Members:
Nils Frykdahl (guitars, tibetan bells, autoharp, flute, vocals)
Dan Rathbun (bass guitar, slide piano log, pedal-action wiggler thing, autoharp, roach, trombone, lute, vocals)
Carla Kihlstedt (violins, percussion guitar, autoharp, pump organ, vocals)
Matthias Bossi (drums, glockenspiel, xylophone, vocals, 2004-present)
Michael Mellender (percussion of various sorts, 2004-present)
Moe! Staiano (percussion, metal, pressure-cap marimba spring, spring-nail guitar, popping turtle, food containers, tympani, bowed spatula, glockenspiel, paper 1999-2004)
Frank Grau (drums, production 2001-2004)
David Shamrock (drums, piano 1999-2004)

Associated Acts:
Tin Hat
Faun Fables
Charming Hostess
Idiot Flesh
The Book of Knots
Skeleton Key
Moe!kestra!
Thinking Plague

Genres:
Avant Garde
Experimental
Progressive Metal

Formed: In 1999 in Oakland, California, U.S.A.

Debut Album: Grand Opening and Closing (2001)