The Porchistas, born on a porch in Montclair, NJ, play Lyrically driven Rock, with Folk, Punk, and Pop Flavors.
Their influences include Ween, Newman and Nilsson, The Flaming Lips, Rancid & Leonard Cohen.
Songwriter, vocalist, electric guitarist and producer Adam "Devil Hands" Falzer, a Montclair townie, studied Music Synthesis at Berklee School of Music, plays memorable, melodic leads and hard rhythms - and breaks alot of strings.
Gerry Griffin's been playing the bass since he was 15 years old. He's played in several bands over the years including the ALIEN SLAVES, Baked Fresh Daily and Mojo Edge. Gerry records and produces music at his studio, the Temple of Tuneage.
Drummer Jonathon Riordan. Found in a swamp in 1895. Works at NASA. Self taught. Has been playing drums in several bands for 16 years
Alan "Sucia" Smith, songwriter, vocalist, and acoustic guitarist, learned to play music from his neighbor and was drawn to songwriting through his oddball life experiences. When he's not pushing local music, he might be found building houses out of poo and bamboo in a remote, tropical farm town.
Their last CD titled "Save the Earth" was released April 2011.
The Porchistas previous CD "Yemaya" is also available to buy on CD Baby
"Hope for the Flowers" is a tribute to the adult/children's book by the same name written by Trina Paulus www.hopefortheflowers.org
On June 2nd 2012 The Porchistas are releasing their third CD in three years. "The Baby Album" will be available on CD Baby.
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