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Artist History MILKY FLY PLAY THEIR OWN BRAND OF FEROCIOUS, HIP HOP, HARD-CORE GROOVE, GENERATING A CHAOTICSURGE OF RAGE WITHOUT HATE, WHENEVER THEY PLAY. THEY HAVE A SPONTANEOUS STYLE WHICH UTILIZESTHE GRINDING PULSE OF ALTERNATIVE, R&B, RAP AND METAL, WITH AN UNORTHODOX COLLAGE OF LYRICSGUARANTEED TO FUSE EVEN THE MOST DIVERSE MUSIC FANS. "WE'RE DIFFERENT, WE DONT SOUND LIKE ANYONE ELSE, PERIOD! WE HAVE OUR OWN SOUND, WE FILL AVOID." STATES DRUMMER MARK L WRIGHT. THE SIX MEMBERS OF MILKY FLY COME FROM A DIVERSE VARIETY OF BACKGROUNDS WITH ONE COMMONTHREAD, THE LOVE OF MUSIC. THE BAND WENT THROUGH A SERIES OF LINEUPS UNTIL THE CURRENT ONECONSISTING OF : JOHN MELLIN - VOCALS BUBBA JONES - LEAD GUITAR KEN BLACKWELL - RHYTHM GUITAR FRANK GONZALES - BASS MARK L WRIGHT - DRUMS RAINBOW - DJ TURNTABLES VOCALIST JOHN MELLIN SUMS IT UP, "WE ARE VIBING ON THIS BAND SO HARD. ITS A FULL KARMA TRIP!EVERYTHING HAS GELLED." SINCE THEIR INCEPTION, MILKY FLY HAS BECOME A PROMINENT MUSICAL FORCE IN THE SOUTHWEST. THEYHAVE HEADLINED NUMEROUS SHOWS AND FESTIVALS AND HAVE DRAWN AN IMMENSE MELTING POT OF FANS.THE BANDS FOLLOWING HAS INCREASED BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS AND CONTINUES TO GROW! VOCALIST JOHNMELLIN CONTRIBUTES THIS TO THE DIVERSITY OF THE BANDS MUSIC. MILKY FLY HAS BEEN WELL RECEIVED AT LOCAL RADIO AND LISTENERS ALIKE. THEY ARE ESPECIALLYPROUD OF THE SUPPORT THEY'VE RECEIVED FROM THEIR FANS AND THE COMMUNITY. NOW, FINALLY WITHTHE LONG AWAITED RELEASE OF THEIR DEBUT RECORD "MESILLA VALLEY MADNESS" ON URANUS RECORDS THEY ARE SURE TO BE REMEMBERED AS TRUE MUSICAL INOVATORS.

Group Members JOHN MELLIN - VOCALS BUBBA JONES - LEAD GUITAR KEN BLACKWELL - RHYTHM GUITAR FRANK GONZALES - BASS MARK L WRIGHT - DRUMS RAINBOW - DJ TURNTABLES MIKE MOSHOLDER - GUITAR

Press Reviews YES LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, YOU TOO CAN BE ASTOUNDED BY SMALL TOWN WONDER MILKY FLY. THIS IS GRUNGEY, HEAVY, GROOVABLE STUFF WITH SAMPLES, TURNTABLES, SCRATCHING- SAY YEEAH MILKY FLY IN THE HOUSE! BONNIE SPANOGLE - MIC LINE MAGAZINE- ALB, NM OCT 1992MILKY FLY E.P. IMPRESSIVE A LOCAL BAND WITH A BIG TOWN SOUND, WHOSE MUSIC IS STRONG AND DEFIANT. MILKY FLY FACES THE EMOTION OF LONELINESS AND FRUSTRATION WITH RAGE INSTEAD OF TEARS. IN ALL THIS EP IS VERY IMPRESSIVE FOR A LOCAL BAND. DUE TO A BLEND OF STYLES, MILKY FLY'S MUSIC IS STRONG AND EXCITING. RANDI TAYLOR -ROUND UP- LAS CRUCES,NM - SEPT 25, 1992CLUB 101 FUNKY CLUB 101 IN EL PASO HAS LONG BEN KNOWN AS THE PLACE TO GO FOR THE ALTERNATIVE SCENE. WITH BANDS LIKE THE PHUNK JUNKEEZ AND MILKY FLY PLAYING THERE, ITS EASY TO SEE WHY. MILKY FLY OPENED THE SHOW, AT FIRST THE CROWD WASNT SURE WHETHER TO MOSH, DANCE OR MAYBE EVEN HEADBANG. THEY ENDED UP DOING THEM ALL AS THEY WARMED UP TO THIS LAS CRUCES BAND. GINGHER LEYENDECKER - ROUND UP -LAS CRUCES,NM - SEPT 14, 1993

Location Las Cruces, N.M. - USA

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