MoeTar

MoeTar
MoeTar opens for Sleepytime Gorilla Museum at The Independent SF On 2011-04-10
Background information
Origin	Oakland, California, United States
Genres	Progressive rock, Alternative rock, Pop
Years active	2008–present
Website	Official Site
Members
Moorea Dickason Tarik Ragab Matthew Heulitt Matt Lebofsky David M. Flores

MoeTar is a Bay Area, California based rock group founded by singer Moorea Dickason ("Moe") and bassist Tarik Ragab ("Tar"). Moorea and Tarik previously worked together in the more politically charged funk/pop band No Origin.

History

Moorea and Tarik formed the band in 2008 with Matthew Heulitt (Narada Michael Walden, Zigaboo Modeliste) on guitar, David Flores (Lauryn Hill, John Santos, Carne Cruda) on drums, and Bob Crawford on keyboards. Early on Bob left the band, and was replaced by Matt Lebofsky (miRthkon, Faun Fables, Secret Chiefs 3).

With the lineup in place, the band entered a period of intense rehearsals and shows. Their first gig (May 17, 2009) was performing near the finish line at the annual Bay to Breakers race in San Francisco. While playing the song "Screed" a jogger collapsed from exhaustion right in front of their stage. They also performed at the annual Burning Man Decompression Festival, and played the opening slot at the final show of Sleepytime Gorilla Museum.

In 2010 they recorded their debut CD From These Small Seeds with engineer Dan Rathbun (of Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Idiot Flesh). The album was released in July, 2010. Papa J of CalProg ranked it the #4 best album of 2010. At recent shows they started performing material to appear on their new album.

Band Members

Moorea Dickason – vocals Tarik Ragab – bass, backing vocals Matthew Heulitt – guitar, backing vocals Matt Lebofsky – keyboards, backing vocals David M. Flores – drums

Discography

Albums From These Small Seeds (2010) External links MoeTar - official website Papa J's Top 10 albums of 2010