Soul Coughing
Soul Coughing was the former band of Mike Doughty (aka M. Doughty in his earlier career), singer of "Your Mom's Alright" and "Mr. Xcitement," and Yuval Gabay, who plays drums on "Token Back To Brooklyn." Soul Coughing toured with TMBG several times. They also recorded the June 1996 CD to Flansburgh's Hello CD Of The Month Club. They disbanded in 2000.
A prime example of music, art and commerce merging successfully—both commercially and sonically—Soul Coughing emerged out of the New York avant art scene with a refreshing sound uniquely created from the blending of phat hip-hop beats, lazy jazz, wide-open rock and crazy samples manipulated through a keyboard computer contraption. Many relationships that begin in dark clubs don't work out; that wasn't the case for Soul Coughing when, in 1992, they hooked up at NYC's Knitting Factory, a club where vocalist/guitarist M. Doughty stood guard over the door. Not really knowing what they were getting themselves into, Israeli-born drummer Yuval Gabay, upright bass player Sebastian Steinberg (who was playing with Lounge Lizard Marc Ribot) and quirky noise composer Mark De Gli Antoni agreed to make music with Doughty. Within a year, they signed to Slash/Warner Bros., and then, in 1994, the foursome gave birth to a 14-song avant-jazz rock masterpiece, Ruby Vroom, which borrowed heavily from hip-hop with witty words of wasted wisdom spoken in sync with train-wreck-like grooves fused by trash compactor bleeps, blips and burps. The sound not only made sense in SoHo, but also reached a nation of millions as well as other nations of millions. After seeing the world from a stage, the foursome recorded their follow-up, 1996's Irresistible Bliss, a more "mature" effort in that it's an obvious attempt at being more pop—Doughty even sings, albeit in his atonal fashion. Although there was no in-between time, the band managed to record tracks for the Blue In The Face soundtrack ("The Brooklynites") and the X-Files -themed compilation Songs In The Key Of X ("Unmarked Helicopters"). Soul Coughing's latest album, El Oso, was released in September of 1998. Critics continue to gush over their bohemian funk-hop-rock, and the major video and radio outlets squeeze in "Super Bon Bon" here and there... but usually when no one is looking—or listening. No matter, Doughty will continue to watch 90210, write poetry, and create odd sonic pleasures with his bandmates. ~ From www.launch.yahoo.com
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