Oneida is an experimental rock band from Brooklyn, New York. Their influenc… Read Full Bio ↴Oneida is an experimental rock band from Brooklyn, New York. Their influences include psychedelic rock, krautrock, electronic, and noise rock, but the overall structure and intent of their music cannot be easily traced to any of these styles, or the myriad other styles they have drawn upon in recordings.

The most striking and consistent aspect of Oneida's music is their use of and fascination with repetition. Their 2002 LP, Each One Teach One, for instance, begins with two especially long tracks, Sheets of Easter and Antibiotics, the former over fourteen minutes long, the latter more than sixteen. Both of these songs are composed of one repeated riff (with a few short interludes on Antibiotics). In addition to the use of repetition Oneida's music can be distinguished by the bandmember's extensive use of and enthusiasm for antique keyboards and analog electric pianos.

Originally recording on Turnbuckle Records (their first two albums in 1997 and 1999), the band now runs Brah Records, an imprint of Jagjaguwar (Jagjaguwar group at Last.fm). In September 2007 the group celebrated 10 years of existence with a concert at the P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center in NYC.

The current lineup is:
* Kid Millions - drums, vocals participated as drummer 53 in the Boredoms 77 Boadrum performance which occurred on July 7th, 2007 at the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park in Brooklyn, New York
* Bobby Matador - organ, guitar, vocals
* Hanoi Jane - guitar, bass
* Double Rainbow (aka Phil Manley of Trans Am and The Fucking Champs) - guitar
* Shahin Motia (of Ex Models) - guitar

Papa Crazy (aka PCRZ) of Oakley Hall is a former member of Oneida, and has revived connections with Oneida by recording OH's most recent album Gypsum Strings on Oneida's Brah Records label.

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Thank Your Parents
Oneida Lyrics

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Lying in the back room
Head into the floor
Dream another color
'Till you dream no more.

Laying in the petals
Dust becomes the smoke
Fly into the flower

Until it makes you choke.

Gather all the playthings
Living and alive
Slip into a coma
Surrounded by the hive.

You talked about your parents
As gold spun into hay
I don't think I can see it
The blue becomes the gray.

Stuck inside the back room
Staring at the door
Dreamed another color
'Till I dreamed no more.

The rattle of the branches
The shadows of the oak
Fall into the flower
Until it makes you choke.

A year without a winter
Lost inside the hive
Slip into a coma
Your reason won't survive.

We talked about your parents
And crawling by your side

We found a nicer reason
The turning of the tides.

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Oneida's song Thank Your Parents seem to evoke feelings of restlessness and yearning for escape. The first two stanzas of the song paint a picture of someone lying on their back, either on the floor or in a bed of petals, trying to escape into their dreams until they "dream no more". The third stanza adds a darker tone to the lyrics, as the person slips into a coma surrounded by the hive of all their "playthings" that were once "living and alive". This stanza seems to suggest a sense of being trapped or suffocated by one's possessions or materialism.

The lyrics take a turn in the fourth stanza when the singer and another person talk about "your parents", who are described as "gold spun into hay". This line seems to suggest that the singer is skeptical of the high regard that the other person has for their parents. The next stanza reiterates this feeling of being stuck and unable to escape; the singer is "staring at the door" and trying to "dream another color" until they can "dream no more". The sixth stanza brings back the metaphor of falling into a flower until it makes you choke, which reinforces the idea of being suffocated.

The final two stanzas take a more positive turn, as the singer and the other person "found a nicer reason" and "the turning of the tides". It's unclear what exactly this means, but it seems to suggest that they found a way to escape their sense of entrapment and started to see things in a more positive light.

Line by Line Meaning

Lying in the back room
Resting in the rear chamber

Head into the floor
Face buried in the ground

Dream another color
Imagine a different hue

'Till you dream no more.
Until you fall asleep for good.

Laying in the petals
Reclining on the flower bed

Dust becomes the smoke
Ash turns to fumes

Fly into the flower
Soar inside the blossom

Until it makes you choke.
Till you cannot breathe any more.

Gather all the playthings
Collect all the toys

Living and alive
Breathing and bouncy

Slip into a coma
Fall into deep sleep