Artist description The teen rock ensemble who graced Paris TN with a taste of, albeit bad, culture.The first to pave the way for other dead-end bands

Music Style Lo-fi slop-rock

Musical Influences Sebadoh, Silver Jews, Pavement, Velvet Underground, Pixies, Rodan, Slint, and Alabama

Similar Artists who knows?

Artist History Whiffledust is what a local magician used to claim he put on his props for the magic to take place. There was a lonely clubs called "Family Funk City" that tried to have live music with little response.On a whim, after school. Benjamin Enoch and friend Dustin Swayne were hanging out at the arcade just playing around. Benoch started telling a tale about how he and his friends had a group that was better than anyone who played there and if they had a gig they would "tear the roof of the sucker." The owner agreed to it and even though they were not a band, had a gig. The next part was tricky, Enoch and Swayne tried to find anyone they knew who played an instrument. This lead them to Bradley Wayne Sloan, who supposedly could play guitar, because Dustin had a drum set and at the time, (and arguably to this very day) Benoch did not play anything, but was confident he could sing well enough for the Family Funk. Sloan said yes to the two, and offered his friend to join, Joseph Garcia. Then Joseph was a member of the unnamed rock band. Adam Jenkins joined next who was at the time an apprentice of Sloan's. Either Sloan or Garcia decided that it might work out better if instead of Jenkins, they took a young irishman by the name of Jeremy Butler. So sadly, the way those things go, Jenkins was out, Butler in. They began to rehearse and create a collection of simple originals and cover tunes for performace. They had two weeks to be ready for the stage. They pulled it off, with the Sloan-penned "Bed" which had a chord progression made manifest by it's title. Also the Butler penned "Barraccus aka B.A." that likewise had a revealing chord progression, and the blues standard "Bullfrog McGill". Covering songs like "Soulmate" by Sebodoh and "Trains Across the Sea" by Silver Jews the fledgling group shined light to the darker recesses of independent rock to Nirvana crazed youth. They kept Family Funk City open for another six months above bankruptcy, and played gigs at the Corey Solowey Music Festival, Casa Mia, and a party or five before disbanding and forming Felicks Brown. The two bands are lovingly blended into one in the minds of fans and as well by members. This collection catalogs it all.

Group Members Benjamin Enoch-vocals (guitar after 1996). Joseph Garcia-guitar, bass, vocals. Bradley Wayne Sloan-bass, guitar, vocals. Jeremy Buter-lead guitar, dancing (before 1996). Dustin "the Killer" Swayne-drums. Joshua Garcia-guitar, vocals (after 1996). There were many other non-members who contributed to the Whiffledust sounds: Joel Moore-lead guitar. Kyle Butler-drums,guitar. Adam Jenkins-guitar or bass. Kevin Garrett-bass. Chad Wilson-vocals. Clint Crossno-vocals. Daniel Copeland-guitar... among other talents known and unknown.

Instruments Guitar, Bass, Drums, and Vocals

Albums Live as a Baitshop and Arthur C. EP

Press Reviews "I have been looking for this, in one form or another for many years. The name "Benoch" first entered my consciousness through a series of enigmatic situationist style graffiti messages I noticed painted in public places around London. Whilst I do not believe these to be the work of Benoch, the obsessive levels that his fans would go to intrigued me.Obviously... media attention filled in a few gaps in my knowledge, and finding the "Whiffledust destroy the Hollywood Bowl" bootleg piqued my intrest further. I look forward to reading other peoples views and stories about Benoch: a giant amongst men, and Whiffledust: black sheep amoungst bands."-Matthew McConky (alex_delarge_UK@yahoo.com)

Location Paris, TN - USA

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