Artist description The Coconuts are entering their 13th year together as one of the top nyc / long island area bands. From Wild avantegarde pop to flipped out jazzy ragtime you never quite know whats comin up next. Fronted by the Chameleon like Joey Coconut aka- Prince Alarming this four and sometimes 7 pc unit puts on a show to remember. Fun Fun Fun..Raved by just about every magazine, rag, indy paper, newspaper, web sites imaginable. Staple Characters like Andy on Bass with his zany moves and andy tunes, the shining star of broadway Guitar, Mr Chris Jusino, dazzeling audiophiles with his array of technoillogical pedalboards...and who could forget...Regualr Mike, just the way you knew he would be...sometimes......

Music Style Ecentric & Eclectic Avante-pop

Musical Influences Tom Waits, Stevie Wonder, The Kinks, Marx Bros.

Similar Artists Tom Waits, Zappa, James Brown, The Police (on occasion)

Artist History Formed back in 1991, started out playin a wild mix of pop reggae swing and avant garde jazz. the coconuts gathered critical acclaim throughout the tri-state area but never the big record deal. undaunted they pushed along. gathering scores of fans along the way. signed to indie label/web site the Flytrap in 1995 released 1st full legnth Cd "Havin a Goodtime". 1998 Saw the Coconuts record and release a full blown Ska record. focusing their songwriting talents onto one genre for the first time. The record was picked up by Moon records affiliate Ska-Satellite. Distributed Nationwide and all over the Internet. Reviews poured in claiming it to be nothing short of one of the best ska records EVER. quite a feet for this relative unknown band in the Ska community. Currently (2003) the Coconuts having shed their Ska Skin 4 years ago in favor a more diverse array of music, pop, ska, avant garde calypso cha cha cha's, and swingin 30's can be heard coming from their basement lab, where they tinker on the next coconut album...stay tuned

Group Members Joey Coconut - aka Prince Alarming on Vocals, Farfisa, Assorted cans and metal, Occasional guitar. Chris Jusino- and his fantastic collection of Guitars, banjos, effects pedals and twisted cords. Andy Farley - he's just a bass player "Regular" Mike - on the Kit......drums that is and the once in a blue moon Horn section. Paul Gephart-Sax, Freddy Reiter-Sax, Buford O'sullivan-Trombone, Tony Calarco-Sax

Instruments all of them

Albums Havin a Goodtime, More Like This Than That, We Did it to pick Up Girls/ Greatest Hits Vol. 1

Press Reviews "a stong contender for best local ska record ever"-Newsday (L.I ny)"This one is red hot"-Skatastrophe.The Island Ear, Good Times & Music Paper have all called us one of the best bands from long island...EVER.

Additional Info we play coconut music for sexy people!

Location NYC, NY - USA

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