sound which has been playing in Bay Area venues and developing a devoted following.

Group Members Art Rosch, piano and vocalsTom Finch, guitarRob Fordyce, BassPeter Lind, drums

Instruments Piano, guitar, bass , drums and vocals

Albums Out Of This World

Press Reviews From Music Express:"If Jimi Hendrix had survived and gotten treatment for his substance abuse problems, he would want to sit in with this band. Art Rosch is a stylist, a pure original, one of the funniest and most insightful musical hallucinators of our time. His songs recall surrealist painters like Dali and Magritte, with their suggestive but never quite explicit clues to unconscious processes. This never interferes with the warmth and intimacy of Art's sound, the directness of emotional communication. He has surrounded himself with musicians of the highest intelligence, who understand his intentions and can help him further his musical vision. There are eight songs on this CD, each one a classic, including the famous 'Everything You'd Know If Freud Wore A Speedo', the tune that has been so huge in Asia and the Southern Hemisphere and won Australias's coveted Outrage Award. The order of the songs is carefully considered so that what begins as a deliberate and goofy lack of profundity becomes, in the end, profound.From the zany and slightly lascivious lyrics of 'Jack In The Box' the listener is suddenly thrust into the tragic drama of 'Kosovo' with its simple yet beautiful chords and its resonance with songs like Coltrane's 'Alabama' or Joni Mitchell's 'Ethiopia'. And, of course, for anyone undergoing the turmoil of psychotherapy, 'My Diagnosis' provides hilarious relief and is worth four or five sessions with a shrink, at least.A fantastic CD, a zillion stars. Tell your friends."

Location San Francisco, CA - USA

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