They willfully jumbled funk, art rock, free jazz, and psychedelic rock.
The band consisted of high-level jazz players, including a young on a fuzz-drenched guitar, whose playing "weaves in and out" of Phil Morrison’s bass and Vinnie Johnson’s drums. Key features of their sound include: Stark Reality,The - Acting, Thinking, Feeling -...
Instead of simple, catchy tunes, the band produced a wild, distorted blend of Miles Davis -inspired jazz fusion and gritty acid rock. The resulting album, The Stark Reality Discovers Hoagy Carmichael's Music Shop (1970), became a legendary "holy grail" for record collectors and has been sampled by major hip-hop artists like A Tribe Called Quest and J Dilla . Musical Style and Legacy They willfully jumbled funk, art rock, free jazz,
The songs often feature Monty Stark’s "monotoned parody" of an Oklahoma accent, singing about things like grandfather clocks and rocket ships. The resulting album, The Stark Reality Discovers Hoagy