Music Style Alternative Folk

Musical Influences John Lennon, Tom Waits, Lou Reed, The Who, Elton John, Beatles, Cheap Trick, Meat Loaf, Paul McCartney

Similar Artists John Lennon, Tom Waits, Lou Reed, The Who, Elton John, Beatles, Cheap Trick, Meat Loaf, Paul McCartney

Artist History Louis Maistros is a singer/songwriter and author. He has led several successful groups, including The Last Picture Show (under the name Lu Maestro) and Mystery Train. He has played everywhere from CBGB in NYC to the 9:30 club in DC, sharing the bill with the likes of Robyn Hitchcock, Marianne Faithfull, Bob Mould and Concrete Blonde. Hisfirst novel, THE BIG PUNCH, has received rave reviews and enthusiastic endorsements from authors like Poppy Z. Brite, Douglas Clegg, S.P. Somtow and Raymond Buckland. THE BIG PUNCH has also recieved 12 recommendations for Best First Novel by the Horror Writer's Association. THE BIG PUNCH is available through his website, http://thebigpunch.net , and is available signed in blood for a limited time.

Instruments guitar, bass

Albums Pop Mutation, Trouble in Texas, God Comes Crashing Down

Press Reviews "The city's best songwriter, perhaps its best singer. What permeates all these songs is undiluted passion. No fake sentiments. No pointless instrumental histrionics. Just passion." - Michael Yockel, The Baltimore City Paper "Maistros' music is as musically interesting as jazz, as lyrically deep as fiction. A permutation." - Seth Hurwitz, Influence "Louis Maistros manages to combine a wicked streak of irreverence, a muscular sense of rock and roll abandon and a sure instinct for pop melody all in one odd personality. His wry sense of alienation is balanced by a delightful sense of humor." - Geoffery Himes, Washington Post "Maistros writes in a kind of pop-hardcore style that he embellishes with a distinctively irrepressible voice that sounds like someone being torn limb from limb and loving it. He's the most emotional and accurate vocalist I've seen in live performance around here - and he sweats like James Brown." - Mark Reeve, Baltimore Music Review "Louis Maistros' impassioned vocals alternately growl and soar in the delivery of rather poignant lyrics." - Music Express "Maistros isn't your everyday songwriter... If the tales themselves aren't engrossing enough, the melodies should soothe those who are starved for the terms "fresh" and "imaginative" being used to describe pop/rock." - J. Doug Gill, Maryland Musician Magazine "Louis Maistros' voice grinds melodically, leaps into falsetto, whispers gently, pinballs both rhythmically and melodically - and never really rests." - Sam Prestianni, Rox Magazine Recognition for Louis Maistros' band, THE LAST PICTURE SHOW: BEST LOCAL BAND/LOCAL ALBUM - 1988 BEST LOCAL BAND - 1987 - Baltimore City Paper

Additional Info Louis Maistros' novel, THE BIG PUNCH, is available through his website, http://thebigpunch.net

Location New Orleans, Louisiana - USA

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