March Fourth Marching Band
October 30th, 2007 by Pete - - Posted in Novelty |
I’m a sucker for a brass band music experience, whether it’s the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Bruce’s Seeger Sessions Band, or even a kick ass high school marching band at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade. So when our local scene rag here in Phoenix, the New Times, featured a review of the March Fourth Marching Band, I jumped into their web site and checked out some tunes. And I’m glad I did.
March Fourth Marching Band comes from Portland, and is your typical marching band - if they took 5 hits of acid each and marched through the Jim Rose Circus and a gypsy encampment. A core 9 piece band. 10 drummers. 12 horn players. Stilt walkers. Go-go dancers. Lavish costumes. And some wildly entertaining and original music.
Check out Niki D’Andrea’s great review - ‘Cabaret on Crack’ - over here on the New Times site.
And jump into the crack haus…
March Fourth Marching Band - Crack Haus (mp3)
Hear some more tunes, meet the individual members of the band and buy some of their songs over on their MySpace page.
October 31st, 2007 at 11:34 am
Sounds great. Reminds me of Pigbag from the early 80’s.
October 31st, 2007 at 11:39 pm
“A core 9 piece band.”
…the band actually has 10 drummers, 12 horn players, 1 electric bass, and about 9 dancers. Rock on.
December 31st, 2007 at 5:17 pm
you should also check out Extra Action Marching Band