Artist description The idea behind The Banana Soldiers is simple: to tactfully poke fun at different genres of music, while writing and performing that music with as much seriousness as the artists in the genres being poked. No Weird Al here...all completely original music and lyrics.

Music Style Brilliant Stupidity

Musical Influences Lawrence Welk, James Brown, Dr. Dre and Snoop, Los Lobos, Alan Jackson

Similar Artists Comical versions of Lawrence Welk, Ice Cube, Chris Issac, Alan Jackson, James Brown, Iasac Hayes

Artist History The Banana Soldiers began when Heavy P and Phat Sam decided to make it even harder to get up for work in the morning. They stayed up late, cracking themselves up by writing and recording ridiculous songs that might as well be top 10 hits on the various classes of music charts. But being on those charts was not the current objective! It was to write music where if top-selling rappers, country artists, funk-masters, or rock stars heard the tune, they'd passively think it was a fellow star artist. However, the lyrics contained within only manage to poke fun at how simple it is to blast out a hit song, or at least pass it off as such to the public. Maybe we do have some talent...at some point, the Banana Soldiers recordings got really good, and everyone was asking for more. Hell, one more beer never hurt anyone (!), so how could a couple of more songs?

Group Members Phat Sam & Heavy P

Instruments all of them

Albums The Banana Soldiers

Press Reviews "The Banana Soldiers write songs that could easily hang with the best of past and present superstars, yet sneak smart, but comical lyrics into the mix, killing their hopes of winning a Grammy (although some of their musings are better than that of the winners!). Nonetheless, they get across their point of "you won a Grammy, but we'll write a better song and goof-it-up just to prove you ain't all that". Well guys, I like you and your songs, but Alan Jackson, Coolio, James Brown, Chris Issac, and Lawrence Welk are all sleeping tight in their mansions tonight. Let's hope you guys get there soon. And when you do, please invite me! You are just too much fun to miss..."Kelstin VanBeBrook...CNBC

Additional Info Buy the CD because it will make you more popular.

Location Atlanta, GA - USA

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