Mexican Larceny
Mexican Larceny - kind of like Frank Zappa doing folk rock.
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
Mexican Larceny originally formed in 2002.
Jon Kemp: guitar, vocals
Brett Mash: bass, vocals
Ronnie Banger: drums
Your musical influences
Folk rock like Wilco and Dylan, jazz rock like Zappa, and singer-songwriters like Paul Simon, Elvis Costello, and Joni Mitchell. New music like Elliott Smith, Magic Numbers, Spoon, New Pornographers.
What equipment do you use?
This music was all recorded on 4 track cassette. That's why it sounds so shitty, I mean, amazing.
Anything else?
CURRENTLY LISTENING TO:
Jon - Tom Waits "Swordfishtrombones"
Brett - Jim O'Rourke "Eureka"
Ronnie - Beach Boys "Smiley Smile/Wild Honey"
CURRENTLY READING:
Jon - "Sexus" by Henry Miller
Brett - "Ham on Rye" by Charles Bukowski
Ronnie - "Understanding Human Sexuality" by Janet
Shibley Hyde and John D. DeLamater
