Tom Larson – bass and vocals, Kent Peterson – percussion and vocals, Greg Smith – keyboards, Tom Twiss – trumpet and vocals, Jason Weismann – saxophone, Dean White – drums, and Scott Yoho – guitar and lead vocals.
Influences
Beatles, Beach Boys, Queen, Little Feat, Randy Newman, Frank Zappa, all kinds of stuff. Do I get the job? Do you offer health insurance?
Sounds Like
They Might Be Giants, Fountains of Wayne, Moxy Fruvous, I dunno...
The Auto Body Experience is a horn-driven rock band from St. Paul, Minnesota. They play off-kilter songs written by bandleader Scott Yoho. The lyrics are often humorous and typically cover unusual topics. They might discuss digging tunnels under workplace cubes, disprove theories of heliocentric solar systems, or fondly recall CPR manikins. Stylistically, the music ranges from cartoon jazz to ska, Latin to guitar-driven pop, and reggae to gospel - often all within the course of one song.
The band formed in 1989. Since then they've shared the stage with such swell artists as Adrian Belew, Brave Combo, Dread Zeppelin, Moxy Fruvous, and Something Fierce. They've been interviewed by Terry Gross on NPR's Fresh Air, played on other national radio shows like Dr. Demento, Car Talk, The Splendid Table (they do have a cheese song), and were once heard on CNBC. Michael Feldman's What D'Ya Know has featured Auto Body Experience CDs as booby prizes. The band has toured across three states, been featured on nearly every Twin Cities radio station, and performed at most local venues. Some places have even had them back a second time.
Just wanted to say thanks for having us at your last proformance. It was a blast and great to see both of you. Keep this site up to date and I will check in for more dates. DRJ
My solo album Perspectives is now available for download from
Click on the links above to download. Soon to be available via Itunes and all major download sites.
Hit me back to hear some tracks and check my blogs. Also check out Nashville Noir at www.nashvillenoir.com or via the link in my top friends on my myspace page.
Since signing the Perspectives album to Nashville Noir I've been working on some acoustic material for the next project and have posted 'Orange moon' as my new fifth track replacing 'Waiting for the call' which is on the album. Let me know what you think
I shit you not. With the help of our own scientist and his grasp of factorial math the Fuckin Shit Biscuits have concluded that for every 11, 087 of our creative acts the Rolling Stones have one.
Hi to Scott & the other ABE gang !
Hey...I just got done looking at the old ABE "My Town" episode and made some digital still images (JPEGS) of your performance and interview.
I'll have to get your e-mail address and send them to you for you website.
Best Wishes & Thanks for the add !
Steve