Artist description It's not a band. Just me, Chris Hardy. I play all the instruments and sing all the vocals, write all the songs, etc...

Music Style A spitball fight between Dave Matthews, Foo Fighters, and Sting.

Musical Influences Sting, Soul Coughing, Robyn Hitchcock, XTC, Foo Fighters, Beatles, The Who, Devo, Firewater, G. Love, Cake

Similar Artists XTC, Fastball, Dave Matthews, Beatles, Foo Fighters

Artist History Born in Maine, started music in 1977 in the great city of Boston. Spent 6 years in the Army Signal Corps Band at Ft. Gordon, GA as a percussionist (no, it has nothing to do with explosives). I also spent 17 years in the greater Augusta, Georgia area playing with my band "Nervous Boy" and doing solo shows. I lived in Concord, New Hampshire for a year & now have moved to Maine (Portland area). I currently play many solo shows at bars, bookstores, coffeehouses, and sometimes I'll just show up at a stranger's house & play a show in their living room. I also just completed a short stint in a Boston-based all original band called "Invisible Beatniks". Now I have a band at least in the same state as me; it's an all original trio (and I get to play bass!) called "The Amazing Zen Blackflies".

Group Members Chris Hardy - Drums, Bass (fretted, fretless & piccolo bass), Guitars (acoustic & electric), vocals.

Instruments Drums, fretless, fretted & piccolo bass, keyboards (pretty rare for me), electric or acoustic guitar

Albums NERVOUS BOY -

Press Reviews 3 honorable mentions in 1991 BILLBOARD Song Contest. My Band's CD (NERVOUS BOY) reviewed in national songwriting magazine (Songwriter's Monthly). Played at Philadelphia Music Conference twice, and now there is an award in Augusta, Georgia for Favorite Lokal Bassist in my name. The Chris Hardy Award. This happened because I won the thing 4 years in a row, and then moved away.

Additional Info Some people call me Risto.

Location yarmouth, ME - USA

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