Artist description World Entertainment War is as much fun as you can have during a war. Rhythmically titillating, melodically therapeutic, vocally incendiary, this band of friendly wild men and wild women incites its listeners to simultaneously think and dance and kick their own asses."Theater" is too wimpy a word for what happens at their live shows. Imagine instead a pagan revival meeting mixed with a dance therapy session and a cynics' pep rally and a tribal hoedown and a lecture at the "Anarchists Just Wanna Have Fun" Think Tank.The four men and two women of World Entertainment War have been compared to the Jefferson Airplane jamming with the Red Hot Chili Peppers on songs written by the Talking Heads. Another critic described them as Frank Zappa and Janis Joplin sitting in with Faith No More on a Midnight Oil set. And in fact, both these scenarios come close to describing the way WEW mixes its delectable lyrics and infectious rhythms with the intoxicating rapid-fire interplay of its male and female lead vocalists, Rob Brezsny and Darby Gould.

Music Style Rock, R&B, Funk

Similar Artists Midnight Oil, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Frank Zappa, Idiot Flesh,

Group Members Rob Brezsny - lyrics and vocalsDarby Gould - vocalsAmy Excolere - backing vocals and keyboardsDaniel Lewis - bassAnthony Kevin Guess - drumsGeorge Earth - guitars

Instruments bass, guitar, drums, vocals

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Press Reviews "They pack their songs full of enough heady words and phrases to fill a Greil Marcus-style rock critique. But WEW reminds us that smart music need not be the prisoner of rock academia. It's a stirring, entertaining band with a smooth, funky sound and a loose, punky attitude...They succeed at wresting 'smart' rock out of the critics' hands."- Gus Stadler, SF Weekly "Calling this music 'smart rock,' as some critics have, does a disservice to the emotional sweep of the music and the ready accessibility of Rob Brezsny's lyrics."-Joel Selvin, San Francisco Chronicle "If Abbie Hoffman, Roger Waters, Norman Lear and Jamake Highwater had ever collaborated on an album, the result might have been something like World Enterainment War. It's cheerfully anarchist, socially conscious, warmly humanist, charmingly goofy, and sternly pop."-Deb Finley, Detroit Metro Times "This is one one of the boldest and most literate albums released in years. The group blends the harmonies, intensity and political conviction of the Jefferson Airplane and Midnight Oil with the revelry and dance grooves of the B-52's."-Scott Benarde, Y-NOT

Additional Info Rob Brezsny, lead singer of World Entertainment War, also writes the wildly popular horoscope

Location San Rafael, CA - USA

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