Prolix
record label and media production company.
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
Formed in 1974. Prolix are also the inventors of the musical genre of Frankensteinian Funk (according to Bass Player magazine).
Prolix consists of nearly 2 dozen members who write and record all songs in their individual eclectic ways. Most songs feature a mix of searing lead guitar, funky bass, fuzzy organ, dynamic male vocals, bone-rattling drumbeats, trembling Tuvan Throat Singing, bastardizing bagpipes, boom boom boom boom beatbox, xyclon zube tube, spoons, spacious synthesizers, and Didgeridoo. Imagine stomping flat-footed through a mud puddle, and you have part of the Frankensteinian Funk of Prolix.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
Yes. Wherever. You bet. Uh-huh.
Your musical influences
Influences: Pink Floyd, Bootsy Collins, Victor Wooten, Frank Zappa, Metallica, Captain Beefheart, Spinal Tap, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Monte Montgomery, Mike Oldfield, Allan Holdsworth, Bela Fleck and The Flecktones, Al DiMeola, Weather Report, Jaco Pastorius, Booker T. & The MG's, David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Jeff Beck, MC Hawking
Similar Artists: Bootsy Collins, Captain Beefheart, Boston, Primus, Prolix, Mike Oldfield, Ondar, Joe Walsh, Metallica, Deep Purple, Jimmy Page, Rory Gallagher, Rush, Mark Knopfler, Pink Floyd, King Crimson,
What equipment do you use?
Guitar (distorted and clean), Vocals, Bass, Synth, Drums, Spoons, Bagpipes, Throat Singing, Zube Tube, Fuzz Organ, Slide Organ, Piano, Tambourine, Human Beat Box, & Didgeridoo.
Anything else?
Music Style: Frankensteinian Funk, Rock, Pop, Jazz, Reggae, Blues, Adult Contemporary, World, Instrumental, Vocal, Techno, Vertical, Baroque, Classical, & Funk-Metal
Press Reviews: Prolix was featured in the May 2000 issue of Bass Player Magazine. Wherein the song "Hoogh Hoogh Kpantsk" was transcribed and described.
