Richie Chodes-electric and acoustic guitars, electric bass guitar, piano, electric piano, organ, harpsichord, synthesizer,vocals
Influences
70’s am radio, Joe Raposo, Elephant 6, Monkees, Bread, Raspberries, Badfinger, Beatles, vaudeville music, Randy Newman, Allan Sherman,Weird Al, Tom Lehrer, Todd Rundgren, Emmet Rhodes, Supertramp, Paul Davis, England Dan and John Ford Coley, Steely Dan, The Byrds, The Beach Boys, Gilbert O’ Sullivan, The Zombies, the Lovin Spoonful, the Hollies,the Left Banke, Big Star, Archies, Banana Splits, Billy Joel, Elton John, Simon and Garfunkel, Barry Mannilow, etc.
Sounds Like
To make King Sauce, add a pinch of the following and stir well:
70’s am radio, Elephant 6, Beatles, Monkees, Bread, Joe Raposo,Vaudeville music, Badfinger, Raspberries, Randy Newman, Allan Sherman, Weird Al, Emmet Rhodes, Todd Rundgren, Tom Lehrer, The Beach Boys, The Byrds, The Zombies, the Left Banke, Supertamp, Steely Dan, England Dan and John Ford Coley, Paul Davis, Big Star, Gilbert O’Sullivan, lovin’ spoonful, the Hollies, The Archies, Banana Splits, Billy Joel, Elton John, Simon and Garfunkel, Barry Mannilow, etc.
King Sauce is a "novelty-pop" project out of Columbus, NJ headed by Richie Chodes. Combining 70's am radio, 60's pop, and a touch of vaudeville, King Sauce creates catchy tunes with silly, tounge in cheek lyrics ala Randy Newman. Aptly named for a Burger King condiment, King Sauce sometimes borders on the offensive but all in good fun! Picture the Monkees meet Weird Al and you'll get the picture. He has released a 7" vinyl EP for hhbtm records in 1999, a split vinyl EP for Obtuse records in 2001, and a full length cd "Please don't change the channel" for hhbtm records in 2002, as well as various compilations. Richie Chodes also was the bass player/keyboardist for the Elephant 6 based "Vince Mole and his Calcium Orchestra" headed by former Apples in Stereo guitarist Chris Parfitt.
Update: King Sauce will be releasing a Holday EP this upcoming Christmas 2008, possibly on vinyl, consisting of 4 unreleased songs from the "Cancelled" and "PLease don't change the channel"sessions. King Sauce also may be playing the Toledo Indie pop festival this upcoming sumer. Stay tuned!
To order "Cancelled"
cd, please send $10.00 (includes postage) to:
King Sauce c/o Richie Chodes
53 Birmingham Drive
Columbus,NJ 08022
USA
To order other King Sauce items, go to:
http:/www.hhbtm.com/kingsauce or
email:kingsauce67@yahoo.com
