Oneida

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Oneida originated from New York in 1997 thanks to the encounter between Bobby Matador (keyboards), Hanoio Jane (bass and guitar), Kid Millions (drums), Papa Crazy (vocals and guitar), Shahin Motia (guitar) e Barry London (synthesizer and effects).

The group was a beacon of musical exploration and for this reason, it earned an almost legendary status on the New York scene, expanding the limits of what it meant to be a rock band.

Oneida has long straddled gray-area boundaries between the NYC punk/psych/rock world and the art/experimental world, playing at gritty rock clubs and elevated cultural institutions, including the Guggenheim, MoMA PS1, ICA London, MassMOCA and the Knoxville Museum of Art. The band has been known for extended live improvisational performances, collaborating onstage with Mike Watt, members of Flaming Lips, Portishead, Boredoms, Yo La Tengo, Dead C, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, and many others. Oneida’s members juggle a wide variety of other music projects. Drummer Kid Millions has played with Spiritualized, Royal Trux and Boredoms and releases solo compositions under his own name and as Man Forever. Shahin Motia founded noise-punk’s Ex Models and currently plays in Knyfe Hyts. Kid and Fat Bobby perform and release music as People of the North, and Bobby has a band called New Pope.

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