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Chris Xefos Born January 5, 1964 Genres Avant-garde Instruments Accordion, bass, keyboards, organ, percussion, piano, synthesizer, vocals Labels Shimmy Disc
Atlantic RecordsAssociated acts King Missile
moth wranglers
When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the WaterWebsite Xefos.com Chris Xefos (born January 5, 1964) is an American multi-instrumentalist musician/engineer/producer and former member of band King Missile. He plays various instruments such as accordion, bass, piano, and synthesizer, among others. He began recording/producing various groups in New York during the 1980s, including indie-rock legends Phantom Tollbooth. In 1989, he joined the New York City avant-garde spoken word/art rock group, King Missile. Five years, four albums and a number of alternative rock “hits” (including “Jesus Was Way Cool” and “Detachable Penis”) later, King Missile disbanded (this version). Xefos also played with the group When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water during this time. Following this period, he relocated to San Francisco.
He then went on to work, in various capacities, with a number of local San Francisco singer/songwriters and groups, including Victor Krummenacher, Jonathan Segel, Greg Lisher (Camper Van Beethoven), Alison Faith Levy (The Loud Family/The Sippy Cups), Pansy Division, and Doug Hilsinger (Bomb/Enorchestra). He has also kept up on songwriting and recording with two different projects: moth wranglers, a duo featuring himself and LD Beghtol (Flare/The New Criticism/guest vocalist on The Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs) as well as his solo project, Drop Quarters. Between 1998 and 2008, he owned/operated his own project-recording studio, Magnetic Recording. In 2008, he became co-owner/operator of a new recording facility, Dogpatch Recording. He does production/engineer work from this studio, as well as other studios in the San Francisco Bay Area. He continues to perform in local San Francisco music groups, including the Fat Bottom Girls, among others.
Selected discography
Artist Album Record Label Release Year King Missile Mystical Shit Shimmy Disc 1990 King Missile The Way to Salvation Atlantic Records 1991 King Missile Happy 14½ (EP) Atlantic 1992 King Missile Happy Hour Atlantic 1992 King Missile King Missile Atlantic 1994 Sasha Forte · John S. Hall · Bradford Reed
Dogbowl · Alex DeLaszlo · R.B. Korbet · George O'Malley · Charles Curtis · Steve Dansiger · Dave Rick · Chris Xefos · David Ramirez · Roger Murdock · Jane ScarpantoniStudio albums Fluting on the Hump · They · Mystical Shit · The Way to Salvation · Happy Hour · King Missile · Failure · The Psychopathology of Everyday Life · Royal LunchEPs Other albums Singles "Take Stuff from Work" · "The Box" · "No Point" · "Jesus Was Way Cool" · "My Heart Is a Flower" · "Detachable Penis" · "(Why Are We) Trapped?" · "Martin Scorsese" · "Love Is..." · "America Kicks Ass"John S. Hall solo albums Related articles Categories:- 1964 births
- Living people
- American alternative rock musicians
- LGBT musicians from the United States
- American musician stubs
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