The Captain Midnight Band creates "Waterbed Rock & Roll" for the mind, booty, and soul. Crunchy Rock Guitars, Soaring Vocal Harmonies, and thick R&B grooves create a sonic landscape for the band's sensual, Sci-Fi imagery, and electrified musical interplay.
Formed in New Orleans in 2002, The Captain Midnight Band stays true to the Crescent City's celebratory heritage, turning every show into a sweating, throbbing Rock & Roll party, interspersed with humor and mind-bending jams.
While the group's outlandish appearance is undeniably attractive, it’s their positive energy, excellent music, and and stellar showmanship that keep fans coming back for more.
Wearing their influences on their collective sleeve while maintaining an original sound, style, and image is key. A tip of the hat to their heroes is evident not only musically, but conceptually. Flattering comparisons to P-Funk, Zappa, Ween, are evident in the relationship between band and audience.
To truly understand what The Captain Midnight Band is about, one must experience their live show. When everything lines up, mingles, and sweats together onstage AND in the audience - it's magic time.
The band prides itself on inventive songwriting and creative marketing, as well releasing "Electric 45" internet singles, and selling such items as Captain Midnight Band Glow Shirts.
The Captain Midnight Band's 2008 release, "Chamber of Thrills!!" is available at captainmidnightband.com, iTunes, and live shows, and they're currently putting the finishing touches on a new full-length album, due out Oct. 2010.
The core line-up of C.M. (Guitar, Vocals) Darnoc (Bass, Vocals) Little Mike (Drums), Lil Rae Rae (Keys, Vocals) is often augmented with guests ranging from vocalists and instrumentalists, to a full horn section, depending on where and when the band happens to be playin
Midnight's style has infiltrated at variety of musical realms, sharing bills with such diverse artists as Bob Weir, Merl Saunders, Dumpstaphunk, Galactic, Cornmeal, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Cypress Hill, Lord T & Eloise, and even The 2 Live Crew!!
Major influences include Steely Dan, KISS, Prince, The Grateful Dead, Funkadelic, George Lucas, Boz Scaggs, Little Feat, Joe Walsh, Frank Zappa, Joni Mitchell, Todd Rundgren, and Richard Pryor.