Elastic No-No Band
| Elastic No-No Band | |
|---|---|
| Origin | New York City, USA |
| Genres | Anti-folk, indie rock |
| Years active | 2004–2011 |
| Labels | Weemayk Music |
| Associated acts | Duck the Piano Wire Herb Scher & the Key Lime Pie Revue The Sewing Circle The Lying Dorito Brothers |
| Website | elasticnonoband.com |
| Members | Justin Remer Herb Scher Preston Spurlock Doug Johnson John Mulcahy |
| Past members | Clint Scheibner |
Elastic No-No Band was a musical group based in New York City's anti-folk scene. Started in the mid-2000s, the band's name was initially just a pseudonym for its leader and main songwriter, Justin Remer. After 2005, Elastic No-No Band's line-up also included pianist Herb Scher and multi-instrumentalist Preston Spurlock. In 2005 and 2006, the band would perform sporadically with Clint Scheibner, who would play a bass drum attached to his chest, as though he were in a marching band. In 2007, the band added drummer Doug Johnson (who plays a standard drum kit) as a regular member. During the recording sessions for the band's 2010 album, Fustercluck!!!, electric guitarist John Mulcahy was also added.
Remer did a solo US tour as Elastic No-No Band during spring of 2008.
Remer initially used the name Elastic No-No Band as a personal pseudonym when he wrote and performed songs and film scores for some of his short films. These films include In Defense of Lemmings (2004) and Loved and/or Laid (2006). Remer also contributed songs to the Troma films Tales from the Crapper (2004) and Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (2007) as Elastic No-No Band.
While he was studying film at New York University, Remer used the facilities intended for recording voice-over for film projects to create four lo-fi solo albums. These albums were Songs from a Poorly-Soundproofed Room (2004) (the title is a parody of Leonard Cohen's Songs from a Room), More Songs About Cowboys and Moisture (2004) (the title is a parody of Talking Heads' More Songs About Buildings and Food), an album of Elvis Costello covers called Every Elvis Has His Army: ENB Does EC (2005), and (Previously Otherwise) Uncollected Songs (2005). These albums were initially distributed using the CD-R format, then were made available as a free music download from Elastic No-No Band's website. When the website was shut down at the end of 2011, Remer compiled the tracks into 2 compilations, collectively titled Not Like Most Folkies (due out in March and April 2012).
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