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American psychedelic, experimental rock band from Houston, Texas founded in 1966. The band was led by singer/guitarist and visual artist Mayo Thompson, when he moved to Europe he started collaborating with the conceptual art group Art & Language.
Sites: white-rose.net, Wikipedia
Members: Albert Oehlen, Allen Ravenstine, Ben Annesley, Charlie Abel, Chris White (65), David Grubbs, Frederick Barthelme, George Hurley, Gina Birch, Jesse Chamberlain, Jim O'Rourke, John McEntire, Kevin Godfrey, Lora Logic, Mayo Thompson, Noel Kupersmith, Sandy Yang, Stephen Prina, Steve Cunningham, Tom Watson, Tony Maimone
Variations: Red Krayola; Red Craüola, Red Crayola, Th Red Krayola, The Red Crayola, The Red Krayola
Red Krayola (formerly The Red Crayola) was a psychedelic experimental rock band from Houston, Texas, formed by art students at the University of St. Thomas (Texas) in 1966. The band was led by singer/guitarist and visual artist Mayo Thompson, along with drummer Frederick Barthelme (brother of novelist Donald Barthelme) and Steve Cunningham. Their work prefigured punk, post-punk, indie rock and the no wave scene in 1980s New York City.
They made noise rock, psychedelia and occasionally folk/country songs and instrumentals in a DIY fashion, an approach that presaged the lo-fi aesthetic of many 1990s US indie rock groups. Reviewing the band has produced conflicted results - in an extremely positive review from Pitchfork Media, critic Alex Lindhardt wrote "It's a band that has no idea how to play its instruments. In fact, they don't even know what instruments are, or if the guitarist has the ability to remain conscious long enough to play whatever it is a 'note' might be." He added, "This is a band that was paid ten dollars to stop a performance in Berkeley. If Berkeley's not having it, you know you're in for rough sledding."
Thompson has continued using the name, in its legally required permutation The Red Krayola, for his musical projects since.
American psychedelic, experimental rock band from Houston, Texas founded in 1966. The band was led by singer/guitarist and visual artist Mayo Thompson, when he moved to Europe he started collaborating with the conceptual art group Art & Language.
Sites: white-rose.net, Wikipedia
Members: Albert Oehlen, Allen Ravenstine, Ben Annesley, Charlie Abel, Chris White (65), David Grubbs, Frederick Barthelme, George Hurley, Gina Birch, Jesse Chamberlain, Jim O'Rourke, John McEntire, Kevin Godfrey, Lora Logic, Mayo Thompson, Noel Kupersmith, Sandy Yang, Stephen Prina, Steve Cunningham, Tom Watson, Tony Maimone
Variations: Red Krayola; Red Craüola, Red Crayola, Th Red Krayola, The Red Crayola, The Red Krayola
Red Krayola (formerly The Red Crayola) was a psychedelic experimental rock band from Houston, Texas, formed by art students at the University of St. Thomas (Texas) in 1966. The band was led by singer/guitarist and visual artist Mayo Thompson, along with drummer Frederick Barthelme (brother of novelist Donald Barthelme) and Steve Cunningham. Their work prefigured punk, post-punk, indie rock and the no wave scene in 1980s New York City.
They made noise rock, psychedelia and occasionally folk/country songs and instrumentals in a DIY fashion, an approach that presaged the lo-fi aesthetic of many 1990s US indie rock groups. Reviewing the band has produced conflicted results - in an extremely positive review from Pitchfork Media, critic Alex Lindhardt wrote "It's a band that has no idea how to play its instruments. In fact, they don't even know what instruments are, or if the guitarist has the ability to remain conscious long enough to play whatever it is a 'note' might be." He added, "This is a band that was paid ten dollars to stop a performance in Berkeley. If Berkeley's not having it, you know you're in for rough sledding."
Thompson has continued using the name, in its legally required permutation The Red Krayola, for his musical projects since.
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