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*BETTER THAN LAHAR*
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*VOLIFONIX*
Influences of The METERS, Medeski Martin & Wood, Curtis Mayfield, dirty sweet lovin', The Godfather of Soul, Herbie Hancock and good-time rockin’!
Tom (guitar/vox) from Boston
Chris (bass/vox) from Chicago
John (drums/vox) from the East Bay.
Better Than Lahar is an up-and-coming San Francisco band throwing down funky grooves in the manner of The Meters and Medeski, Martin, and Wood. Their playful and inventive songwriting and high-energy, tight, organic and genuine performances have been delighting audiences at the Boom Boom Room and other venues in San Francisco for the past year. Guitar, bass, drums, and Hammond organ... come dance with Better Than Lahar!
$7 - www.boomboomtickets.com
VOLIFONIX...An unexpected Rock/Soul wildfire from the woods of the Pacific NW... Volifonix is a funk-fried rock band that originated in unlikely Oakland, Oregon with brothers guitarist/vocalist Trevor and drummer/vocalist Blake Forbess. Two bros in voice form an alliance with Elijah Medina after hearing him play bass at rural Sutherlin High School... and the band of three promptly moves to free-art epicenter Eugene, Oregon where they meld styles with University of Oregon student and fellow sonic spelunker, lead guitarist Joe McClain. Winter of 2008… VFX motates to Beverly Beach, Oregon and fuses with Tomo Thesamurai and his saxophone tracks, hailing from Tokyo, Japan. Result: artistic freedom with no bounds and pure muso-theoretical kung fu served up with a muscley groove. VFX elevates style to the highest always within the spirit of well-crafted songmanship and the all-important jam. Reckless yet focused... crazy yet smooth. Volifonix is the true sage of its form with an O R I G I N A L hair-on-fire approach to the hot/rock/funk genre. |
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