Ray Listens to: The Fall, Captain Beefheart, electric eels, Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV, Ollie Byrd, The So So Glos, The Monks, Pere Ubu, Rocket From the Tombs, Mirrors, The Styrenes, Wire, CAN, The Smiths, Red Transistor, Patti Smith, The Pogues, Nirvana, Swell Maps, Husker Du, Neu!, Public Image Ltd., Michael Jordan, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, Suggie Otis, The Residents, XTC (Drums and Wires,) Archers Of Loaf, Built to Spill, T. Storm Hunter, Daniel Johnston, Social Climbers.
IF YOU WANT TO BOOK US, MYSPACE MESSAGES ARE COOL BUT EMAIL IS COOLER!!!!
booking agent: kimparis@gmail.com ray: lerugray@gmail.com
_________ Allright, heres a rant. I used to be in a band called the medics. The Medics were approached by 2 island records A&R people. At one dinner, I was asked if i would rather want to be the Smashing Pumpkins, or Pavement, to which i replied Captain Beefheart. I then heard through various channels then that my band looked too young and i wasn't cynical enough and that we had been declined. Due to half ass-ing college, I rapidly ended up stuck in St. Vincent's 3rd north psychiatric ward in Westchester for 3 days. After i got out, the medics played a show with Hellogoodbye, RX Bandits, and Envy on the cost (what the flying fuck!?!?!?) and the medics rapidly broke up after. I then decided that i needed a band that had balls. Le Rug has released 3 records but only 2 are available. Bleenex, and SEX REDUCTION FLOWER are available, and c.r.e.e.p. is pretty much non existent (Except you can find it on www.glocalscene.com) Im a Maverick!
_____________________________________________________________________________ "Passion and aggression. They are two traits I seek out from bands, but they are also two of the tougher traits to ascribe to a band. Obviously if you make music you should have some sort of passion for it, it doesn't take much just a desperate feeling that you need to make music. Aggression, well it's pretty simple too don't you think, a little bit of rage, a healthy dose of anger, and a sped up tempo should just about set you on your course to getting aggression notched under your belt. But for whatever reason there are a lot of bands these days that just don't get these two important aspects in the music they are making, Le Rug is not one of those bands. Instead, this Brooklyn band is showing passion and aggression with each note of each song. The music is furious in it's delivery and it's approach, and the band truly wears it's hard on its sleeve. When passion and aggression are combined like they are all over Le Rug's music it's a beautiful thing. Take a listen, see what I mean. It's undeniable." -Pop Tarts Suck Toasted (Band of the Week!!!)
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Sometimes I like to wonder what music would be like if there was no money involved, or if guitars had been invented in the year 2000. I reckon the music out there would be experimental, chaotic, uncomfortable, varied, hazardous and genius. A bit like Ray Weiss’s recent incarnation, Le Rug.
If you like clean, crisp tunes that have polished guitars and well thought through lyrics, maybe this band is not for you. The words here are usually a spontaneous shower from a drug induced cloud which, to Ray’s admittance, he can’t really remember. Saying that, i think he does a pretty good job. I particularly like the lines:
“you are everything to me, read me stories wont you please” Lions [as I like stories also]
"they can't be right you know its true, they are so bright but they're not you" Telebones [a line for anyone with inspirational friends]
These tunes can boast at being triumphantly rustic and joyously chaotic and leaves me once again thinking excitedly about Year Zero non-profit music. The use of two drums sets heigthens the dancable rythm, adding to the loud nature of the live shows. At 19, Ray has already forgotten about conforming to a major label, and has released two albums in 2007 alone. That total is on par with The Killers output this decade.-Phil Heron (glocalscene.com)_______________________________________________
______________________________________________A list of past band members include Alex Craig, Adam Kastin, Jeremy Aquilino, Sean Ormiston, Cameron Wisch, Ethan Cohen, Vasudevan Panicker, Richard Elefante, Phill Gallo, Conor Meara Lisa Liu, and Matt Elkin. A current list of band members include, Matt Gaffney, James Ryan, Julian Fader, Scott Wineshank and Max Kagan.
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_________________performances for www.thelatestshowonearth.com
It all starts at 5pm on the Times Sq. 7 Train platform where Louie (from runtime error) will play a gameboy through a boombox. Then all of us get on the train and the Eskalators play all the way out to Willet's Pt. stop (shea stadium). Then we walk through flushing meadows park and Michael Jordan, the Polyps and the Vultures play under that big globe fountain.
Cool. Well probably find a local club to play at... probably early in the winter when were done recording... also would you wanna do a second show at a venue in NYC?
I just got sex reduction flower. Its sick. Just thought you guys would like to know. Oh and lions is fucking incredible. Can we play a show with you guys sometime?
ayo ray! we were guest DJ's on a radio show and we played a track off of sex reduction flower! along with our new album and bunch of metal! peep it dood!
i haven't sent the tabs to axel yet because i have no internet at the house but hopefully he remembers some of the songs. have you talked to him?
also.. check out tamurrecords. org ... new stuff coming including the first Virgil Warbug release (tonight or tomorrow it'll be up there... there's one song up already for samplings)
