The Weasels are a rock band based in New York. The group has been active in either studio or live incarnations since the mid-1980s and includes three long-standing core members: Doctor Fun (vocals, saxophones, keyboards, Onoyodel), Roy Weasell (electric and acoustic guitars, vocals, keyboards, trombone, roto-vibe, mandolin) and Chris Gruf (keyboards, vocals, bass guitar, samples, E-flat horn, trumpet, musique concrete, gadgets). Over the years the band has rounded out its live and recorded output with a revolving cast of keyboardists, guitarists, bassists and drummers. The Weasels have released five albums since their inception and have played approximately 40 live shows, which have come to be regarded as significant events in the regional musical community. They have been compared in print most often to Frank Zappa’s Mothers of Invention and Steely Dan, based on their melodic jazz and blues based music, elaborate horn and vocal arrangements, open-ended and suspended compositional style, exceptionally high recording standards, and highly intelligent use of sardonic, sarcastic, historic, political and scatological themes in their lyrics.
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