Artist description Since 1996, Bass Line Dada has built unique aural collages from the accessible lines of poet Daniel Ari and the irresistible funk of bassist Steve Holzberg. Irreverent and intelligent, the Bay Area band is known for creating camaraderie through onstage antics, unusual rhythms, and warm, honest lyricism. Its musical jigsaw also includes drummer "Rebar" plus many guests on odds and ends. This is not your father's dada!

Music Style Rock

Musical Influences Zappa, Tom Waits, Charles Bukowski

Similar Artists Hmmm - must think about this one.

Artist History Poetry to Piano to Comedy to Spoken word with bass guitar to poetry slam word with bass and all sorts of bizarrica!

Group Members Daniel "Fang" Ari - word, accordian, etc. || Reverend Dr. Steven "Blackie Fernwood" Holtzberg - bass guitar, backing word || "Rebar" - drums || Chris "Mix" Westland - guitar, keyboard, backing word || Paul "Even Tone" McNees - banjo, word, guitar, percussion, bizarrica

Instruments voice, accordian, bass, drums, guitars, banjo, keyboards, bizarrica

Albums Shoulder of a Hungry Man

Press Reviews Rock in a Hard Place By Sam Hurwitt The East Bay Express, November 17, 2000 I DON'T KNOW HOW dada Bass Line Dada is, but it is kind of odd. The Oakland-spawned foursome is putting out its self-released debut CD, Shoulder of a Hungry Man (or, to put it another way, "Hombro del Hombre Hambre"), at the Starry Plough this Saturday, and itís a grab bag of arty high jinks. Thereís a downtown vibe to some of Bass Line Dadaís stuff, with Daniel "Fang" Ari suavely reciting poems about cybersex or getting saucy (in "Butt Up") with funky bass by Steve "The Reverend Dr. Blackie" Holzberg. The upscale field holler "Limo Driver Man" drifts into spoken word with Ari intoning like William Shatner. But thatís only the half of it: thereís a zany madhouse version of "This Old Man," and an absolutely darling pirate song written, drawled, and plucked on banjo and mandolin by dulcet-voiced Paul "Even Tone" McNees, with accordion, bass, and hearty "arrr"s from his bandmates. Other stuff like "Salamander Gang" with its birdsong recorder, bits of "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," and shimmery guitarñis a little New Age for my tastes, like those scenes in movies where someone gets bitten by a snake in the desert and has a spirit vision. But the mini-rock-opera "Sweetness Bulldozer" is a hectic, goofy charmerña little like "Dick's Automotive" by the Rugburns, if you're one of the twelve people who remember that&what with Ari's howling vocals, Chris "Mix" Westlandís jerky guitar, and the breathless surreality of it all. Pagan lounge outfit Rosin Coven, ukulele guy Carmaig de Forest, and presumed deceased fictional lounge lizard Tony Clifton help keep weirdness alive at the CD release thingamajig. [Editor's Notes: The Shatner-esque vocals on Limo Driver Man are executed by Paul "Even Tone" McNees. "Salamander Camp" is the correct name of the "other stuff." Chris Westland is ecstatic to be compared to the Rugburns.] Reprinted with permission

Location Richmond, CA - USA

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