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i thought it'd be really cool for a band to be called bongwater, but ive never heard them, can someone fill me in on the members and the kind of music they play

>>By sweet melissa (Wednesday, 15 Jan 2003 02:54)

I found a lot of info on the group on the AMG All Music Guide website. I've only heard one cut called Folksong, from the Power of Pussy album. It's incredible! A college station here in Boston plays it occasionally. On the basis of that one song I'm going to buy the album if it's still available. Try downloading some of their music. Tom

>>By Tom (Wednesday, 15 Jan 2003 23:54)

I have a very old copy of the Power of Pussy album. It is very strange but very good. Folk Song is particularly good and the only other one I can remember the name of is a cover of an old folk song called 'Kisses Sweeter Than Wine' which is terrific.

>>By BossHogg (Thursday, 30 Jan 2003 01:38)

I had heard of this band before but have not had the chance to actually hear any of thier music so far. GNOD recommended them with the inputs of Savoy Brown, American Music Club, and Dire Straits. It will be interesting to see if there is a correlation between them. (Tuesday, 18 Feb 2003 21:20)

I've been a big Bongwater fan from the mid-80's

Here's the run down.

Bongwater was from NYC. They started around 1985/6. They first released a few EP's which now comprises the DOUBLE BUMMER CD.

The two MAIN members were KRAMER (Marc Karamer)(Bass), who's played in or with such bands as, B.A.L.L., Dogbowl, Jellyfish Kiss, Jad Fair, When People Were Shorter...,and King Missle. Kramer has also played with and produced such artists as Deavid Allen (from Gong) and the Butthole Surfers (playe dbass for them on their 1985 European Tour) and WEEN (The Pod)

The other MAIN member was Actress and performance artist extrodinaire ANN MAGNUSON (singer and poetress). You've seen her in such films as THE HUNGER, CABIN BOY (Shiva), Desperately Seeking Susan, Panic Room and Making Mr. Right (playing the female lead). She was also in the TV show ANYTHING BUT LOVE as Jamie Lee Curtis's boss.

Other members included, but were not limited too. Dave Rick and Randolph Hudson III on guitar. Drummers came and went.

I had the pleasure of seeing them perform live on many occasions and they always kicked ass.

I'm not sure if you can buy their albums seperately anymore, but if you buy the BOX OF BONGWATER set, you'll get all their albums plus their two singles. Roky Ericksons You Don't Love Me Yet b/w The Monkees Porpoise Song and their cover of Neil Young's Mr. Soul.

I don't know who would have compared them to Savoy Brown or Dire Straits.

The best way to describe Bongwater would be Neo-Punk-Psychedelic-Rock N Roll-Stream Of Concious Beat Poetry

>>By Heavies (Thursday, 16 Oct 2003 11:34)

My experiance with Bongwater went something like this: In 1991 I was living in California, and they played The Power of Pussy album on an alternative radio station like KFJC FM (and back then, college radio really WAS alternative.. none of the industrial/experimental bands ever appeared in the mainstream, and slam dancing and moshing, and being punk, was still an underground thing too) .. anyway, I liked Bongwater's PoP songs, they were really good, and had a hilarious sarcasm to them and a apparently strong feminist message. Since then, listening to their music, I get the impression that the band members were part of the political/artist scene (much like myself) but came away from it quite jaded. They must have met some really bad people, and had bad experiances... for example, why would an Anarchist be anti-semetic? (as in "Folk Song") Some of the most famous anarchists have been jewish. And why have song names like "Free Love Messes Up My Life", or an album called "The Big Sell Out"? Were they just kidding around, or did they really hate the activist/progressive/radical scene? I'd like to see an interview of with them talking about this some time.

>>By Radical Mallard (Wednesday, 15 Dec 2004 13:03)

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