Rich "Tasty Licks" Bennett (Guitars)
Richard Bennett, a native of Staten Island, began playng guitar after a convincing viewing of La Bamba. He is a veteran of NYU's Jazz Department. While attending school there, Bennett became especially fond of the chicken salad in the cafeteria. He enjoys watching serial dramas like Twin Peaks and teaching children guitar. Rich has made his mark musically performing with many groups, most notibly he co-founded seminal prog/math rock outfit Friendly Bears, was chief frontman and songwriter for NYC's Monocle, and currently performs and releases sounds via Hidden Shoal Recordings under his own name as lounge/pop maestro Rich Bennett.



Dan "Nuchim" Shuman (Upright and Electric Bass)
Daniel Shuman is a native of Sharon, Massachusetts. A while back he graduated with a degree in Jazz Studies and Performance from William Paterson College in Wayne, New Jersey. Since then, he has been a movie theater usher, a legal proofreader, a recorder of adverse drugreactions and, for all intents and purposes, a babysitter. In his spare time he reads about neoconservative politics and Swedish swear words. He's also a great songwriter in his own right.






Russ "Fuss" Meissner (Drums)
30-something "Fuss" Meissner hails from Toronto where as a youth he exhibited contemporaneous passions for both secular judaism and banging on things for fun. Hearing Canadian drum luminary Neal Peart solidified his interest in drums, but he found the allure of New York City potato latkes and kasha varnishkes too alluring to remain in the cold north. He packed a small satchel and headed to the States where he succumbed to the swing eighth note and even the occasional pulled pork sandwich. Today Fuss offers an open-ended culinary approach coupled with an intense yet transparent method of monotheistic percussion. Read more about him at his website.



Basil (Moog/ Electric organ)
Basil got his start doing voice-overs for pet food ads. Although he enjoyed the spotlight, he yearned to explore his more creative side, and thus became interested in keyboard instruments. Basil has developed a special playing technique which he calls "free paw;" it involves running at lightning speed across the keys and flipping switches at random. Basil is currently director of the Feline Moog Project, a small Brooklyn experimental music collective.