Listen to "Leaving The Monopole"
The Ominous Seapods formed in the late 1980s in Plattsburgh, New York, and, after quickly cultivating a fervidly loyal fan base in the northeast, toured nationally for over a decade. The Seapods, along with moe., Yolk, God Street Wine, and others, blazed a trail across the country, dazzling audiences with their eclectic blend of improvisatory rock, and paved the way for a whole new generation of jam bands that followed. The synergy between lead guitarist Max Verna and rhythm guitarist Dana Monteith, the super-tight and danceable grooves provided by Tom Pirozzi on bass and Ted Marotta on drums, and the psychedelic, haunting sounds of Brian Mangini on the keyboards—along with the band’s powerful songwriting and unique and darkly ironic sense of humor—attracted hundreds and eventually thousands of fans to Ominous Seapods’ shows. After helping to define the jam band scene of the 1990s, and after having performed an average of 200 shows a year from Boston to Los Angeles and everywhere in between, one of the hardest working and most influential groups in the jam band world decided to take a well-deserved break from the road in 2000.
Currently, the members of the band are busy raising families, and pursuing wide-ranging musical interests of their own, but they still hear the call of the road, and still enjoy getting together to perform select shows once or twice a year. The Ominous Seapods will reunite with their old friends, moe., to perform at moe.down, and there is even talk of a new Ominous Seapods studio album in the works (the first in over a decade!).
