Artist description Is this supposed to be a description of me personally? OK. Um, Modern Income started out as a band name. Only thing is, there wasn't a band. Just me, Bob Country. And the name's not even real. Just a name I conjured up from a really bad job at a music store in Atlanta that shall remain unnamed for the time being. Anyway, Modern Income is the result of rechanneling a lot of negative energy and thoughts that I was bombarded by in my personal life last year and then turned into some innovative pop weirdness and a tribute to all my favourite rock artists over the years. There's twelve 90-minute tapes full of recordings made over a seven-month stretch of time in Atlanta and Montgomery, AL. Since the album has been released, a band has been formed to play shows and maybe to record some of the next record together. See the lineup below. I'm very into the full spectrum of recorded music and I think it shows in most of my work. I don't know if everything (or anything) that I do is all that original so much as it's my take on what I feel to be quality work. If something I've recorded reminds you of something you've heard before, I take that as a good thing. Probably means we have a lot of the same albums in our collections. Can't be a bad thing!

Music Style A crossbreed of The Who, Guided By Voices, XTC, Thin Lizzy, Neu!, Neil Young, Prince and David Bowie, recorded by Motorhead roadies, after the Ace of Spades tour.

Musical Influences The history of music. It sounds queer, but it's true if you think about it.

Similar Artists Guided by Voices, The Who, Wire, Beck, Nick Drake, Neil Young, Of Montreal, Andrew Sullivan, Jeff Buckley, The Electric Prunes, The Stooges, Cheap Trick, James Gang.

Artist History 300 songs recorded. 28 of them appear on "NEED WORK, NEED FOOD". You can buy it from modernincome.cjb.net, Backtrax Music, or at our shows. It's our first release ever, and on our own label, Two Sisters Music. Look for "STREET FROM THE SET UP SCREENS" in February 2002. The dreaded second album!

Group Members All songs written, played and sung by Bob Country (a/k/a - Christian Folmar). LIVE BAND: Bob Country - vocals, guitar, bass Cleve Hightower - guitar, keyboards, vocals Nina Pena - bass, guitar, vocals Jason Snellgrove - drums, sounds

Instruments Standard rock'n'roll fare, plus a few odds and ends. Lots of analogue effect boxes and pitch manipulation at work.

Albums NEED WORK, NEED FOOD (Two Sisters Music #1, released 20 September 2001). Info: Pens, paper, magnets, machines, drums and wires operated by Bob Country at The Arab Sneeze (Montgomery, AL) and The New Arab Sneeze (Tucker, GA) between October 2000 and June 2001. Artwork and packaging dreamed into reality by Cleve HIghtower with Bob's help. Thanks to the people of Charlie Brassell Lake and Kinko's. Lyrics and other information available at modernincome.cjb.net

Press Reviews pb-bands.exitflagger.com; modernincome.cjb.net; www.joshcarples.com

Additional Info Um, thank you for your time and attention? Check out my friend, Andrew at mp3.com/andrewsullivan - it'll make him happy!

Location Montgomery, AL - USA

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