Years active 1983–present Record label Shimmy Disc | Website www.flyashtray.net | |
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Labels Marble Moat, Dark Beloved Cloud, Shimmy Disc, See Eye, Hemiola, Vital Music Associated acts Uncle Wiggly
Autobody
pHoaming Edison
Spoog
Gimme 5 Members Chris Thomas
James Kavoussi
Dave Abel
Eric Marc Cohen Past members Mike Anzalone
Eric Thomas
John Beekman
Glen Luttman Origin New York City, New York, United States (1983) Albums Tone Sensations of the Wonder Men, Clumps Takes a Ride, Fly Ashtray, Reports Genres Indie rock, Psychedelic rock, Experimental rock, Noise rock, Lo-fi music Similar Uncle Wiggly, David Kilgour, Thinking Fellers Union Lo, Urge Overkill, Teenage Fanclub | ||
Fly ashtray spirit of the age
Fly Ashtray is an American rock band, formed in 1983 in the Bronx, New York, by Chris Thomas, James Kavoussi, Eric Thomas, John Beekman and Mike Anzalone. At some point, Thomas and Anzalone left the band which led to Beekman moving from lead vocalist to bassist/guitarist, and then Kavoussi switched from keyboard to guitar. Glen Luttman joined the band at this juncture to play the drums.
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Spoog, a side project, resulted with impromptu gigs when one or another member of the band was out of town. Anzalone and Kavoussi also played in Uncle Wiggly. Kavoussi has made solo records billed as Phoaming Edison. The line-up of Thomas, Kavoussi, Beekman and Luttman was stable for a lengthy period until Beekman's duties were taken over in 1998 by Dave Abel.
In 2003, Luttman requested a leave of absence from Fly Ashtray, and in the same year Eric Marc Cohen took over drum duties.
The band released two records on Shimmy Disc and worked with Kramer.
Most recently, the band's music was featured in “Responsible Ballet and What We Need Is a Bench to Put Books On”, a dance piece choreographed by Jon Kinzel, and performed at The Kitchen in New York City.
Albums
Singles and EPs
Songs
CreebReports · 2009
My Flash on You1994
See It! Flee It!Fly Ashtray · 2012