Artist description Lying somewhere between the UK pop-sike sounds of early Pink Floyd or S.F. Sorrow-era Pretty Things, and the US garage/psych sounds of The Electric Prunes (makes sense being from Canada, after all), we are The Orange Alabaster Mushroom.

Music Style pop-sike, garage/psych

Musical Influences The Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett, The Kinks, The Byrds, Dukes of Stratosphear, The Electric Prunes, Soft Boys, Robyn Hitchcock, The Move, The Pretty Things, Tomorrow, Kaleidoscope (UK)

Similar Artists The Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett, The Kinks, The Byrds, Dukes of Stratosphear, The Electric Prunes, Soft Boys, Robyn Hitchcock, The Move, The Pretty Things, Tomorrow, Kaleidoscope (UK)

Artist History Hatched way back in 1970, The Orange Alabaster Mushroom has been slowly yet surely evolving and mutating into the globulous form that is presented before you today. Realisation and recording began in 1991, and continues spore-adically; live performances are slowly being added, with more appendages growing each day.

Group Members Recording: Greg "Grog" Watson - all instruments / Live: Greg "Grog" Watson - vocals, lead guitar, organ / Gord Mylks - rhythm guitar, vocals / Ryan Bol - organ, vocals / Shawn Savoie - bass guitar / Mark "Fuzzy" Fraser - drums

Instruments 6 and 12-string electric guitars, acoustic guitar, bass, drums, combo organ, analogue synthesisers, sitar, coffee can, am I missing anything?

Press Reviews "Psych fans will want this." - Mel C., Shredding Paper #2 / "equal parts Friday-afternoon kegger and lost-weekend psylocibin bender" - Jud Cost, Magnet #40 / "Lo-fi avant-pop alchemists with rubbish names (Orange Alabaster Mushroom, anyone?)" - NME, June 14 '99 / "these sounds are becoming fresher and fresher" - Shelley Devoto, X Press #301 / "a homemade sixties daydream" - Andrew Norman, riverrun / "assaults your ears and feet at the same time, inspiring awe in one and manic dancing in the other" - Gayle Brogan, boa / "really enjoyable psych-pop" - Blair Buscareno, Teen Scene #57 / "One of the best singles of the '90s" - Tommy Bergmann, Stokage #1

Location Kingston, Ontario - Canada

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