Ok, I’ll listen to this stuff, if for no other reason than the background on their MySpace page makes them look like that Feldman guy with the eyes!!!

Nige and Trev are from the United Kingdom, Oxford area I believe. They experiment, they try to make us (and themselves) laugh, which are admirable goals. I can hear the Zappa influence. Having seen that legend of crazy rock-and-roll, I must say I was interested to hear what Mick Clack and Frank Fish (with guests) have to say. I listened to “When He Had a Voice Like This.” I don’t know what I heard. Kinda cool, though.

Influences are Zappa, Hendrix, Miles Davis, Marx Brothers, Beefheart, Johnny Winter, Lord Buckley, Monty Python….the list goes on. The biography information states that Nige and Trev are “a ranting, grooving, shrieking, psychedelic, experimental, soup hurling, pendulum obsessed, jazz/rock/blues/classical/comedy/funk duo.” What a mouthful!!

It’s said that these fellows “occasionally resort to singing.” Well, this stuff isn’t going to be everyone’s cup of tea. In fact, if I were too far from reality and listened to this, I might see those real-life characters from “Freaks” in my nightmares. But what can I expect from two fellows who rely on battered Stratocasters and horror/love sermons?

Here’s what the BBC Oxford reviewer had to say: “After listening to the first 15 minutes I went into a dark room to rock gently while muttering about the blithering squirrels.” Thanks, Tim. Me too.

Nige and Trev on MySpace

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