Rick McCollum - vocals & guitar, Erik Mathison - drums & percussion, Casey O'Brien - bass, Juicy Couture - troubleshooting
Influences
Led Zeppelin, the Stones (circa '68-'73), the Beatles, the Who, early Jeff Beck Group, Terry Reid, Iggy & the Stooges, the MC5, Nugent, Elton John, Neil Young, early Ozzy, Sabbath, Roth-era Van Halen, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Lee Scratch Perry, PJ Harvey, the Fall, Frank Zappa & the Mothers, Terry Melcher, Beck, Ry Cooder, Brian Eno, Little Feat, the Golden Palominos, Cream, PiL, the Sex Psitols, the Clash, Sly & Robbie, Daniel Lanois, Bob Dylan, U2, Prince, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, the Meters, Dr. John, Joel Dorn, the Temptations, Stevie Wonder, Arthur Russell, John Cale, Funkadelic, Tackhead, early Aerosmith, Barry Adamson, Adrian Sherwood, Depeche Mode, the Smiths, The The, Island Records - the Blackwell era, the Beastie Boys, Muscle Shoals, Cheap Trick, Curtis Mayfield, King Tubby, Randy Newman, Jay-Z, Peter Greene era Fleetwood Mac, early Iron Maiden, UFO, Spinal Tap, early Metallica, AC/DC, Sir Coxsone Dodd & Studio One, early Allman Brothers, Gang of Four, the Incredible Bongo Band, Bert Jansch, Sandy Denny, Nick Drake, Joe Boyd, Roy Harper, Chris Whitley, Can, the Pixies, This Mortal Coil, Big Star, Husker Du, the Replacements, Jac Holzman & Elektra Records, the Minutemen, NWA, Public Enemy, Dr. Dre, Van Morrison, FAME, Bill Laswell & Material, Johnny Cash, 4AD, the Band, John Coltrane, Aretha Franklin, King Curtis, Lou Donaldson, Tamla - Motown (until they moved to LA), Bobby Gentry, Sire Records & Seymour Stein, Loretta Lynn, Sam & Dave, Isaac Hayes, Stax-Volt, Otis Redding, Son House, Al Green, Blue Note Records, Donny Hathaway, James Brown, the Flaming Lips, Tom Dowd, Radiohead, Sonic Youth, the Pretenders, Mercury Rev, Gram Parsons, the Flying Burrito Brothers, Devo, Television, Sun Ra, the Faces, Warner/Reprise: the Mo & Lenny era, Motorhead, Jerry Wexler, Bettye LaVette, Sinead O'Connor, Captain Beefheart, the Rutles.
Sounds Like
From all this you'd imagine that there must be something learned.
Moon Maan is a Minneapolis-based rock band formed in early 2004.
They made their live debut at 2004's South By South West Festival (SXSW) in Austin, TX.
Moon Maan finally released their self-titled debut CD in the United States on June 5th, 2007.
Members:
Rick McCollum .. Guitar, Vocals and Theremin
Rick was a founding member of the Afghan Whigs, who recorded five highly acclaimed albums for Sub Pop, Elektra, and Columbia Records before disbanding in 2000.
Erik Mathison .. Drums and Percussion
Erik has played with a variety of Minneapolis based artists, including Balloon Guy (Warner Brothers), Polara (Interscope), Jessy Greene, and Mark Mallman.
Casey O'Brien .. Bass
Casey is Moon Maan's newest member, but has been laying down the low end on the Minneapolis music scene for quite a while now. Some of his other projects include Face Candy (Rhymesayers), Carbon Carousel, and Cheetah Numchuck
Former members include Bryan Knisley on guitar and Kate Clements and Mark Pakulski on bass. Bryan and Mark are now members of the Minneapolis band Grey Skies.
I have heard you, and know you to be fond of the theremin. Thank you for being a friend. You're cooler than this red fox jumping after pheasant mount. Yours, Stuffed Pheasant
Hello...Thank you very much..I know the band comments can be pretty cheesy, but we had to say Hi to all our new friends...since you and others gave us a chance...and we care very much about people giving us their time...thanks again
Hopefully you'll be able to make it out to the July 12th CD Release at Rock City. If you haven't already gotten a chance to check out our new stuff - give it a listen and let us know what you think!
THANKS for the ADD!!! Nice sound. So what did you think about the tunes?? We are working on heading your direction soon!! Keep in touch. Viva la SKA!!! -Bruce- SELECT FIVE
