NEWS UPDATE:
MUMPO's first full-length CD has been officially released on 11-21-08 and is now available for sale or download at CD BABY.com. Now you can own this mind-blowing 10-track disc, plus 3 special Bonus Tracks. MORE INFO.

BAND BIO -
Alterna-Punk? PsychoBilly? Cross-Over Country? Alt-Pop rock? Singer-Songwriter, Joseph D'Angora serves up a broad range of extremely contageous musical flavors with MUMPO. Refusing to be hampered by any one genre, the band blends influences such as White Stripes, Iggy Pop, Hank Williams, Tom Waits, Louis Armstrong and Elvis Costello...sometimes even within the same song! Lead Guitarist, Rich Vacarro, provides irresistible hooks, while Graham Taylor on Bass, and Todd Nosek on Drums drop a beat that will make you move. Additional spice is added by Toby Ricci on violin and other guest musicians. MUMPO has been rocking L.A. clubs like The Whiskey, The Viper Room, The Troubadour, B.B. Kings and Dragonfly since 2004. D'Angora and Taylor provide a Boston-Punk influence while the rest of the band adds the L.A. edge. Booking info: mumpotheband@gmail.com or call 310-625-6807.

PRESS & REVIEWS -
OX Fanzine-Germany-
... MUMPO hails from LA and with one look at their website it is obvious that these people at work here do not have a very high opinion of George W. Bush. This you can not only read but also hear if you listen to their opener "Fanatic" which is also on the current OX cd, its an ode to "Dubja" with mixed in quotations of the" President" who is mentioned only in Quotationmarks.
But the other tracks are also pretty pissy and openly political and worship druguse– see the titletrack- but naturally in an ironic manner.
Musically MUMPO which I think is by the way a grandiose name has a pretty unique thing going on, somewhere between Punk,Pop, Garage and Zapppa or something like that. And if Alternative Tentacles publishes the EVAPORATORS then I think there should be room for MUMPO in the "Incredibly Strange Music" section. The songs are accessible on the very entertaining website so check it out
Joachim Hiller, Editor-Publisher, Ox-Fanzine, Haan, Germany

    I would just like to throw in my two cents; I hope that no one notices that they are Canadian, tough times and can't afford to give away 2 cents (US) not even to such a worthy cause unless there is beer involved. This was my first time at the World Famous Viper Room Sunset Strip. I don't frequent these types of establishments (I get shunned on for being from the Valley, and I won't be caught posing on front street saying that I live south of the Santa Monica Mountains). It's a fact you can purchase a bottle of Jack Daniels for only $250 dollars. I prefer a nice dirty dive somewhere in the central or north valley (San Fer). This event however I could not miss. I hauled ass from Bakersfield (don't ask) to try and get there in time and not miss a beat. As my first Mumpo experience all I can say is ROCK!!! My first Mumpo experience surpassed my wildest dreams (I don't generally remember them). It was a ROCK event to remember, I caught a T shirt and had beers in my pocket babes all around me. I felt like the ROCK STAR, and that's why this event meant so much to me. As stated in the 1991 movie directed by Oliver Stone,The Doors, when doing the Ed Sullivan Show "We can't say the word higher instead of saying Girl We Couldn't Get Much Higher could you say Girl It Just Can't Get Any Better". Well this is my Girl It Just Can't Get Any Better. Can you dig?
-- Joel Luna, Sun Valley.

MUSIC BY MUMPO--You may question the band’s name (unless you’ve read “Geek Love“ by Katherine Dunn), but you won’t question the catchiness of the tunes. Singer/songwriter Joe D’Angora is the charasmatic frontman bringing a sensibility to the music that is sometimes quirky, other times campy but always powerfully edgy, bringing a clever mix of post-punk, post-grunge, alternative fanfare. Lyrics like “Pregnant widow dreams”, and “God, don’t let me die in heat” with the addition of incredibly inventive lead guitar by Rich Vaccarro draw the LA bar crowds in. Their new CD, "MY NEW ADDICTION" gets two thumbs up. -- Marie Bancroft, USPE Times

(Regarding recent DragonFly gig)
Y OU GUYS DID GREAT!
Elle Grace
Sean Healy Promotions

I just listened to your music online, and really, I like it! nice dirty garage punk, wonderful, just the way I like it. and nice lyrics as well, haha, checked out "yaya". [FANATIC] …just listened to the song, yeah, like it
{OX-FANZINE]

INDIA:
Mumpo rocks the Gange! When are you touring Uttar Pradesh? Love the elephant! With gracious thanks,
Sri Sri Satonpickle

Very fun, very cute. Your're definitely representin' for the lighter side of life. Good times!
C~los

NO WAY! MOST EXCELLENT! KXLU? That is so cool!
CC

I love baby mumpo!
Edith Speed

8 Minute Morning thanks you!
I got so zapped that some
friends on the floor actually saw the spark...
-Todd


TOTALLY COOL! Congrats baby!
Ed Deuschle, Apostle 13

EXCELLENT!
Peter Chew, L.A. Comedian

Once you guys hit it big, we never hear from you
again... bastards!
Randy Chambers, TransLight Media

AWESOME!!!
I'm very impressed, and truly liked the song! Woohoo!!
You know, it reminds me of Flash in the Pan. WOW!
Kendra D. Artist

Yea! You guys Rock!!!
Sheena Metal

I LOVE your band! I loved "lost weekend", I wanted to slow dance to "brilliant", and "what if" made me feel bad that I'd never been drafted for war! When are you guys playing next? Maybe I'll plan my next trip around a good gig of yours!
Jennifer Jones, CA

Cool site!
Cindy O.

I plan on bringing a busload of cathloc high school girls to your next concert!
Father O'cohen

Obwohl ich die Texte nicht immer ganz verstanden habe(z.B. What if?), hat mir die Musik echt gut gefallen! Wird es die CD auch inDeutschland zu kaufen geben? ;-))
...Although I could not understand all the lyrics (for example What if?), I really liked the music a lot! Will the CD also be available for sale in Germany?
Karin Reichel from  Berlin,Germany

MUMPO embodies the anxieties of the superficial modern world - the paradox of "healthy" relationships coexisting with primordial instincts. This wellspring of denial is evidenced by MUMPO's primitive pansexuality despite an absence of manliness or martial valor. This mockery of libidinal instincts is a grotesque travesty and ultimately results in a gender confusion that culminates in a orgiastic free-for-all that, ironically, leaves any hormonally seething woman wanting for corporeal satisfaction and vaginal fulfillment. LEARN TO SING AND FUCK LIKE REAL MEN YOU FAGS!!!
---Bob Bueller, President Bush's Council for Psychological Health

Dig the web site, dig the songs. Lost Weekend is my fav. woke up with it in my head this morning. pure hit parade.
Who the hell is dick vicky (uncle dickey)?
tommy-kid, Massachusetts

This site is great! Keep up the good work.
Randy Chow, Studio City, CA

That's very cool.
Kendra D. Wareham

LOVE the site Joey!
Lisa : )

MUMPO: Oddly compiled group sets up in small, dark garage type concert hall with lively, quirky lyrics and nonstop head bouncing tunes! Combining punk rock, alternative tunes, funky instrumentals and character like lyrics --- M U M P O is a must see!
FYI: "Who Cares" Rawks!!! ---Amy Schoaff, Stanford International

Where'd you get the name "Mumpo"? Sounds like one of the lost Marxbrothers...Anyway, I listened to the songs. Pretty cool! The art critic in me heardflavors of the Cars (like on "Lost Weekend"), Weezer and the B-52's. Andsort of like some of the old stuff on the Spinal Tap soundtrack. (Gimmesome money, Flower People). Or maybe it was something bad in the cookie Ijust ate. Cheers,
John St. Germaine, MA

The banality of its pseudo-self-awareness and socio-disant political sagacity infuse the music of MUMPO with a brain-numbing groove that leaves us with a delicious hebetude and a pulsating erection... more!!!... --S. Mudra, Canton Ink Spots

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