Artist description In fusing his many musical interests, Lucas Alvarez is almost sure to offend the tastes of purists. However, the open-minded can find his creative blend of flavours to be quite delicious.

Music Style Punk/Folk Rock

Musical Influences Nirvana, The Beatles, Beethoven, Sonic Youth, The Rolling Stones, Schubert, The Pixies, Bob Dylan, Charles Ives, REM, Leonard Cohen, The Ramones, DEVO, The Velvet Underground, David Bowie, The Stooges, Hole, Buddy Holly, Pavement

Similar Artists The new stuff has some Beatles, Weezer, Superdrag, Ramones, Buddy Holly, Nirvana, Bowie, Elvis Costello, Sloan, Stooges, Big Star, Cheap Trick etc in it. As for the old stuff…it’s all over the plac

Artist History Like crop circles, no one can quite explain why these songs were made. Nonetheless, some people claim to be able to make some sense of them. Meanwhile, Lucas Alvarez continues to beat out new, bizarre sonic shapes on the cornfields of our ears as he has been doing for a few years now.

Group Members Lucas Alvarez plays nearly all of the instruments on all of his records. Occasionally, he will rely upon friends, such as producer Jon Gillespie and multi-instrumentalist Comrade Cooper, and family to assist him.

Instruments Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Piano, Bongos, Synthesizer, Accordion, etc

Albums His Crappy Debut Album (1998), Sociopathetic (1998), This Side of Sane (1998), Recovery and Discovery (1999), Pablo Fracaso (2000)

Press Reviews "Smashingly discordant" -Pamela Zero "Your power pop record is the most anticipated release of the year" -Alex, the guy who lives down the hall "Earnest and likeable indie pop, that displays moments of real cleverness as well as moments of real ambition." -The kind folks at Audiogalaxy

Location Fort Wayne, Indiana - USA

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