Heres the deal...MooM are a improvisational rock band
from England.
We like to think that our music lends an original perspective
to songwriting and improvisation.
We've been on our journey through music for nearly 10 years, so
we know a few moves.
By the way...we like to jam...and yes, we can hip-hop.
THE
MEMBERS OF MOOM DOJO
Kris_MooM (Dojo composer/Shaolin
guitar forms)
Training in the gardens.
Jim_MooM (Dojo bass master/Slap fighting)
Outside the dojo,encouraging the students.
Greg_MooM (Dojo drummer/stick fighting)
Mark_MooM (Dojo guitarist/sliding finger kung fu)
Demonstrating MooM_Dojo styles for a martial arts magazine.
MOOM
ROOTS
- Ain Bum Beef:(1987-1990) Greg Myles (vocals,
percussion, keyboards) Kris Hartridge (vocals, guitars) Radical
experimental outfit designed to challenge normal musical behaviour.
Memorable tunes include "Bed Crumb Baby", "The
Magic Jism Jam" and "Chimpanzee." Some of this
music will be made available via the gift of MP3 to hardcore
MooM enthusiasts via this page in the near future.
- Ain Bum Beef 2:(1990-1992)Kris Hartridge(vocals,Guitar)Greg
Myles(Drums)Jim Patterson(Guitar)Rob Farmer
(bass) Toby Kay (Synth) Petrina Harradine (dancer) Susan Hawkins
(dancer) Formed to spread the insanity to a wider audience out
in the clubs. The live set would often feature the ritualistic
worship of a plastic skeleton named Bele to the setting of demented
disco music. Songs included "How Many Beans Make Five",
"Technicolor Yawn" and "Skeletoid."
- Medicinal Compound (1992-93) Andy Fairclough
(Hammond organ, piano) Greg Myles (drums) Jim Patterson (bass)
Dave (guitar) Hammond fuelled live psychedelic groove band, performing
mainly in the Northampton area. The shows often culminated with
"The Massive Psychedelic Avalanche of Death."
- MooM 1 (1993-1994) Kris Hartridge (vocals,
guitar) Jim Patterson (bass) Greg Myles (drums) Andy Fairclough
(organ, piano, electric piano) Toby Kay (wibbles) The first true
MooM line up. The band started to play gigs further afield and
began a long time friendship with "The
Cosmic Charlies"(Europe's premiere Grateful Dead tribute
band), with whom Greg, Jim and Andy have often played. MooM supported
Merle Saunders on his trip to Europe in February 1994 and introduced
him to the taste of Brixton fish n' chips. Later that year MooM
financed and recorded "The Helicopter Tortoise Collection"
later released on C.D. and vinyl by Delerium Records as "Toot"
in 1995.
- MooM 2 (1994) Line up the same as MooM 1 with
the inclusion of Rob Farmer (rhythm guitar)
Although this particular line-up gigged often, only three tracks
were ever recorded in the studio, "We are here", "Worries"
and "Woodland." These recordings will be made available
for free download on this site.
- MooM 3 (1994-1999) Kris Hartridge (vocals,
guitar) Jim Patterson (bass) Greg Myles (drums) Andy Fairclough
(organ, piano, electric piano) Mark Astill (guitar) Continued
to perform around the country both in clubs and now more frequently
at music festivals. Recorded "Bone Idol" in 1995 (C.D.
now available on Delerium Records for your listening pleasure.)
Since recording "Bone Idol" MooM have continued writing
and developing a diverse live set and are now preparing to record
another studio album.
FREE
RANGE MANIFESTO
The good people of MooM Dojo believe that musicians
live a happier, healthier life when given space to roam freely
about their natural environment without the intervention of intense
farming methods. We are of the opinion that the use of artificial
simulated environments in music farming over the past 10 years
has lead to an overall drop in the quality of music that consumers
have come to expect on their kitchen table. Gone are the golden
years of "Live-stock" farming when all a farmer needed
was a field and a lot of love; only to be replaced by the gargantuan
music corporations which we know, year-after-year produce massive
surpluses of unneeded low grade music. MooM are also concerned
about the lack of public information regarding current cosmetic
testing on musicians. Popular belief holds that these practices
have seen a sharp decline since the dark days of the 1980's. Back
then, it was common for captive musicians to be subjected to painful
makeup procedures and made to endure frightening experiments,
which too often involved testing the broken musicians' reactions
to waves of disorienting lights and loud explosions. Have we learnt
nothing from the past...we can all remember those sorry creatures
pacing around their stages; the unnatural repetitive movements...the
lack of free will. MooM aims to promote public awareness for the
plight of the "Free-Range" music farmers around the
globe and would appreciate your support in boycotting any product
that seems overtly cruel to musicians or that appears to have
been produced in artificial conditions.