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Entries tagged “.357 Lover”

"Give It Up" for Corn Mo

By Jim Shearer on 07/24/2008
Filed under: FREE SONGS

Anytime I can support Corn Mo and his backing band .357 Lover on the Indie Ear blog, you better believe that I'm going to do it. If you've never seen Corn Mo live in action, just close your eyes and envision Meatload, Sam Kinison, Freddie Mercury, and your favorite "big rock" band from the 70/80's melted down into one musical act. Throw in a masterful rock-star falsetto, an accordion, and an affinity for old-school professional wrestling and you've got yourself Corn Mo. (left: This is he, the one, the only: Corn Mo!) Corn Mo is offering up a free... MORE »

SXSW: Corn Mo and .357 Lover (Live)

By Jim Shearer on 03/13/2008
Filed under: LIVE

A partial resemblance to Sam Kinison, a good dose of Meat Loaf's rock opera tendencies, the falsetto of a well-seasoned arena rocker, and the whimsicality of Dr. Demento--add all of these together and you're just beginning to scratch the surface of the man known as Corn Mo. Besides being well-known in New York City for doing a one-man accordion show (where he also wedges a drum stick in his shoe and wallops a crash symbol), he's been featured in Rolling Stone and has toured with the Polyphonic Spree. When not performing solo, Corn Mo teams with his band .357... MORE »

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