moe. is an American jam band, formed at the University at Buffalo in 1991. … Read Full Bio ↴moe. is an American jam band, formed at the University at Buffalo in 1991. The current lineup includes: Rob Derhak (bass, vocals), Al Schnier (guitar, vocals, keyboard), Chuck Garvey (guitar, vocals), Vinnie Amico (drums), and Jim Loughlin (percussion).
The band's first record, Fatboy (1992), established the band as a favorite of the same 1990s scene that became popular through bands such as the Dave Matthews Band, Phish, and Widespread Panic. moe. has toured with the 1997 Furthur Festival, appeared at Woodstock '99, have played in Central Park, were the opening band for The Allman Brothers and The Who, and performed at Radio City Music Hall on New Years Eve 2006 and 2007.
They also host the annual festival moe.down at Snow Ridge Ski Area in Turin, NY. Started in 2000, the festival runs for three days and occurs every Labor Day weekend. The festival has attracted a wide variety of musical talent. Acts range from newer bands just emerging onto the scene (such as Tea Leaf Green, Nellie McKay and Raq) to big name acts and jam rock staples, such as Les Claypool, Blues Traveler, and Mike Gordon (of Phish fame); to pop rock icons, such as Leo Kottke, The Flaming Lips, The Violent Femmes; and most recently, Perry Farrell. Each year, the amount of moe.down attendees has steadily increased. moe.down I attracted around 3,000 people while moe.down VI in 2005, had attracted close to 7,000.
During an interview, guitarist Al Schnier was asked to describe moe. for those who have never heard their music: "It's an amalgamation of a wide variety of the history of rock, all regurgitated and recycled through the eyes, ears, hands, whatever of the guys in our band and all of that with a sense of adventure, a sense of humor, also a constant desire to push the envelope. All in this arena of taking chances, improvising live, and making things up on the spot."
Their official site can be found at www.moe.org
The band's first record, Fatboy (1992), established the band as a favorite of the same 1990s scene that became popular through bands such as the Dave Matthews Band, Phish, and Widespread Panic. moe. has toured with the 1997 Furthur Festival, appeared at Woodstock '99, have played in Central Park, were the opening band for The Allman Brothers and The Who, and performed at Radio City Music Hall on New Years Eve 2006 and 2007.
They also host the annual festival moe.down at Snow Ridge Ski Area in Turin, NY. Started in 2000, the festival runs for three days and occurs every Labor Day weekend. The festival has attracted a wide variety of musical talent. Acts range from newer bands just emerging onto the scene (such as Tea Leaf Green, Nellie McKay and Raq) to big name acts and jam rock staples, such as Les Claypool, Blues Traveler, and Mike Gordon (of Phish fame); to pop rock icons, such as Leo Kottke, The Flaming Lips, The Violent Femmes; and most recently, Perry Farrell. Each year, the amount of moe.down attendees has steadily increased. moe.down I attracted around 3,000 people while moe.down VI in 2005, had attracted close to 7,000.
During an interview, guitarist Al Schnier was asked to describe moe. for those who have never heard their music: "It's an amalgamation of a wide variety of the history of rock, all regurgitated and recycled through the eyes, ears, hands, whatever of the guys in our band and all of that with a sense of adventure, a sense of humor, also a constant desire to push the envelope. All in this arena of taking chances, improvising live, and making things up on the spot."
Their official site can be found at www.moe.org
Runaway Overlude
moe. Lyrics
Courage fading as you walk away
Had a million other things to say
Then you turned away and I thought I'd shout
Like a coward i just chicken out
Two men standing on an open green
20 paces, no one in between
Angry trigger on a smoking gun
See the coward as he turns to run
From the Colonel
Royal Army on his Father's Side
You're a coward, you can run but you can never hide
I keep on running from the bayonets and cannonballs
I accuse you of deserting our moe.st worthy cause
The soldiers death is living hell.. escape is death, or run away
Get back in line so you can fight for me another day
No bloody way, I'm gonna run, so shoot me in the back
The bullet flies, The coward falls,
The Colonel's knife comes from his pack
Look over here boys gonna carve me out a souvenir
I'll take a finger, or an eye, I'll take the coward's ear
till the coward turned around, he held his gun in hand
Then the colonel's dropped hid knife he tried to turn away and run
I'm gonna end this with a bullet from my gun in hand!!
THE BLOOD, THE BAYONETS, THE GORE, THE DEATH, THE CANNONBALL!!!
Rides the Colonel's horse back to his home
His children kiss him, he returns alone
His wife hugs him, nothing left to say
The fighting's over, everybody ran away
Had a million other things to say
Then you turned away and I thought I'd shout
Like a coward i just chicken out
Two men standing on an open green
20 paces, no one in between
Angry trigger on a smoking gun
From the Colonel
Royal Army on his Father's Side
You're a coward, you can run but you can never hide
I keep on running from the bayonets and cannonballs
I accuse you of deserting our moe.st worthy cause
The soldiers death is living hell.. escape is death, or run away
Get back in line so you can fight for me another day
No bloody way, I'm gonna run, so shoot me in the back
The bullet flies, The coward falls,
The Colonel's knife comes from his pack
Look over here boys gonna carve me out a souvenir
I'll take a finger, or an eye, I'll take the coward's ear
till the coward turned around, he held his gun in hand
Then the colonel's dropped hid knife he tried to turn away and run
I'm gonna end this with a bullet from my gun in hand!!
THE BLOOD, THE BAYONETS, THE GORE, THE DEATH, THE CANNONBALL!!!
Rides the Colonel's horse back to his home
His children kiss him, he returns alone
His wife hugs him, nothing left to say
The fighting's over, everybody ran away
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Written by: ROB DERHAK
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