Artist description Odd, yet strangely compelling.

Music Style Zooped-up junk-yard rock from outer space.

Musical Influences Violent Femmes, Jonathan Richman, Pixies, The Bonzo Dog Band, Beefheart.

Artist History For the past ten years, New York-City-based Life In A Blender has thrived as a veritable musical carnival, churning out songs combining humor and pathos. Their live shows toss together cello, trombone, an angry sheep puppet, and pantyhose filled with tennis balls, swinging wildly from their heads. Selected as an Artist of the Year by Minneapolis City Pages, Life In A Blender's music veers from catchy to chaotic and has won a devoted yet oddball following.

Group Members Don, Mark, Al, Ken, Mel, Rebecca, Dave.

Instruments Guitar, bass, drums, cymbals, voices, horns, violin, and cello

Press Reviews Life In A Blender has been receiving critical raves for its lastest 14-song CD Two Legs Bad (Fang Records). The scholarly music journal BLAG describes the album as

Additional Info The band has worked with sitarist Chris Rael, (Church of Betty), accordionist John Linnell (They Might Be Giants), producer Chris Butler (The Waitresses), and hor player Ralph Carney (Tom Waits). Also have a song in Michael Moore's film Canadian Bacon.

Location Hoboken, New Jersey - USA

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