Artist description "Crimson skies and spiraling galaxies...Chris Vibberts Affair is psychedelia with a straight-edge."

Music Style Alternative rock that is sometimes melodic, sometimes noisy, and sometimes trippy, but always interesting.

Musical Influences Bowie, Byrne, Barrett, Beatles, Black Sabbath...

Similar Artists The The, Divine Comedy, eels, Super Furry Animals, Radiohead...

Artist History Chris Vibberts has performed, recorded, and written with artists as diverse as High Horse, Allison Mcleod, and Gene Pitney (ask your folks who he is!) to name a few. He studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston and honed his skills in the smokey barrooms of New England. Later he packed up his guitar and performed coast to coast at every bar, coffee house, camp fire, and sidewalk that he could for eight months. He now resides in Northern California creating his own twisted brand of music and frequently performing in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Group Members The glue that holds the Affair together is drummer and sonic genius, Cliff Tune, along with bassist and bodyguard, Dann Walters. The Affair has never been better.

Instruments Guitars, Bass, Drums, Analog Synths, Piano, Banjo, Sitar, Rhodes, B3, Pianet, Mandolin, Forks, Spoons, Garbage Cans, and Telephones.

Albums 6 song sampler available now. Full length debut soon to come.

Press Reviews Yesterday I was in Wal-Mart (a venture I try to avoid like the plague), looking for a small necessary object. As I was searching, I was unfortunate enough to be bombarded by a wall of TV's playing in unison the same music video. I was there long enough to hear three songs. Three songs with the same tired, talentless, life-numbing sound. It was depressing. So, you can imagine my delight when I discovered Chris Vibberts Affair later that night at the Balazo Gallery. The room was so packed that I couldn't see at first; I just sat back content to be riding this musical magic carpet through crimson skies and spiraling galaxies. Finally I pushed my way in and found a three-piece band with the sound of ten. It seems that the mastermind behind the sound, Chris Vibberts, likes the challenge of playing four instruments at once. And he handles the challenge with a nonchalance and charm that makes you think he should juggle too. Chris Vibberts Affair is like standing on the moon and peering into the darkness, psychedelia with a straight-edge. There is a paradox in the beauty of the songs- a vast rich universe of complex sounds that so simply gains your understanding- and you still don't know what it means. So as I watched this fascinating performance, I didn't question why Mr. Vibberts was wearing a headlamp on his head-it just seemed so perfect and right. He was beaming a light on his audience to let us shine, too. And, of course, to see what he had captured. Jessamyn Pose - underground music mistress UrbanArts Review, San Francisco

Location Forestville, CA - USA

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