Man Man for inclusion - Progressive Rock Music Forum

Good stuff. I'm listening to the myspace: http://www.myspace.com/wearemanman
Very familiar....

Official site: http://www.wearemanman.com/

Here is the wikipedia description: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_Man

wiki wrote:

Man Man is a band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Their musical style has been described as Viking-vaudeville, manic Gypsy jazz.^{[citation needed]} Man Man is known for their exuberant live performances. When performing, the members of the band dress in white outfits and wear war paint. The band uses pseudonyms—the frontman is Honus Honus, and its other members are Sergei Sogay, Pow Pow, Critter Crat (formerly known as "Cougar"), and Chang Wang. Prior to settling on Man Man, the band was named Gamelon and briefly Magic Blood.

During 2007 Man Man opened for Modest Mouse in several shows during their U.S tour, gaining a lot of public attention. Not long afterward, Nike began airing a series of commercials starring Rainn Wilson with Man Man's "10 lb Mustache" as the background music. That song along with "Feathers" and "Engwish Bwudd" were featured in season 3, episode 8 of the TV show Weeds.

Man Man is known for their multi instrumental style that centers on the piano playing of lead singer Honus Honus accompanied by the singing and wide variety of other instruments played by the rest of the band. On recordings, Honus usually plays a honky tonk style piano but during the live shows he uses a Rhodes Piano. Other instruments played by the rest of the band include a clavinet, microKORG, sousaphone, saxophone, trumpet, French horn, flute, drum set, euphonium, Fender Jazz Bass, Danelectro guitar, xylophone, marimba, melodica and various percussive instruments including pots and pans and toy noise makers and horns.

The 2006 album Six Demon Bag's title is a reference to a line in the film Big Trouble in Little China

Man Man has recently finished their third studio album, titled Rabbit Habits, and will embark on a North American tour in March 2008, with Yeasayer and The Extraordinaires splitting dates. The Voodoo Music Experience announced on June 23rd that Man Man will play the main stage of the festival in October 2008.

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Studio albums

(2004) The Man in a Blue Turban with a Face
(2006) Six Demon Bag
(2008) Rabbit Habits #186 US

This is one for the Avant Prog team to check first, methinks.

I now remember this one being discussed before (does a search):

Topic: Man Man for RIO/Avant or Eclectic?
Forum: Suggest New Bands and Artists

Ah, yes I responded to the suggestion in the thread I linked to above. I didn't think it right for Eclectic then. It has a Beefheart vibe with Tom Waits stylings and is reminding me of Samla Mammas Manna in parts. Avant Prog didn't make a final decision, so we'll see what happens. I certainly think this is worthy of inclusion somewhere.

Topic: Man Man
Forum: Suggest New Bands and Artists

Checks the charts: Man Man was being evaluated by the Avant Prog team.

Man Man

I really like this.