Alex Nahas: vocals, Chapman Stick, bass melodian
John Brevik: organ, Rhodes, trombone
Eric Gebow: drums, metal, toys

Amazing ... indefinable newness.

-- Emmett Chapman

I like this music even better than my own music.

-- Jim Thomas, the Mermen

The hypnotic compositions and unusual instrumentation alone make Laughing Stock unique. The San Francisco trio's beautifully strange sonic textures and infectious rhythms are created by the peculiar ten string Chapman Stick played by Alex Nahas, the eerie noirish style of organist John Brevik, and intoxicating bouts of tribal trash can drumming by Eric Gebow. The effect is stunning; and with Nahas' bittersweet vocals woven through the mix, the music of Laughing Stock "emotes a visceral groove appealing to intuition and intellect."

Soul Hurt

Hole

CD available for 15$US (20$US international)
postage-paid from the Dept. of Ways & Means.

Laughing Stock in concert:
June 8: Luna Park, Los Angeles

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