Artist description We're a Toronto based band that is highly original and tremendously listenable. We are four great friends named Conor, Luke, Jeff and James who have a very special gift to really gel and interact musically with fish and foul alike. We also like to play frisbee in the dark with a black frisbee, which might cause a sprained knee resulting in absence from work. We are currently looking for fun-loving, risk-taking philanthropists who might want to help us conquer Earth.

Music Style Progressive Rock, funk, acidjazz, highly original pop/rock, tongue-in-cheek, champ, bubble & squeak

Musical Influences The music of the world; particularly though not exclusively the last few centuries

Similar Artists Frank Zappa, Gentle Giant, King Crimson, and Mr. Bungle, but we don't know what they are talking about.

Artist History Canadian composer Luke Mercier has joined forces with Jeff Cardey,a classical guitar virtuoso better known as 'Sharky,'to form a supergroup with James Switzer and Conor B.Luney providing a formidable rhythm suction. Although theband is comprised of your typical two guitars, bass and drums,they are impressively capable of producing symphonic overtoneswhile gracefully maintaining rather cool and foxy 'pock/rop'undertones. Magnificent Octopus was originally formed in May 1993 atToronto, Canada by Mercier and Luney with Grant McAslan andAndreas Salewski on guitar and percussion respectively. Focussingon jazz/folk inspiration and using only acoustic instruments,their first collection of songs 'A Short History of AlbanianJazz' was completed later that summer. In 1995 Cardey joined the band in a bloodless coup replacingMcAslan, as the band moved toward a more electric 'pock/rop'sound. The void left by the departure of Salewski was temporarilyfilled by a drum machine in the band's second collection 'SomethingMagnificent This Way Comes.' Upon hearing the above, Switzer,the heavy-footed drummer, flew from Winterpeg to Toronto toprovide a much needed kick-in-the-pants.

Group Members Luke Mercier, Conor B. Luney, James Switzer, Jeff Cardey

Instruments Two guitars, fiddle, bass, drums, percussion and madness.

Albums 'boy on a lobster,' 'lungfish' and our most recent 'We Ate This Cow' - demo

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Location Stirling, Ontario - Canada

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