Artist description psycho avant progressive experimental improvisational freakage.

Music Style Progressive/avant/experimental

Musical Influences Zappa, Mr. Bungle, John Zorn, Fred Frith, The Muffins, The Residents, Derek Bailey, Anthony Braxton, John Cage, Nick Didkovsky, Slayer, Damaged, Fantomas, Henry Cow, Elliot Sharp, Bill Frisell, Luciano Berio, Edgard Varese, Igor Stravinsky, Samuel Barber, Thinking Plague, 5uu's, Charming Hostess, Renaldo and the Loaf, Iancu Dumitrescu, Aksak Maboul, Muhal Richard Abrams, Henry Threadgill, Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew, King Krimson, Present, Roger Trigaux, Univers Zero, Naked City, Boredoms, Massacre, Material, Eric Dolphy, John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Albert Ayler, Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor, Return to Forever, Mark Dresser, Marc Ribot, Dave Douglas, Masada, Joey Baron, Wadada Leo Smith, Locus Solus, Painkiller, Megadeth, Sepultura, Meshuggah, Henri Duttileux, Secret Chiefs 3, Trevor Dunn, Trey Spruance, Mike Patton, Faith No More, Blondie, Michael Jackson, Esquivel, Peter Thomas, Gyorgy Ligeti, Gyorgy Kurtag, Bela Bartok, Conlon Nancarrow, anything played by Ensemble Modern, Barry Guy, Hilliard Ensemble, Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Anton Webern, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Heiner Goebbels, Chris Cutler, Rene Lussier, Eugene Chadbourne, Henry Kaiser, Diamanda Galas, Zeena Parkins, Rob Reich, Huang Ruo, Katherine Gordon, Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening Band, Stuart Dempster, Adrian Legg, Julian Bream, Leo Brouwer, Elliot Carter, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Henri Posseur, Luigi Nono, Pierre Boulez, Erik Satie, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Steve Reich, Terry Riley, John Luther Adams, Ana Maria Avram, Tim Hodgkinson, Marc Hollander, Art Bears, Skeleton Crew, Tom Cora, Marty Ehrlich, Jim O'rourke, Marty Friedman, Dave Lombardo, Kurt Weill, Hans Werner Henze, Albert Honneger, Beethoven, Gesualdo, Orlando Lassus, Fanfare Ciaocarla, Fernando Grillo, Arvo Part, David Hykes, Richard Hoffman (stories), Randy Coleman, Paul Davis, Corey Arcangel, Brian Chase, Vincent Calianno (ROCKETCHRIST), Dave Mustaine, Pre Black Album Metallica, Forced Entry, John Lennon, whoever wrote 'Electric Avenue', Vince Guaraldi, Matt Wilson, Myra Melford, Roswell Rudd, Gil Evans, Brian Wilson, Billie Holiday, Artie Shaw, Lennie Tristano, Warne Marsh, Lee Konitz, Julius Hemphill, Archie Shepp, Wendall Logan, Neal Creque, Alan Baker, Matthew Mueller, Suicidal Tendencies, George Clinton, James Brown, Radiohead, the soundtrack to 'CRUMB', George Crumb, Dmitri Shostakovich, Charles Ives, Johann Sebastian Bach, Corey Dargel, Ice Cube, Busta Rhymes, Cellah Dwellas, NWA, Eazy E, Dr. Dre, Morbid Angel, Unleashed, Entombed, Cryptopsy, Iannis Xenakis, Laurie Anderson, Airto Lindsay, Ground Zero, RUINS, Ikue Mori, Jim Black, Thomas Chapin, Tim Berne, Bloodcount, Chris Speed, Mike Formanek, Cecil McBee, Dewey Redman, Bruce Fowler, Captain Beefheart, Tom Waits, William Parker, Evan Parker, Bill Horist, Wayne Horvitz, Bobby Previte, Nils-Orsted Pederson, Charles Mingus, Stanley Clark, Al DiMeola, Jean-Luc Ponty, Carlos Barbosa Lima, John Browning, Paul Bowles, John Corigliano's Clarinet and Flute Concerto's, Tom Rosenkranz, Lukas Foss, Leonard Bernstein, 50's and 60's SCI-FI music, anything with theremin, Fishbone, Half Loaded, Trash Fish, Primus, Sausage, U Totem, Attention Deficit, Terry Bozzio, Vinnie Coliuta, Bobby McFerrin, the Xenos from planet Xenocosm, Bam Bam Bigelow, Tentacle Swarm, JC and the Go Karts, Stevie Wonder, Ned Rothenberg, Eyvind Kang, The Jazz Passengers, Fugazi, Pullet, Peter Soppelsa's great melodies, Mark Bartscher's 'Elevator Music', any and all Muzak, game show theme music: especially Price is Right and Wheel of Fortune and Family Feud, Carl Stalling, whoever wrote the music for Tom and Jerry, Danny Elfman, Oingo Boingo, Men Without Hats, Duran Duran, ZZ Top, George Lewis, Dave Holland, Barry Altschul, Sonny Sharrock, Tom Scott, Dave Newhouse, Zakk Wylde, Ozzy, Steve Vai, Buckethead, Bootsy Collins, Victor Wooten, Edgar Meyer, Jaco Pastorius, EARLY Pat Metheny, Jim Hall, Wes Montgomery, Bobby Timmons, Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, Tony Williams, Herbie Hancock's 'Sextant', anything with moog or arp 2000 or bugla or however the fuck you spell it, Kabalevsky, Morton Feldman, Stephen Sondheim, Ussachevsky, Davidovsky, Varese (I know I already said him long ago, but it's about that time to mention him again), Sylvestre Revueltas, Alberto Ginastera, the Assad Brothers, Egberto Gismonti, Toru Takemitsu, Tan Dun, Anthony Coleman, John Mcclaughlin, Jerry Goodman, Paco de Lucia, George Duke (with Zappa ONLY), Napoleon Murphy Brock (greatest frontman EVER), Flo & Eddie, Scott Bradley (I remembered who wrote the music for Tom & Jerry), ONE Grateful Dead album that being 'Blues for Allah', Miles Davis esp. electirc miles particularly LIVE-EVIL and a tribute to Jack Johnson, Mwandishi, the Police, Robert Johnson, gospel choirs, loungy organ music, any churchy organ music, music for Ren & Stimpy, music for 'METROPOLIS' by Fritz Lang, 'EVOL' by the keyboardist in ICEBREAKER, Michael Gordon, Gavin Bryars, OrioN's waltzes, Squarepusher aka Tom Jenkinson, Mark Speer's muzak although don't ever let him hear you call it that or he will kill you but that's what it is but it's really good, Jordon's wild onstage antics, Hudson's insanely good art, Patrick's normalcy, Brad Harper, Damien Hirst, Alberto Ponticelli, whoever does the art at www.tamon.de, Flatstick, Strapping Young Lad, the drummer from Dxmxgxd, Zev's wacky riffs, Sam's bottomless bag of funny songs and his hairy nipples which he has a song about, my fake teeth, my parents' insanity, my sister's materialism and her sorority, all the artwork on this webpage, mark ryden, darth maul (badass! the only redeeming part of that shitty film), the matrix, the hope the mike myers will NOT make another austin powers movie, and last but certainly not least Foghorn Leghorn, you know, the big rooster from Looney Tunes.... wait I feel I'm leaving out something oh..... Mikhail Bulgakov, Donald Barthelme, Daniil Kharms, David Foster Wallace, James Joyce, Aidan Mathews, John Montague, William Carlos Williams, and the FLEKKERDARNAKON!

Similar Artists Zappa, Mr. Bungle, The Residents, Fred Frith

Artist History Studied counterpoint in Vienna from 1839-1234. Currently residing elsewhere.

Group Members Wally Scharold - composition, guitars, bass, keyboards, voices, percussion, random noises, electronics, Rob Reich - (on MeknoMarnak only) composition, keyboards, voice, percussion Patrick Kelly - drumz (coven & honey key) Sara Norris - marimba (coven & honey key) Matt Silverman - vibraphone, keyboards (coven & honey key) Mark Speer - bass (coven & honey key) Martin Simmons - voice (coven) Jordon Blackwell - voice (coven) JQ Whitcomb - trumpet (goth) Andy Hunter - trombone (goth) Dave Reminick - saxes (goth) Du Yun - Piano (goth) Mike Kish - bass (goth) Brian Chase - (goth)

Instruments Guitars, keyboards, electronica, percussion, horns, etc.

Albums miRthkon (wallytunes: vol. 1a)

Press Reviews "When I inserted Nasty Canasta "miRthkon" into my CD player, I had no idea what to expect. From the bionic-huminoid artwork on the cover to the trans-linguistic track titles, it seemed there was no way to prepare myself for the ensuing madness. I hit play and was instantly thrown into a different dimension of sound and reality. The music on this disc is playful, dark, witty, intelligent, and almost neurotic. Track by track, the listener travels from reality to sur-reality to an alien world where anything is possible, and in the end, completely satisfied, until the next listening. I give my highest regards to Wally Scharold and his liege of musicians for crafting what may be considered the sounds of the next millenium." - Brad Harper, AP

Additional Info miRthkon is available at CDBaby.com!!! GO NOW!!!!!

Location Houston, TX - USA

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