Artist description 3 young men passionately committed to making some of the most atonal and irritating music imaginable.

Music Style Awful noise

Musical Influences The Residents, Renaldo and the Loaf, Barnes and Barnes, Zappa.

Similar Artists The Residents, Renaldo and the Loaf, Barnes and Barnes, Zappa.

Artist History Pliny The Elder existed from 1982 to 1984.The bands unstated objective was to make the most laughableand annoying music possible while still maintaining a modicumof structure. We did this for a great many reasons, but primarilybecause it was a lot of fun.

Group Members The band consisted of the following core members:Bill O’Connor: Vocals, keys, percussion, trash and noise.Ken Shaw: Vocals: drums, percussion, keys, trash and noise.Tim Zukowski (now John Ludi): Vocals, guitar, bass, keys,percussion, trash and noise. Guest members included:Gary Caudell: Keys, percussion, trash and noise.Steve Delito: Vocals, sax, clarinet, trash and noise.Eric Montag: Guitar, bass, drums, vocals, trash and noise.

Instruments Guitar, bass, vocals, drums, keys, tin cans, household appliances, large hunks of metal, sax, clarinet, tuned and out of tune percussion.

Albums Torpid Liver (cassette-unavailable). Compound Lobster Maintanance (cassette-unavailable). The Essential Pliny The Elder Volumes 1 & 2 (NEW-2 CDS).

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Location Detroit, MI - USA

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