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LUNAR MISTAKE is a prog/post-punk/new wave band from Oakland. It features long-time members of the Bay Area music scene, including Matt LEBOFSKY (SECRET CHIEFS 3, MIRTHKON, MOETAR) on keyboards, Steve LEW (NEW ZOMBIES, ESKIMO, EBOLA SOUP) on bass, David SHAMROCK (SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM, FREE SALAMANDER EXHIBIT, SLOMBIS) on drums, Drew WHEELER (FREE SALAMANDER EXHIBIT, YOUNG HAS BEENS) on guitar, and Jackie WHEELER on vocals and percussion.

Points of reference may include: DEVO, THINKING PLAGUE, DANNY ELFMAN, RUSH.

Less officially, we've all been in the San Francisco Bay Area weird music scene for a very long time. David Shamrock played in the original lineup of the band that became IDIOT FLESH, and in the original lineup of SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM, along with a whole bunch of other tiny but excellent bands. He also played briefly in THINKING PLAGUE. Matt has played and still plays every instrument with a million bands, most famously SECRET CHIEFS 3. Steve Lew has played in a million bands too, from ESKIMO to SURPLUS 1980 (Moe Staiano's post-SGM) band. This is Jackie's first record, but she's been a singer for a long time, both in bands and as a soloist. As for me, those who know me know me from FREE SALAMANDER EXHIBIT. Prior to that, I played in an indie pop band with a bunch of friends called YOUNG HAS BEENS. Before that, I was getting a PhD in music, and way before that I played in several bands that no one has heard of and that never went anywhere.


Biography provided by Drew Wheeler and used with permission


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Lunar Mistake Eclectic Prog

Review by kev rowland
Special Collaborator Prog Reviewer / Special Collaborator

— First review of this album —
4 stars Somehow I came across the band Lunar Mistake and when I asked them for more information I was sent this, "Lunar Mistake is a prog/post-punk/new wave band from Oakland. It features long-time members of the Bay Area music scene, including Matt Lebofsky (Secret Chiefs 3, miRthkon, MoeTar) on keyboards, Steve Lew (New Zombies, Eskimo, Ebola Soup) on bass, David Shamrock (Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Free Salamander Exhibit, Slombis) on drums, Drew Wheeler (Free Salamander Exhibit, Young Has Beens) on guitar, and Jackie Wheeler on vocals and percussion. Points of reference may include: Devo, Thinking Plague, Danny Elfman, Rush."

The more observant of you may have seen a couple of musical genres listed which surely could only mean one thing, and you would be right, as here is a pronk band which Tim Smith would surely be proud of. I cannot believe I don't see a mention of Cardiacs in their influences (is it really more than a quarter of a century since "Sing To God"?) as here is a band who have taken pronk and run with it to make something which is RIO, Avant, yet somehow commercial at the same time. Jackie may not have a great deal of experience in bands but she is happy with everything the band is throwing at her, whether it is the Devo-style punk of "Infinite Loop" or the more comical "Fishies". This is a load of fun which could have come from the stable of either Cardiacs or Poisoned Electrick head and is a blast of punk prog fun which is so very different indeed to what is in the current scene where prog often seems to be quite involved at gazing at one's navel.

What we have here is a band producing music which was underground thirty years, and now is even more so as they are so very different indeed, yet their jagged angular melodies and guitar riffs are literally music to my ears.

Thanks to kev rowland for the artist addition.

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