Paul and Storm

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Name = Paul and Storm


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Origin = Arlington, Virginia
Genre = Comedy
Years_active = 2004–present
Label = Bulletproof Artist Management
Associated_acts = Da Vinci's Notebook
URL = http://paulandstorm.com
Current_members = Paul Sabourin
Greg "Storm" DiCostanzo
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Paul and Storm is an Arlington, Virginia-based comedic musical duo consisting of Paul Sabourin and Greg "Storm" DiCostanzo. They had formerly been half of the a cappella group Da Vinci’s Notebook. When that group went on their "Moxy Früvous-style hiatus" the two struck out on their own, with Paul playing keyboard and penny whistle and Storm on the guitar.

They are favorites of Dr. Demento. After being frequent guests on the Bob and Tom show, they were invited to do a regular feature: a topical song of the week. Many of these have been collected on their album "News to Us".

While they mainly perform live as a duo, they had the help of many guest musicians on their album "Opening Band", including Mike Clem and Eddie Hartness of Eddie from Ohio and Valerie Vigoda, Brendon Milburn, and Gene Lewin from Groovelily. Groovelily performed as Paul and Storm's back-up band at the 2005 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival. They are currently (Summer 2008) touring with Jonathan Coulton, co-billing and usually opening the shows. Coulton co-wrote "Your Love Is", which was recorded on their "News to Us" album.

Their fans are affectionately known as Paul and Storm Troopers, or alternatively, Paul and Storm Stalkers.

Paul and Storm are both ordained ministers of the Universal Life Church.

Influences

As listed on the duo's MySpace page.
* Tom Lehrer
* "Weird Al" Yankovic
* The Bobs
* The Beatles
* They Might Be Giants
* Moxy Fruvous
* 80's Pop music (Styx, one hit wonders, Men at Work, etc.)
* 70's Pop music (but not so much Disco)
* Bruce Springsteen
* Springfield
* Earlier Rockapella
* Old Tin Pan Alley music
* Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
* Spike Jones (the old one)
* Simon & Garfunkel
* Older television jingles and theme songs
* Christopher Walken
* Todd Snyder
* Gilbert & Sullivan
* Stephen Sondheim
* Stan Freberg
* Randy Newman
* Billy Joel
* Eddie from Ohio
* Stephen Lynch
* Barenaked Ladies

Discography

* "Shame and Cookie Dough" EP
* "Opening Band"
* "News to Us"
* "Gumbo Pants"

Homepage

[http://paulandstorm.com Paul and Storm Professional Singing Persons]
[http://www.myspace.com/paulandstorm MySpace]

[http://www.maximumfun.org/blog/2007/10/interview-paul-storm-by-aaron-matthews.html Interview with Paul & Storm]