Artist description Imagine The Beatles, Sex Pistols, and Oasis all beating each other to death with garden tools in the Partridge Family garage.

Music Style American-Indie-BritPop

Musical Influences The Beatles, The Stooges, Sex Pistols, The Verve, Rolling Stones, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Bowie, Floyd, Zeppelin, Oasis, all BritPop, Elliott Smith, The Stone Roses

Similar Artists The Verve, Elliott Smith, Radiohead, Oasis, Bowie, STP, Rolling Stones, Travis, Coldplay, Beatles, Stooges, Iggy Pop, Sex Pistols, Charlatans, Stone Roses, Starsailor, The Who, Remy Zero, The Strokes

Artist History The Viola Contingent is no longer working together as a full-on four piece rock band. Singer/songwriter Chris Viola plans to keep the band's name going with solo/semi-scoustic material. Watch this site for more info.

Group Members Chris Viola - Vocals, Guitar.

Instruments Vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, bass, drums, tambourines, maracas, hand claps.

Albums The Viola Contingent

Press Reviews No matter the instrument, whether acoustic or electric, this one-man band rarely fails to hit it right ... he consistently writes songs dually complementary to his refined skills and taste. B+. Excerpt from The Cleveland Free Times, 12-20-00.

Additional Info Look for Chris & Dennis' new band, Vanity Crash, all over the Northeast Ohio area.

Location Cleveland, Ohio - USA

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