Fifty Foot Hose, Brave Ulysses, Neverland Latin Jazz Band, Dead Girl's Candy

Years before the electro pulsations of Kraftwerk, Eno’s abstract art-rock synth explorations or Can’s minimalist collective spontaneous compositions, Fifty Foot Hose was blowing minds with oscillations, warbulations and modulations. They were one of the first bands to fuse rock music with electronic instruments and avant-garde compositional ideas.

Little known or understood in their time, they went on to influence many iconic bands.

“Bands like Pere Ubu, Chrome and Throbbing Gristle have cited them as an influence” Mike Rowell, SF Weekly, 1994

$20 advance, $25 at door - $10 for students

All proceeds benefit Oakland School for the Art's Theatre students' trip to Edinburgh Fringe Festival this summer to perform.

One thing Dave Brock and Nik Turner of Hawkwind agree on is they both love the Hose:

http://thequietus.com/articles/05509-dr-rock-hawkwind-interview-dave-brock

http://www.aural-innovations.com/issues/issue12/nik01.html

In the Pre-synth days, before commercial synthesizers,their 1967 album Cauldron features a remarkable variety of homemade electronic instruments built by Louis "Cork" Marcheschi.

“If you really want weird, listen to this experimental oddity from one of the most radical bands of the psychedelic era” - The Guardian

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/16/101-strangest-records-on-spotify-fifty-foot-hose-cauldron

Neverland Latin Jazz Band-

Frank Mercurio on keyboards, Curtis Ohlson on bass, Cyril Guiraud on sax, Fred Hyer on congas.

Also featuring OSA jazz all star Jasim Perales on trombone and Bella Mercurio on vocals.

Frank Mercurio played with Cal Tjader, including at Monterey Jazz Festival, and Curtis Ohlson played for years with Ray Charles and Buddy Rich.